If you have ever struggled to keep your hands warm in bitter cold temperatures, turn to
the Outdoor Research Lucent Heated Gloves. These are gloves that are designed for those
extreme sports, those mountaineering, skiing, snow boarding, climbing when you are going
to be in very cold conditions and you need a little bit of added heat that is more than
just the normal heat that your body generates during the day.
The Lucent heated gloves come with everything you need to charge and recharge the batteries
for the heating element for these gloves. The stand out feature is the AltiHeat Technology,
but all of the other technologies in this glove are premium in their own right.
So the first thing I want to touch on is the AltiHeat Technology. It is basically you get
two rechargeable lithium ion batteries. They are rechargeable in a wall outlet. So you
do get the recharging unit right here. This is what plugs into the cord to charge these
two batteries. So one full charge takes about seven hours and be sure that the first time
you charge these you are charging them fully to the 100 percent life. You do get three
outlets here. You get one for the US, one for the UK and one for Europe. So if you are
traveling you can definitely use these and in other countries as well. And it is very
easy to charge. Once you have recharged these batteries there is a nice little pocket that
you store them in. So there is a connection point right there. Be sure it is completely
connected. And all you have to do is tuck it back away into that included pocket.
When these are fully charged there is three modes. There is high, medium and low. High
is going to last about two and a half hours. So certainly take that into consideration
before taking them out all day into the backcountry. Medium is going to last about five hours and
then on the lowest setting it lasts eight hours and there are extra batteries that you
can buy separately from Outdoor Research.
If you need more in depth information, take a look at our AltiHeat video for more technical
specs on how to use and how to care for your AltiHeat technology.
There rest of the glove, as I said, has really great technologies as well. It is completely
waterproof. You have got a Gore-Tex liner here. So that Gore-Tex is both waterproof
and breathable. It is going to keep your hands nice and dry. But if you were to build up
a little bit of perspiration, these gloves are going to wick as well. And you have synthetic
insulation here. It is Enduraloft synthetic. It is 330 gram insulation on the top of your
than. Underneath on the palm of your hand it is 200 gram insulation. And then right
here in the gauntlet of the glove it is a little bit lighter weight. It is 133 gram
insulation. So you have got some different zones here. On the top of your hand, that
is where you are going to have the most cold, so you will want that to be really protected
there. And then on the bottom and in the gauntlet. So a lot of research and development has gone
into these gloves.
The features here you have got really tactile goat leather on the palm. It is very, very
soft and supple. So you don’t need big break in time for these gloves. They are going to
last a really long time. They are very durable. You have even got some extra overlays in those
areas that might come into contact with ropes and things like that. So you have overlays
there. And, as you can see, they have pre curved shaping on these gloves. So they are
already hand shaped. They are sewn really well and you have even got some extra durability
here on the top that you have got EVA foam her on the fingers and on the top of your
hand. And then different materials in through the rest of the glove.
You have a little bit of an elastic right here on the wrists, so that kind of cinches
in and fits nicely over your hand and your wrist. There is a glove clip, so you can clip
it to the other glove. If you have them stored away you won’t lose track of both of them.
Obviously you have that pocket here for the AltiHeat Technology and then you have a cinch
cord here right at the top so you can cinch that down either over top of a jacket or underneath.
There is a removable leash. So if you are on ski lifts or things like that, you are
not going to worry about losing these gloves when you need to take them off.
You have a nice wicking liner on the inside and overall the technologies that have gone
into these gloves are going to keep you safe, warm and dry in the backcountry on those high
aerobic activities that you just need that extra little bit of warmth on those bitter
cold days. They are the Outdoor Research Lucent Heated Gloves.