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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2012, 06:53:30 PM »
I'm interested anyone used heated gloves.  :popcorn
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2012, 10:56:05 PM »
I'm looking at the German battery operated ones, although they're only good for 3.5 hours on full heat.  Works out around $120 with postage from Europe on special.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2015, 09:25:30 AM »
http://www.zarkie.com.au/product/epic-2-0-battery-heated-gloves-new/

I have just ordered a pair of Epic 2, battery powered, heated gloves from Zarkie, along with the 12 Volt charger.   I expect that they will get a good test on the Border Run, so I'll post a review when they have had a decent try out.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2015, 09:36:13 AM »
They heat the outside of the hand, which means they are very compatible with heated grips.
Very good sizing info- important, as we have found!
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2015, 12:53:36 PM »
My Epic-2 Gloves turned up today, around 24 hours from submitting the order, so great service from Scott at Zarkie.   The fit, ordered according to the Zarkie sizing chart is perfect (Phew!)     :thumb
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2015, 02:41:05 PM »
I've been looking at heated grips vs heated gloves too. After much research, I'm leaning more towards the heated gloves. Thanks to StinkyPete's advice a couple of weeks ago, I'm about to order the Zarkies. I just can't decide whether to go for the battery operated gloves or plug in variety. Zarkies have a special on, 'Buy one for $220 and you get the second (smaller sized) pair for $110.'
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2015, 02:50:40 PM »
I have achieved the following real world run times with the Epic2 battery powered heated gloves

Recharge Time....    4-5 hrs with the 240volt charge.
I purchased,  but have not tested the additional 12 volt accessory charger that I purchased
High Heat setting....   2hrs 20 minutes  (seriously hot!)
Medium Heat Setting....  4hrs 45 minutes
Low Heat Setting....     Not yet tested

Heat is to the back of the hands and fingers.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2015, 12:51:39 AM »
Hard call on battery vs wired .... only $20 difference too.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2015, 01:05:30 AM »
Great ... so I start looking at $200 gloves ... next thing I am looking at $160 pants liners, $200 gloves,  $89 heated in soles, and $309 jacket liner ....
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2015, 06:44:09 PM »


Buy Chinese, from Alibaba.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2015, 07:11:37 PM »
My Epic-2 Gloves turned up today, around 24 hours from submitting the order, so great service from Scott at Zarkie.   The fit, ordered according to the Zarkie sizing chart is perfect (Phew!)     :thumb

How long did it take before they contacted you?  I contacted them almost a week ago now, and still no response.  No phone number to ring either.   :|||| Starting to worry about how reliable they are.   :H
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2015, 07:35:45 PM »
I've had great service from Scott Weeks at Zarkie.   As soon as I received the gloves, I charged them and ran a test to determine the real world run time on a couple of the settigns.   I found that one of the batteries was crook, and Scott had another in my letterbox within 36hrs.    Any e.mail that I sent was answered by Scott within one working day.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2015, 07:50:34 PM »
I've had great service from Scott Weeks at Zarkie.   As soon as I received the gloves, I charged them and ran a test to determine the real world run time on a couple of the settigns.   I found that one of the batteries was crook, and Scott had another in my letterbox within 36hrs.    Any e.mail that I sent was answered by Scott within one working day.

Thanks Pete. I don't even have an email address. I can only contact them via the 'Contact' link on their website.  Could you PM me Scott's email please?
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #14 on: July 09, 2015, 08:05:56 PM »
Done!     :thumb
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2015, 12:22:18 PM »
HI SP,
      would you mind giving us an update on the Epic 2.0 gloves?

With Victoria having a real winter this year I will either re-install the heated glover liners I bought in the UK in the 80s or buy something like these gloves. 

Would you mind answering the following:
1. Is it practical to use the gloves on the lowest setting behind the ST faring? How long would they last on the lowest setting?
2. Are the gloves a good quality in terms of fit and feel? Do you use them even when you are not using the heating?
3. Are the gloves a true size? I tend to need XXLs with most.
4. Any recommended farkles? Carry extra batteries etc?

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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2015, 06:21:03 PM »
Can you hang off until after the Swan Reach RTE and I'll give you a real review, based upon some riding in what I anticipate will be cold conditions?

In the meantime....
Sizing info is described on the web site and is determined by measuring around the knuckles
My gloves are a good fit, based upon that sizing
Quality looks pretty good
They can be worn without being turned on.
The Epic 2 is a full waterproof winter glove and thus is fairly bulky like any full winter glove, but is also pre-curved for motorcycle use.
I bought the 12 volt charger as well as the std 240volt charger
It would be possible to use the gloves intermittently, to extend battery life.
Recharge time seems to be around 5 hrs on 240v
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2015, 12:16:57 AM »
I've purchased a set of the wired gloves, and wired jacket liner. Once it gets here i'll take it for a night ride and let people how it goes..
 

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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2015, 04:14:04 AM »
I'll be interested in the update to.
 

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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2015, 07:42:52 AM »
I've purchased a set of the wired gloves, and wired jacket liner. Once it gets here i'll take it for a night ride and let people how it goes..

Why on earth would someone from FNQ be buying heated gloves??   I've been there, and trust me, it's not cold.   :rofl
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2015, 10:41:20 AM »
I've purchased a set of the wired gloves, and wired jacket liner. Once it gets here i'll take it for a night ride and let people how it goes..

Looking forward to your report. I'll hold back ordering mine until I read your report.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2015, 08:38:14 PM »
Why on earth would someone from FNQ be buying heated gloves??   I've been there, and trust me, it's not cold.   :rofl

Because this idiot from FNQ goes riding at night.. and its quite often down under 5 degrees here in winter, and still down to 10 or so at times in summer when you head west...  I also like to head south :-) I've started collecting stuff for the perth trip next year.. lots of night riding in the middle of nowhere in the middle of aus.. and i'm a sook :-)
 

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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2015, 08:40:30 PM »
Looking forward to your report. I'll hold back ordering mine until I read your report.
No problems, If they are here by thursday I will give a report straight away, if its after that it won't be until early next month as I have my kids here for over a week.. I hope they are good, as i'm thinking of a roadtrip to toowoomba in a few weeks.
 

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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2015, 04:43:35 PM »
Venture Epic2 Heated Gloves - Review

I bought a pair of these from Zarkie  http://www.zarkie.com.au/ a couple of weeks ago. The Epic2 are a thick and well padded winter glove with rechargable battery and heating elements on the back of the hands and down the back or outside of the fingers.  They appear to be a well made pair of gloves with a decent length cuff, and an elastic closure at the entry to the cuff.   The palm and inner side of the fingers is leather and the remainder of the gloves is a woven artificial fibre.   While they claim to be waterproof, I have not under taken the Australian Road Rider test for waterproof, which requires the gloves to be worn on the hands and stuck in a bucket of water to the wrists for 30 seconds.  I must say that I have never found a pair of waterproof gloves that remain waterproof in a decent wet

My first part of the assessment was to test run and recharge times to get some real world data.   Here's the results:
Recharge Time....    4-5 hrs with the 240volt charge.
High Heat setting....   2hrs 20 minutes  (Seriously hot!)
Medium Heat Setting....  4hrs 45 minutes
Low Heat Setting....     7hrs 30 minutes (Claimed 37 degrees)

Yesterday I used them on the SA RTE to Swan Hill, which was about a 300km round trip.   I was a fairly cool day with temps as low as 6 degrees when we left home, and it peaked at around 11 degrees.   I did the entire run with the heated grips turned off.

I wore the gloves all the time that I was travelling, with them set on the lowest heat setting of 37 degrees.  Because this is close to body heat, the gloves did not feel overtly warm, but prevented my hands from getting cold all day, and I was very comfortable in conditions that would usually have given me numb fingers from the cold.   A short burst on medium heat and I could feel the extra warmth on the back of my hands, and I did not use the hottest setting.

On the back of each glove is soft button that toggles through the heat settings, with red, orange and green illumination to show the setting that is in use.  The bulk of the glove fingertips made it difficult to press the button while riding, and because the indicator illumination is so feint, it was impossible to judge the colour in sunlight, and needed to be shielded to be visible.

The gloves were a very snug and comfortable fit on my hands, but I found the thumbs to be around 1cm too long.  This made using the indicator switch for left turns clumsy and difficult, as I couldn't easily get my thumb into the gap between the indicator and screen height adjuster to pull the indicator button to the left.   This is more of an issue of my physiology than a problem with the gloves.

At $229 they are not cheap, but I'm pretty pleased with their fit and performance.   The loss of dexterity while wearing thick winter gloves was a bit of a nuisance, and as a consequence,  I see them being most useful as cold weather touring gloves, rather than something that I'd wear while riding around the city.   However, as they mould and wear into the shape of my hands, I expect that fit and flexibility will improve, as all gloves seem to get more and more comfortable with age, right up until they are ready for the bin.
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Re: Heated Gloves.....
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2015, 04:58:31 PM »
Yesterday I used them on the SA RTE to Swan Hill, which was about a 300km round trip.   I was a fairly cool day with temps as low as 6 degrees when we left home, and it peaked at around 11 degrees.   I did the entire run with the heated grips turned off.
Similar to us yesterday but on the way back home I could feel the temp drop between Morgan and Burra and drop further between Burra and home. At one point I rested my right hand on the cam cover for a few minutes and let the heat from the motor warm the glove up. For the few times that I need to run in the cold resting either hand on the motor is enough for me.

Had I run a more leisurely pace (95-100 k/h) back home the chill factor may not have been as bad as the 120 k/h pace I was maintaining when possible.
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