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Widder Electric Gloves

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I have had these gloves since 1998 when I owned a Honda Shadow. The gloves are medium size but larger than most medium gloves, I usually wear large gloves but the medium fit better. They come with a leather outer skin on the fingers and partial leather on the top of the hand but are nylon the rest of the glove.

They have a long gauntlet that has a large Velcro flap for tightening your sleeves. It also has a long strip to bring the wrist taunt.

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The electrical components came with a cord to attach to the battery, a long cord with a heavy switch for the gloves, all the connections were a banana type connector.

Here you can see the glove connections
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The large clunky switch failed after 3 months, it corroded the inside connections so I just cut it off and hooked it up with out one. The heat is directed mostly to the top of the hand, it is not a very hot element but warm, it takes about 15 minutes to warm up. On very cold days 30-40 degrees the heat is inadequate. The glove is lined with Thinsulate a good insulating glove but the porous nylon on the top of the hands do allow a small amount of wind near the wrist. Personally I should have bought the Gerbings, I dont much care for these. There is absolutely no way you can strap on a helmet with these gloves, some controls such as turn signals and horn are hard to actuate, the Thinsulate is not so thin, is spreads the fingers apart and I found that uncomfortable when you need fine throttle control.

I rewired my connectors to fit a standard SAE connector to wear in conjunction with my Vest, and threaded the cord thru the lining of my Road Crafter suit, the cord stays in permanent now.

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