Heated Grips or Gloves

[Spanky]

I agree with the general consensus. I have the micro wire gerbings gloves and they are great. Not bulky at all and will roast your hands if you turn them up. I added the wind deflectors and they made a big difference in the cold. Even with electric gloves, I feel the deflectors are worth the money and they are very easy to install. Heated grips are nice too and I install them every winter. If I could only pic one out of the three, the heated gloves would get the vote. They are the cats meow in cold weather.

[jimmymac]

I sold my heated gloves after getting my '10 Connie. I didn't need them anymore.

[Boomer]

I run heated grips on my C10 and they are good down to 32F with winter "lobster-claw" gloves.
Much colder than that I am in the car as have ridden on ice and snow and have crashed on both,... and have no desire to ever repeat the experience.
On the C14 I have the deflectors and with my winter gloves I am good down to 40F.
I don't have heated grips on my C14.

[koskn8r]

I've had both.

On my Sprint, I rode solely with the Gerbing heated gloves and they worked great until I got to 10F and below.  At those temps, the tips of my fingers typically got numb by the time I got to work (about 40 min. ride on busy mornings).

Since I got the new Connie, it came standard with the heated grips.  I can't believe them.  They are awesome.  I've ridden to work down to 9F and my hands have not gotten numb.  They were cold but not terribly so.  If I had the deflectors, they'd have been toasty warm.

Keep in mind the size of the gloves you buy.  Don't get them too tight.  A little bit of wiggle room allows the heat to flow around the fingers and keep them warm all around.  I have the Tourmaster Winter Elite gloves (have had them for several years).

Of course, both would be ideal.  I haven't installed an outlet for the Gerbings yet.  That's gonna be sweet for the really cold days....

Just my .02.