Winter Motorcycling

Held Freezer gloves rock.  It is warm now but I went through most of the winter using some new Held Freezer gloves.  They kept me reasonable warm for my 20 mile commute even in 15-20 degree F weather.  They have mostly replaced my Hippo Hands.  The gloves are a bit bulky but I mostly adjusted to it with use - just requires a little more attention to use turn signals and light switch.

The Hippo Hands did a fine job preserving the warmth by keeping the wind and occasionally precipitation off my hands. 

I will keep the Hippo Hands around - they may make things more comfortable if I decide to go out below 15 degrees.  The downsides of the Hippo Hands are bulk during riding (hard to find light switch and turn signal switch sometimes), reduce fuel economy a bit I think and requires  more storage than gloves when not in use.

I could have gone with heated gear but am not convinced of long term reliability and when combined with the higher cost the gloves seemed like a better investment for now.  Of course, I did see some web sites talking about making your own heated gear - almost tried it.  Maybe will another time but I will likely install a couple power sockets first.