There have been several threads recently on heated gloves. Thought I would do a report on my latest find.

Background: I have had a full set of Gerbing heated gear (gloves, jacket liner, pants liner) for several years. The gloves are the T5’s. As I’ve aged (I’m now 69) my hands have become more sensitive to cold. I found that the Gerbing gloves just didn’t get warm enough. I ordered a pair of FirstGear Carbon heated gloves and they were the same. Both were fine down to the high 30’s but anything colder and I ended up with cold hands.

Looking for warmer gloves, I sent emails to several companies asking if they had gloves that ran warmer. One of the companies I found was Gordon’s Heated Clothing. Turns out that Gordon Gerbing started a new company around July of this year after having to give up The Gerbing Company that we all know due to health problems. Gordon Gerbing was the first person to develop heated clothing for motorcycle riders and is the father of the motorcycle heated gear industry.

Anyway, I received a reply to my email from JoAnne Gerbing, http://gordonsheated.com/heated_gloves.html# stating they believed their gloves were the warmest in the industry. They partner with Churchill gloves, a local, 100% US company and use their Maverick riders glove http://jrcglove.com/product/CGTW.html as the starting point. These are great, deerskin gloves. She also said they could make a special order for me and make them even warmer than normal.

I then contacted her by phone and talked about my requirements. Their normal gloves ohm out around 10.5 ohms. I checked my Gerbing and FirstGear gloves and they ohm out at 10.9 and 10.8 respectively. The lower the resistance, the warmer the glove. JoAnne said they would make mine to ohm out lower. They made the gloves for me in one day and shipped them priority mail. From my first conversation with her to the time I had the gloves was three days. The Gordon's gloves ohm out at 10.0. I went for a ride yesterday morning. 28 degrees when I left, 31 degrees when I got home. Rode 140 miles. The gloves were great. Never had cold hands.

So, in a nutshell, great US made product from a company that provides outstanding service. Doesn't get much better than that.

 

thanks for the review. ill check them out.

 

Good review. Was there any upcharge for doing a custom order?

 

Those look very interesting. Thanks for the link!

 

Awesome write up and great info. They look very nice!

 

For those of you with more heated gear experience than I, are the prices reasonable?

 

No upcharge.

It's interesting that the gloves direct from Churchill, without heat, are $150. So, for an extra $50, Gordons adds the heat and gives you the battery connector and the wiring for the gloves. Not needed if you already have heated gear hookup and a jacket liner. I would also make sure you have a controller if you get them made hotter. I could run my Gerbings direct off the battery but these gloves would get to warm without the controller. At 28 degrees I never had the controller turned up above 3/4s.

 

They're a little more than average. G3s (which I have) are $170. But, I'm not sure where they are made now. And as the OP stated, they don't get hot - just warm. Unless you have some serious wind blocking i.e. a fairing, they aren't warm enough in my experience. And even at that, below 32 degrees my pinky gets a bit cool. They're not bad, but not toasty either. Also, the G3 gauntlet is not very big. The reviewed gloves look like they have more gauntlet, which would be nice.

 

Great info, thanks for taking the time to share.

I ordered the First Gear heated liners, paid around $70 for them. They fit snug and I had no problem fitting them into several other pairs of gloves. They plug into the liner and have a separate controller. No problems keeping hands warm down to 35, haven't tried them in colder temps yet.

 

Thanks for the review. I'm happy with my T5's but will consider them next time I'm in the market. Do they have to be wired into the bike or can you get them with batteries like the T5's?