Oxford Hot Hands Heated Grips

I'm in Texas and ride year round, commuting to work - 30 mile round trip. I got these a week ago, so I've used them every day for a week. Temps were (F#- 49, 42, 34, 33, 29. #cold front came in# First day they were Way to hot, #not cold enough out), had to turn them off on the way. I really noticed the bulk it added to my grips, BUT I have small hands AND they did squeeze down some as the week went on, so.... not that bad. 2nd day a little better because it was a little cooler. On Wed I really needed them. They would get too hot in my palms and I would turn them off....cool down and turn them back on. the colder it got the less I turned them off and on. On the 29 degree day I didn't turn them off, just lifted my hand for a second to cool my palm.
All and all I really like them because they work and I can remove them every spring.

I put these Hot Hands on my DS dirt bike (KTM350). Very easy to wire up.
They do get hot!
I was concerned about them not having a temp control, just an on/off switch. But turns out they work just fine with just an on/off switch. I mounted the switch where it is easy to get to, just hit the switch when they get hot enough or need some heat.
Once they are hot and turned off they stay hot for a fairly long time.
Only fault is they are big, makes the grips too big (diameter) to properly control the bike in technical sections of trail.

When the trail gets rough I stop and pull them off.
Which brings up another good point: I just peel them off as they attach with velcro. I wrap each around the control cables, out of the way until I need them again. All done in about 30 seconds.

Another negative is it's hard to get them tight enough on the grips, allowing some "slip" on the grips. Another reason I pull them off for technical sections of trail.

But for easy riding, road riding, ect they are a very good option to permanently mounting heated grips or installing heat pads under the grips.

The wiring harness is not very tough, made of small thin wires. The connectors are fairly feeble. I am concerned the wires will eventually snag and break. But after 4 all day rides they are still intact.

Another plus is one can buy a spare wiring harness w/switch making it very easy to install the harness on a 2nd bike.

Overall:
Very good product
Easy to install and use
Get HOT!
Make the grips big.
Biased towards street/road bikes.

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Bought these grips as an alternative to permanently installing heated grips. They can be installed and removed in minutes and are very hot. My fingers used to go completely numb on early spring rides when the temps were below 40F. I have been out riding now in the mid 20's and my hands and fingers have stayed toasty warm. If I am in slow moving traffic I have to turn them off because my hands start to get too hot. Great product.

Great Product, would buy again, Its good for people that want to keep Factory Grips.

Works great for Honda Shadow VT750C2 2007 Spirit

Fingers get cold though ,but palm stays toasty.

The steaching on one grip was very poure. On the other one was good. Wire on one side was pooled off the grip. I decided not to return, but to fix it. Had to cut inner side to have access to the heating wire. The heating wire is very thin with thick insulation. Heat shrink tube was holding heating wire and outside wire together. The shrink tube did not have enough force to hold wires together, so they got separated. It's a weakest point in the system. After the simple fix everything was working.

I love these things. They are easy to install and get hot, hot, hot. I really like the idea that they are so easy to remove because I didn't want permanent ones. Revzilla had them to me 48 hours after I ordered them online....wow.

These were really easy to install with plenty of wiring for my 05 GSXR600 and they get very hot. Even with Winter gloves and a freeze out liner inside I have to take my hands off every once in a while so they don't burn. They make a huge difference when it's cold outside.

This product had a very easy install (and I'm a newbie with no experience - if I can do it, anyone can!). The grips get very hot, but that's the whole point. Yes, of course it would be better to have a temperature control, but that would add to the price. The Velcro stays in place on the grips and makes it only slightly larger in diameter - I'm a female w/ small hands and it only took me a couple of rides to get used to it. For me, the only downside is the appearance of having the wire on the exterior of the bike. But, it's better than freezing my hands off! I wouldn't recommend these as a permanent fixture because of the appearance, but they are absolutely the way to go if you only need them for a few months (thank you So Cal!).

Easy to install product and puts out a lot of heat. I like the fact that they are removable in the summer. Only complaints are the switch seems cheap, too much extra wire to hide, and there is no medium heat setting (pretty much hot or off)

These were pretty easy to install, even for a mechanically challenged person. They warm up quickly, and cool down very quickly.

You only want to use these with winter weight gloves, otherwise you'll probably burn yourself. they were a little too warm through my middleweight olympia gloves.

if you are only going to do it once, you might be better off with the replacement grips. if you hop bikes all the time, or sell frequently, these are great. They do fatten up the grips a bit and it can be annoying, but you get used to it compared to having frozen hands.