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| | | Druid | | Jupiter |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,359 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Dec 2010 - 12:56 Post title : Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 | | | Ok finaly got to test al this gear thought Id share a bit .
Firstly the Gerbing Hybred heated gloves.
The gloves are very comfortable , soft fleece inside with Tinsulate lining breathable and lushous. These gloves are great without the heating but you wouldnt pay this price for just the gloves right?. You cant feel the heating elements at all and the gloves are very supple and seem less bulky than other cold weather gloves. The bike controls are easily felt through the supple leather amd dont feel bulky at all. I gt the lithium batteries for mine as I dont plan riding for more than a couple hours in extreem weather tbh. Ill use them mainly for the odd commute and the odd ride out during the winter to get the ride fix I need . It is claimed the heat will be provided for 1 hour on hot, 2 hours on medium and 4 hours on low. I went out for 2 hours on medium and the gloves were still heating after the ride so that seems correct. The batteries have a button on them that allows you to change the temp setting easily even when riding .
The heat when in use is fantastic . If you have them on hot its like sticking your hand into a bucket of hot water the heat distribution is exellent up the fingers . I used medium and was rideing in about 5 degrees which is what 41 f think. I suffer from bad circulation on the ends of my fingers and it was always painful after 10 minutes in warmer temps than I rode yesterday but with these gloves I didnt suffer at all . The ride was very very comfortable with no chills what so ever . Amazing what warm fingers can do for you!
Recomend these expensive gloves? Oh yes definately . The package all comes with a loom to wire to your battery , the lithium batteries and charger all for the great price of £230 of the queens finest . Ouch, yes lots of money but hell you get what you pay for. Ill look into the undervest next I think which is actually cheaper than the gloves at a very resonable £160 of the queens finest which allows you to plug the gloves straight into the jacket . I cant emphasise enough the benifit of being warm especially when out training with students . So for me in a work situation these are invaluable. Expensive for sure but all this stuff comes with a lifetime guarentee so I think well worth it personaly . If you can afford these things then they are well worth it .
Ok next the Sena SMH10 bluetooth intercoms.
My bro and I have spent so much money trying to get comms that actually work on bikes . I have so many radios laying about that I could run a corordinated round the world egg and spoon race for 1000 participants. This was the last attempt at getting something that actualy let me talk to my brother on ride outs and listen to my mrs tell me Im going to fast.
So why the Sena and not the Scalar rider 4 I hear you all ask in unison and of course in perfect tune. Well , I read everything that could be read and decided that Sena who make millitary coms and other professional bluetooth coms actually understood people who road bikes. The unit has a jog dial on it that is big enough to turn with motorcycle gloves on . Turn it one way and the volume goes up and amasingly turn it the other and the volume goes .........down. What an amzing concept! This system will surly be used on other things in the world to turn volume up and down and why no one has thought of this before I dont know.
Anyway away form the sarcasm for a moment. I have a Nolan N45 helmet with recesses in the lid for speakers . The ones on the Sena are solid , chunky and substantial but fit into the ressesses with no problem and after fitted and putting the lid on I couldnt feel them at all.
First i decided to try my IRiver MP3 player wired in with the cable supplied by Sena and fired up Metallica Master Of Puppets. Bloody hell ! These things are loud and dont sound half bad either certainly good enough for a bit of music on the go if thats your thing. Not mine actually but I know some like some toons when out. Of course you can Bluetooth the unit to an INob or equal fruit based religious icon and get your toons, phone calls and life organisation systems without the inconvenience of a curley cable and my brother can confirm all this works seemlessly . Me, I couldnt give a toss about all that Im on my bike leave me alone.
Anyway the real reason for this was for the two of us to talk about other road users and examine the lengh of leg and size of women pillows while out on the bikes. Pairing up the units was press hold button and jog dial until flashing blue light then press jog dial once until flashing red which then turns to slow flashing blue when paired . Its the same for GPS and INob phones too so he tells me and works perfectly. Default is always on mike. So we shouted "OI" at each other for a while and once I had whiped the blood from my shoulders after I had blown my eardums up , I turned it down with the inovetive jog dial .
The sound was cryatal clear but hell we were sitting on the bikes going no where so lets move off and wait for the wind noise to blow my head off and see that we had wasted £150 each on pointless gadgets again. We got to 30mph , I could ocasionaly hear my bro breath as he had the mike next to his mouth like he was blowing into the mike sometimes. 30mph I could hear him perfectly and no wind noise . I had ear plugs in BTW and was hearing him no worries at all. We went to try the bikes at a higher speed as we had experianced before that anything over 40 mph the wind noise was unbareable and we could hear nothing . Im sure with a screen it would be different but I not old enough for a screen yet ill wait until I reach 80 years or something before I think about a screen hehehe.
We got the bikes up to 60 mph . Nothing , some slight wind noise but I could hear him perfectly , well as perfectly as my band destroyed ears could be at the age of 47. 70mph , bit of wind noise but I could still hear him perfectly . These Nolans are good but certainly not the quietest lids out there and the mikes on the Sena were sorting it all out with no real probelms. Ok , 90mph now we were getting some noise and I had to concentrate to hear what he was saying but I could still work it out . We were saying if we were travelling at those speeds and needed to talk about something it was good enough to say " Slow down need to talk" and you could understand and adjust.
To cut to the chase . These Sena SMH10's are fantastic , range well within workable bike ride out distance . We tested and could still talk while out of sight of each other a good 300 m away . If you get too far it drops out and trys to recon when back in range apprently but as we never did get out of range we didnt test that. To not have to plug in cables is brillaint and when you get off the bike you just unclip it and put it in your pocket . My brother was getting some petrol and we were chatting while he was in paying . Very funny .
Recomend the Sena SMH10 ? Hell yeah go get some if you like to keep in touch with ur mates on a ride out and indeed if you want to listen to you INob or Tom Tom rider or Garmin . Yes it does prioritise coms , phone ect while riding and it does all sort of other clever stuff that I havnt gone into or would even bother with . It works , its brilliant
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| | | Ted | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 551 | | Location | : | March, Cambs, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Dec 2010 - 14:10 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: Druid) | | | Great description, and very useful. I have the Scala; wait 'til your brother forgets to switch off and starts talking about you whilst out of site. When I'm paying for the fuel and my wife is being bombarded with esoteric questions regarding the Tbird, I can hear them at a distance and transmit mad answers. "Tell 'em I'm hung like a Brontosaurus" being one of my more popular ones, although somewhat removed from the immediate relevance of the question.
I was particularly interested in your Gerbing test, as I have just written to Santa for some. £200 in Cambs. I've been told that heated gloves break down after a few months but I suspect this is ignorant criticism. Ta.
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| | | davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Dec 2010 - 15:36 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: Ted) | | | I bought the Gerbing gloves,socks, jacket liner and pants alittle over 10 years ago and have been using em in the cold weather ever since.I'm as warm on my bike,if not warmer then, I am in my cage.I was out on the Bird two days ago,the temp was a blistering 15*F with a hefty northwest wind blowing, and I was nice and toasty.However,the newer gloves and socks have been upgraded from 22 watts to 44 watts [I have the older ones rated at 22 watts]which should make em even warmer.As far as I know,the pants are still rated at 44 watts,and the jacket liner at 77 watts.I have only needed to plug in the pants when the temp dropped to the single numbers or colder,the coldest being -10*F since I've owned em.But other then that,ya really don't need to plug the pants in as they're quite warm.So IMO,they are a good investment.The electric part[the wires] are guaranteed for life.Dave!!!
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| | | mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 12 Dec 2010 - 23:36 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: Druid) | | | Great Druid and thanks.
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| | | ezrider3 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2010 - 11:47 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: Druid) | | | What model gloves did you buy? They work off of batteries OR the bike battery?
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| | | Druid | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,359 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2010 - 14:15 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: ezrider3) | | |
ezrider3 wrote:
What model gloves did you buy? They work off of batteries OR the bike battery?
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You obviously dont meen me? Because its all in my review . So who are you asking ?
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| | | davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2010 - 16:29 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: Druid) | | | If you're asking me,the ones I have and the ones used by the general public,run off either a thermostat or an on/off switch,[ I have a thermostat],and is wired directly to the battery.For motor officers,[law enforcement personal]they use battery packs because if they need to exit the machine for an emergency situation,they don't have time to play with a plug,hence the reason they use battery packs.These battery packs last approximately four hours.Then they have to go back to the garage or station to swap em for a freshly charged battery and put the discharged battery on the charger for the next time.If I'm not mistaken, that set up is also more expensive.Hope that answered your question. Dave!!!
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| | | CornerBanger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,113 | | Location | : | Charleston, SC, United States |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2010 - 18:34 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: davetac1) | | | 26 degrees F this morning when I road in with my Gerbing gear, I was toasty!! But this is one of many mentions I have put in for this wonderful gear. I prefer the wired system because you dont have to worry about the batteries dying on your ride or forgetting to charge them. Plus the wired ones put out more heat, which for me is why i bought heated gloves in the first place, heat.
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| | | zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 13 Dec 2010 - 19:13 Post title : Re: Gerbing Gloves and the Sena SMH10 (Re: ezrider3) | | |
ezrider3 wrote:
What model gloves did you buy? They work off of batteries OR the bike battery?
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there are 3 that would work g3, t5 and hybrid.
as far as i know only the hybrid can use either batteries that i think fit into pockets on the glove itself or the bike battery
the other 2 use the bike battery.
last time i checked (about 3 weeks ago) the g3 could be bought for about £99. most economic way if you dont mind a wire up your sleve.
the long y wire i think comes with all the gloves.
the other two are about £135 if you shop around, the battery pack about £85
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