Update 2: Yesterday I wore them in a blizzard, really heavy wet snow with -2 degrees Celsius and my hands stayed warm and dry through 60 minutes of that. My hands stay warmer now with these gloves for 2 main reasons: I learned how to relax my hands better, so blood flow is not obstructed, and the gloves are finally worn in so it's way easier to clench. A few hours after a wet ride the water is absorbed and the inside is quite wet. But that's with all gloves. Which is why I bought raincovers for gloves. If I have rain in the morning to work, I don't want to stick my hands in cold wet gloves. Now (the next evening) the gloves are still a bit wet. But with heat, they would be comfortable to wear nonetheless. Batteries: 2x 60 minutes on full power and than they're drained. I don't feel like they last much longer when I use the lowest setting. For longer rides I take the charger with me. I can finally confidently say I'd recommend these gloves. Ps. I wish infrared technology was more popular for motorcycle gloves.
Update: I wore them alot more and understand now how bulky they indeed are. Also clenching is still really hard, which leaves me with quite tired hands after riding an hour. Also thats why my hands get cold when I try to grip the steer. They only get a chance to warm up when I completely relax my hands. That annoys me.
Interesting review! A couple of questions now that you have some extended practical experience. How waterproof is it when it's really pouring down? How long does it keep you dry? As I understand, the back hand gets warm enough, but what about the fingers? Do you have the 7,5V battery package, the 12V or are you running from the bike's battery?
@@davadafan They withstand water pretty good, but direct laminate (DL) is not working as good as it's cut out to be. I have Dainese Tempest pants with D-Dry. These stay completely dry while venting amazingly. With these gloves I have dry hands on the way to my location, but at arrival (1h drive) they always turn out to have absorbed a bit of water. The way back is still fine (a bit damp), but I don't see them staying dry inside after travelling 6 hours in pouring rain. Also the batteries wont last that long. I have the 12v. The fingers have enough heating, but it's so weird to me that the thumbs are not heated. Why skip those?
@@myrdhina Thanks a lot for your answer :) I have Scott -gear with three layers of laminated Gore-Tex, and they also stay dry for hours, very pleased with them. I guess most other gloves with some sort of "waterproof" lining also suffers from beeing soaked when exposed to enough water. The advantage of laminate is however that less material has to dry if just a little wet, -provided it works, of course... Yes, stupid that the thumbs are left out, is that normal for most brands?
@@myrdhina Thanks for a great review. I literally almost bought the Progress 2.0 and then saw this so will now buy 5 gloves as they heat thumbs and also the finger tips. Unless the 2.0 heats the thumbs now?
Good revoiew, man! I have the old Macna Ion for the last 7 years and they still work! I wanted to get new gloves since the water-proofing (which was very good for the first 5 years or so) is not as effective anymore. I had the size L in the Ion, and ordered the Progress in L, but had to send it back because the L was more like 2XL. I am now not sure if I should order S or XS. Also, your review makes me doubt how good the RTX membrane is. Also, heat on the inside should not change the workings of a laminated membrane as I understand is. The holes in the membrane are just too small for most water drops, but can let through water vapor molecules. Unless the heating elements are on the outside of the membrane, they should not be generating more vapor on the outside.
Update 2: Yesterday I wore them in a blizzard, really heavy wet snow with -2 degrees Celsius and my hands stayed warm and dry through 60 minutes of that. My hands stay warmer now with these gloves for 2 main reasons: I learned how to relax my hands better, so blood flow is not obstructed, and the gloves are finally worn in so it's way easier to clench.
A few hours after a wet ride the water is absorbed and the inside is quite wet. But that's with all gloves. Which is why I bought raincovers for gloves. If I have rain in the morning to work, I don't want to stick my hands in cold wet gloves. Now (the next evening) the gloves are still a bit wet. But with heat, they would be comfortable to wear nonetheless.
Batteries: 2x 60 minutes on full power and than they're drained. I don't feel like they last much longer when I use the lowest setting. For longer rides I take the charger with me.
I can finally confidently say I'd recommend these gloves.
Ps. I wish infrared technology was more popular for motorcycle gloves.
Update: I wore them alot more and understand now how bulky they indeed are. Also clenching is still really hard, which leaves me with quite tired hands after riding an hour. Also thats why my hands get cold when I try to grip the steer. They only get a chance to warm up when I completely relax my hands. That annoys me.
Interesting review! A couple of questions now that you have some extended practical experience.
How waterproof is it when it's really pouring down? How long does it keep you dry?
As I understand, the back hand gets warm enough, but what about the fingers?
Do you have the 7,5V battery package, the 12V or are you running from the bike's battery?
@@davadafan They withstand water pretty good, but direct laminate (DL) is not working as good as it's cut out to be. I have Dainese Tempest pants with D-Dry. These stay completely dry while venting amazingly.
With these gloves I have dry hands on the way to my location, but at arrival (1h drive) they always turn out to have absorbed a bit of water. The way back is still fine (a bit damp), but I don't see them staying dry inside after travelling 6 hours in pouring rain. Also the batteries wont last that long. I have the 12v.
The fingers have enough heating, but it's so weird to me that the thumbs are not heated. Why skip those?
@@myrdhina Thanks a lot for your answer :)
I have Scott -gear with three layers of laminated Gore-Tex, and they also stay dry for hours, very pleased with them.
I guess most other gloves with some sort of "waterproof" lining also suffers from beeing soaked when exposed to enough water. The advantage of laminate is however that less material has to dry if just a little wet, -provided it works, of course...
Yes, stupid that the thumbs are left out, is that normal for most brands?
@@davadafan yes i think so. The heated gloves from Gerbing were on my list as well, but they also don't have heated thumbs.
@@myrdhina Thanks for a great review. I literally almost bought the Progress 2.0 and then saw this so will now buy 5 gloves as they heat thumbs and also the finger tips. Unless the 2.0 heats the thumbs now?
Good revoiew, man!
I have the old Macna Ion for the last 7 years and they still work! I wanted to get new gloves since the water-proofing (which was very good for the first 5 years or so) is not as effective anymore. I had the size L in the Ion, and ordered the Progress in L, but had to send it back because the L was more like 2XL. I am now not sure if I should order S or XS.
Also, your review makes me doubt how good the RTX membrane is.
Also, heat on the inside should not change the workings of a laminated membrane as I understand is. The holes in the membrane are just too small for most water drops, but can let through water vapor molecules. Unless the heating elements are on the outside of the membrane, they should not be generating more vapor on the outside.