Went shopping and bought...

[Milo]

from hearing about these gloves years ago you have to boil them to make them re-usable but then i don't know how you get them going in the first place.
there's the other non re-usable kind that you snap like a glow stick.

Inner gloves - do they provide more insulation and keep your hands warm or reduce the circulation going to your hands making them colder?
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[Kickstart]

Hi

You can get gel heat packs which you reset by boiling (or sometimes in the microwave). To trigger them off there is a small metal disk inside which you click. They then get hot and harden.

They work very well. I have used them in the past, shoved down the back of gloves. You can buy them from Boots.

Only word of caution. If you boil them to reset them then trigger them off while they are still warm they can get VERY hot. The point where you find this out is when you have got your bloves in place and your hands start to get painful!

All the best

Keith
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[Scotty]

This taken from experience again Keith?
Sounds interesting these gel things, what king of price's are they?

And i'm definetly in the future be needing water proofs, well at least for my legs anyway.

Although i find being in just leathers while it rains not that bad to be honest.
Just a little cold some times
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Scott

[Kickstart]

[Scotty]

So what do they actually look like?
kind of like a sachet of sauce or something.

Sounds like a good cheap buy really.

Especially if they last 40 odd mins.

Just by a couple and keep swapping them over every now and then. Better than sticking my hands down into the engine...lol.
Warm damnit warm!
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Scott

[Kickstart]

Hi

Yes, they look like a large sauce packet, but are normally clear.

They are hot for about 15 minutes and quite warm for 15~30 minutes after that.

All the best

Keith
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[Bendy]

[McJamweasel]

Well thank you for scaring me with that Bendy.
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[Kickstart]

[McJamweasel]

[Kickstart]

No, too nobbin cold.

That and the glue on the tank pad can lead to painful exfoliation.

All the best

Keith
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[dainesefreak]

My god, so much worry over a pair of heated grips. I bought my Hothands last year, fitted them to the Blade directly to the battery terminals and the switch to the fairing brace by the front yolk and used them all winter. No problems, no over heating, no melting my splicing flange gasket, no flat battery, no forgetting to turn them off, no kids messing with them, no degree in electronics, just as they say on the tin, Hothands.

Stop worrying and just fit the feckers, use them, worship the nice warm glowing heat they emit and ride ya bike.

[carvell]

Remember, that is the temperature in Farenheit.

40 Farenheit is 4.44 Celcius.

-45 Farenheit is -42.78 Celcius.
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[Bendy]

Have fun with https://www.athropolis.com/popup/c-temp2.htm

In a nutshell, it's easy to get into sub zero figures when riding at any decent speed in the winter. Extremities lose heat the fastest, and unlike hill walking, we need to still be able to move our hands.

[Milo]

what are these heat pack things sold to do?
it'd make finding them easier!

cheers[/code]
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[PsychoHippy]

I'd be lost riding in the winter without my heated hand grips
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