My electric gloves have arrived

dgk wrote:
|| And I bought some rechargeable batteries for them. I can't wait to
|| try them out and see how much they help the frozen finger problem. Of
|| course, it's 60F today.

I can't imagine they work well for anything near a long ride, but i hope
they do.

||
|| My only complaint is that there is no on/off switch, so the power is
|| turned on by closing the cover of the pouch. But the snap is so tight
|| that it is very difficult to open, and I'm concerned about ripping
|| the material. Well, time will tell. It seems pretty tough.

What brand did you get, and where did you buy them?

Thanks

"dgk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

And I bought some rechargeable batteries for them. I can't wait to try
them out and see how much they help the frozen finger problem. Of
course, it's 60F today.

My only complaint is that there is no on/off switch, so the power is
turned on by closing the cover of the pouch. But the snap is so tight
that it is very difficult to open, and I'm concerned about ripping the
material. Well, time will tell. It seems pretty tough.

Roger Zoul said:

dgk wrote:
|| And I bought some rechargeable batteries for them. I can't wait to
|| try them out and see how much they help the frozen finger problem. Of
|| course, it's 60F today.

I can't imagine they work well for anything near a long ride, but i hope
they do.

The battery should last at least three hours since it's a 4500ma kind.
I shouldn't need it for more than twenty minutes each ride, hopefully
by then I can turn it off.

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:53:30 GMT, "Monty" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

What brand did you get, and where did you buy them?

Thanks

"dgk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

And I bought some rechargeable batteries for them. I can't wait to try
them out and see how much they help the frozen finger problem. Of
course, it's 60F today.

My only complaint is that there is no on/off switch, so the power is
turned on by closing the cover of the pouch. But the snap is so tight
that it is very difficult to open, and I'm concerned about ripping the
material. Well, time will tell. It seems pretty tough.

Nordic Gear:
http://www.twomorrowssupply.com

dgk wrote:
:: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:23:01 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
:: <[email hidden]> wrote:
::
::: dgk wrote:
::::: And I bought some rechargeable batteries for them. I can't wait to
::::: try them out and see how much they help the frozen finger
::::: problem. Of course, it's 60F today.
:::
::: I can't imagine they work well for anything near a long ride, but i
::: hope they do.
:::
:: The battery should last at least three hours since it's a 4500ma
:: kind. I shouldn't need it for more than twenty minutes each ride,
:: hopefully by then I can turn it off.

How about a report on how they worked?

Roger Zoul said:

dgk wrote:
:: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:23:01 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
:: <[email hidden]> wrote:
::
::: dgk wrote:
::::: And I bought some rechargeable batteries for them. I can't wait to
::::: try them out and see how much they help the frozen finger
::::: problem. Of course, it's 60F today.
:::
::: I can't imagine they work well for anything near a long ride, but i
::: hope they do.
:::
:: The battery should last at least three hours since it's a 4500ma
:: kind. I shouldn't need it for more than twenty minutes each ride,
:: hopefully by then I can turn it off.

How about a report on how they worked?

55 tomorrow and 60 on Wednesday. Maybe next week.