Gerbing heated gloves

[jim oneill]

I,ve tried several pairs of expensive gloves that supposedly keep your hands and fingers warm. Nothing seems to work so i,m now considering Gerbing gloves but have a simple question, as I,ve never used "plug in" winter gloves or clothing.

Do you simply put the gloves on and plug them into socket in the side box?

 

[okmac]

The socket in the side box was not made for heated clothing, just recharge a cell phone or run a GPS. You will need to add a power socket, like a bmw socket. Then you should buy a controller or your gloves will be on high all the time and you will get too warm.

I have had a pair of Gerbing gloves for 5-6 yrs and like them. I plug them into my jacket liner which is pluged into a powerlet.

Mac

 

[RaYzerman19]

Basically two choices with a twist.... power harness from the bike with coax connector (comes with the gloves), plug in long Y-harness to go down your arms, plug gloves into that, all have coax connectors. The twist - insert variable controller if you want variable heat (you do) in between bike connection and Y-harness. Choice two, instead of a Y-harness you use a jacket liner which has glove circuits built in. Twist #2, you want a dual heat controller as you will run gloves hotter than the jacket liner. IMHO, go with Warm&Safe brand.

Power harness from bike can be plugged into lighter socket although you will overload it if you put anything more than the gloves on it. Best hook to a fuse block or directly to battery (harness has a built-in fuse).

 

[TC'sFJR]

My experience is that they work pretty well. However, as others have said, they work better when used with a heated jackect liner and dual temp controller. I have all three (Gerbing) and they are a must have for anything below 40 degrees. Install a Powerlet adapter and you sre good to go.

 

[Tree Doc]

When using the dual controller, am I correct in assuming that one must connect the gloves with a "Y" to their own independent leg of the power source as opposed to plugging them into the connections provided on the jacket liner cuffs?

My Gerbings Liner has a power connection and an accessory connection but is wired for gloves. The accessory connection would be for pant liners, yes? Is there any way to source the built in glove leads independently without the redundancy of running a Y to the gloves?

 

[HaulinAshe]

When using the dual controller, am I correct in assuming that one must connect the gloves with a "Y" to their own independent leg of the power source as opposed to plugging them into the connections provided on the jacket liner cuffs?

My Gerbings Liner has a power connection and an accessory connection but is wired for gloves. The accessory connection would be for pant liners, yes? Is there any way to source the built in glove leads independently without the redundancy of running a Y to the gloves?

Gerbing heated liners typically have two power connections at the waist; one for the liner, one for the glove(s) connections wired through the sleeves. You connect one to the dual-controller female output-BLACK, and the other to the female output-GRAY. The male RED from the controller goes to 12v source. The sleeve wiring of the liner eliminates the need for a Y-harness.

However, if you are NOT using a pre-wired liner (as described above), you will need a Y-harness from the gloves to whatever controller you are using.

 

[juniorfjr]

My new gerbing liner has zippered pouches with leads for the gloves built in. Using the dual troller one goes directly to the gloves and the other for the jacket.

 

[Tree Doc]

My new gerbing liner has zippered pouches with leads for the gloves built in. Using the dual troller one goes directly to the gloves and the other for the jacket.

Mine just predates the Microwire models but it does have the PDU, that little plastic block inside the jacket where all the connections occur. There are 3 ports there, one is the main power connection (male coax plug), one is empty, and one is an accessory (female coax plug). The glove wires are internal with the connectors housed in zippered pockets.

Wonder if I can dig in there and separate that circuit from the liner so I don't have to lace another harness down my sleeves? Here we go...another Gerbings project for me! Still waiting on my FET's to complete my Single Controller repair.

 

[dc1300]

Heated grips are better IMHO, I have both, but the grips are always with you. There are no harnesses to hook up and nothing to carry. When it gets REAL COLD, 20s and below, I wear mittens and maybe liners. The gloves heat the back of your hands but not the palms. When it's REAL COLD, the grips are as cold as the ambient temps and the gloves just don't cut it for me.

The gloves are nice and I use them on long rides in the REAL COLD but I'll still turn on the grips to even out the heat.

Remember, cold is personal, everyone feels it differently and if you couldn't tell I don't like the REAL COLD.

DC

 

[Crash Cash]

The Gerbing Y-harness is not long enough to fit down my sleeves, so what I've done is attach the heat-troller to my left-hand V-Strom guard, neatly zip-tie the hell out of the excess wiring and leave just enough to reach the gloves and have the gloves be able to reach my helmet. I have a power connector that comes up from the battery next to the ignition. I snarfed one of those velcro cable ties to bundle the remaining leads when I'm not using electric gloves. That way the whole kit'n'kaboodle comes off with the V-Strom guards when summer gets here, plus it's all neatly bundled waiting for me to hook up the gloves in the morning, plus the knob on the heat-troller is right there on the left side. Oh, and I also recently installed heated grips. I've noticed if my hands are warm, the rest of me is warm too.

[pics would probably help, but I'm at work and the camera is at home]

 

[Eric L]

I find most of the heat of the gloves to be on the back of my hands. Until I swapped to the v stream shield, the wind on my hands was still sort of chilly. I think they are very good, but not perfect below 30 degrees.

 

[DeweyIsgod]

Lots of good descriptions here, but you may also want to check out the videos on Revzilla.com In Houston, there's not much expertise in the local shops, so it was helpful to watch their demos before buying.

 

[highcountry]

I have a heated jacket liner (no gloves yet) and I bought a SAE adapter for the coaxial connection on the jacket and an extension cord. I plug this into the SAE pigtail for my battery tender. Powerlet solutions are very expensive.

 

[mab864]

I have the G3 gloves and like them, but they are a little bulkier than I prefer. The Gerbing gloves are the only gloves with two wires to the thumb, which keeps your thumb toasty warm. I have the jacket liner as well and plug my gloves into the liner and run the dual controller which is attached to the waist area of my riding jacket. The dual controller is nice because you need to run the gloves on a higher setting than the jacket to be comfortable. Recently though, I haven't been using my heated gloves. I just use my heated liner. I installed the OEM heated grips which I prefer to the heated glove option. I installed the V-strom guards along with heated grips which allows me to wear a mid-weight waterproof glove and be toasty warm. I like the less bulky set-up better.

 

[scubatech]

My hands suck in the cold. Once I get a chill my left finger tip gets white. Any way these G3 Gerbings keep my hands really warm. For me they are better than the heated grips. They are even pretty warm with the heat off!

 

[mab864]

One advantage to heated gloves that I've notice over heated grips is that with heated grips the outside of your hands can still get cold even though the palm side is toasty warm. The big advantage of heated grips of course is how convenient they are. Always there when you need them and you can run a lighter weight glove. Add the wind protection that handguards provide to heated grips and that's the best combo that I've tried. Without handguards, my G3 Gerbing gloves kept my hands warmer than my heated grips alone do.