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I just received my pair of the redesigned rider 'powermax' gloves, and from initial inspection they seem spot on to me!
As I've said before, these aren't for people who get on fine with regular, non heated gloves...they're for people like me, who has tried so many pairs of gloves with no success, and who's hands get so agonizingly cold when riding in winter that it's actually painful.
So to anyone else, there is no point chiming in with all the "I get on fine with just...." and "heated gloves aren't necessary" etc. Take it to the regular winter gloves thread. :]
They are big, long, bulky gloves...no getting around that. They're not thin, tight fitting gloves that you barely notice.
They make it more awkward operating or even holding drop bar shifters/levers....but that for me is a trade off i'm willing to live with...better that than to not be able to ride at all...and after a while you just get on with it.
I'll post later with all the details and features, and just what changes they made from the original gloves, based on what I and others on this thread suggested.
For now though I'm very happy to have had a part in the redesigning of a glove which made riding in the cold much more bearable for me.