Heated Grips or Heated Gloves ?

[Speedy1959]

Hi all..
opinions please...
Heated Grips or Heayed Gloves?
After Sundays ride out I have decided I need something.
it was positively painful !

[saggy0000]

oxford heated grips,any day

[Hooli]

Gloves are better as they keep the back of your hands warm too, combine them with bark busters or muffs for the best effect.

Grips are easier though & you don't have to remember to unplug yourself when you get off.

[seth]

i have oxford intelligent heated grips (they check battery and turn off if bike not running)
they are good and even better when i borrowed barmys vstrom handguards during winter riding.

[Speedy1959]

Thank you all for your replies..
Just ordered a set of Oxford intelligent heated grips.
Will look into the hand guard idea though I think they would be a winter only fitment as I dont like the look of them !

[seth]

i still have the heated grips on both bikes and they work well.
but the handgaurds went back .

[Del]

I am in Glasgow and commute 10 miles each way all years - Ive tried heated grips and handguards bit nothing is beating my heated gloves - there effin tremendous - grips keep the palms warm but I still got very cold hands - and hand guards did keep the wind off but alas still got cold hands (and yes I tried them both at the same time)

The heated gloves don't offer the protection my Alpinestars do but they do keep my hands warm and as I age my hands are starting to suffer from many years of riding in very cold conditions

[Starion VR4]

Gloves are better as they keep the back of your hands warm too, combine them with bark busters or muffs for the best effect.

Grips are easier though & you don't have to remember to unplug yourself when you get off.

I have heated Grips but am here in Oz... coldest I ever used them was 0 Deg C... & I wished I had heated gloves instead!

[froudy]

I've used heated grips, but the R&G ones I had didn't last long. Blown element in one and fractured supply wire in the throttle side one.
I've now got some RST Thermotech heated gloves ready for when I start riding again in mid Jan. I have tried them on and they get VERY hot indeed

[Notty]

I've used heated grips, but the R&G ones I had didn't last long. Blown element in one and fractured supply wire in the throttle side one.
I've now got some RST Thermotech heated gloves ready for when I start riding again in mid Jan. I have tried them on and they get VERY hot indeed

and of course the Jim Beam helps getting warm as well !!

[froudy]

and of course the Jim Beam helps getting warm as well !!

But of course

[Speedy1959]

I have the Oxford heated grips with the auto shut off feature.
I fitted some hand guards last week (V Strom 1000). But since fitted its been too cold and icy to try them out..
Even I wont ride if there is a chance of ice !

[spizzoil]

I have oxford ones they turn them self off and hand guards and still find that the tips of me fingers still get cold and the back of the hands are still cold .ive thought of the battery heated gloves as well. but don't seem to make any that off good protection to the hands so think I would rather have cold back of hands if something did happen than wrecked hands and the plug in gloves don't seem to be any better for protection 

[seth]

i have oxford intelligent heated grips work ok and when very cold or wet put on high and they get hot enough for me but i still get cold spots.
i dont think the heated gloves are as good as bike gloves but do a better job of all over warmth. 

[Snapey]

Heated grips without guards are pretty useless. Strom guards shielding the heated grips do the job most times but for a long cold trip then heated gloves are the way to go. I don't often use mine because they're a PITA to hook up but my plug in heated gloves mean no more numb fingers.

Along with the gloves and heated vest winter riding is a pleasure for me. Remembering to unplug them both when leaving the bike helps too.