- Heat at the fingertips in under a minute
- 4 hours on high, up to 8 on low
- 2 × 4000mAh batteries in the box
- Waterproof, windproof shell
- Touchscreen index and thumb
- 30-day returns, worn outdoors is fine
Rechargeable Heated Gloves 3 Heat Settings · 4h High, 8h Low · 2 Batteries Included
Try them for 30 days · Free delivery
3 heat levels · up to 8 h · touchscreen · batteries included
- Heat right to the fingertips not just the back of the hand
- 4 h on high, 8 h on low two batteries, one per glove
- Touchscreen thumb and index keep them on for your phone
- Waterproof, windproof shell sealed seams
- Hand-washable batteries out, wipe clean
1 pair of heated gloves
2 × 4000mAh batteries
USB-C charging cable
Size help
Measure your palm without the thumb. Between two sizes, take the larger — exchanges are free for 30 days.
2 pairs of heated gloves
4 × 4000mAh batteries
USB-C charging cable
Size help
Two sizes, chosen separately — they do not have to match. Between two sizes, take the larger.
Order before 2pm MT (9pm UK) and it leaves today. Tracked delivery in 3–7 working days, US and UK. You get the tracking link the moment the label is printed.
How is this different from the thick gloves I already own?
A normal glove is a container — it holds the heat your hand is producing and slows the loss. Once your body stops sending warmth out to the fingers, there is nothing left to hold, and the glove is just thickness. These generate their own heat for hours, so there is always something to keep in.
Won’t they be too bulky to do anything?
They’re a winter glove, so yes, thicker than a liner. Riding, skiing, shovelling, site work, walking a dog, handling packages — all fine. Threading a fish hook or typing on a phone keyboard — take them off. We’d rather tell you now than have you return them.
What size do I need?
Measure around your palm, not including the thumb. S 7.4–7.8 in / 18.8–19.8 cm · M 7.9–8.3 in / 20.1–21.1 cm · L 8.4–8.8 in / 21.3–22.4 cm · XL 8.9–9.3 in / 22.6–23.6 cm. Between sizes, size up.
How long does a charge really last?
About 4 hours on high, 6 on medium, up to 8 on low. Two batteries come in the box — one per hand.
Can I wear them in the rain or snow?
Yes. The outer shell is waterproof and windproof with sealed seams. Don’t submerge them, and never put the gloves in a washing machine.
Are they safe to leave on all day?
On medium or low, yes — that is how most people wear them. The element sits between two wadding layers so it never touches skin directly. The top setting reaches 131°F / 55°C, which is warmer than you want against skin for hours at a stretch, so use high to warm up and then drop down. If you have diabetes, neuropathy or any reduced sensation in your hands, speak to your doctor before using any heated garment — you need to be able to feel when something is too warm.
What if they don’t work for me?
Thirty days from delivery, worn outdoors is fine. Email support with the order number and we send the instructions the same working day.
What people say after a real winter
Photographs and words from customers, including the ones who told us what they did not like.
No reviews yet — these have just launched
We will not write our own and we will not import somebody else's. Real customers, real winters, including the unflattering ones.
Specifications
Seen in the wild
What heated gloves actually look like in use
Clips showing the settings, the battery pack and the touchscreen tips working in real winter conditions.
Footage of heated gloves of this type, not of our own customers. Our customers' own clips replace these as they come in.
Heated gloves vs. ordinary winter gloves
The Warm Chapter
Regular gloves & packet warmers
Five things worth checking, whoever you buy from
Heated gloves run from under £25 / $30 to over £150 / $190 and they are not the same product. These are the five specs that decide whether a pair actually keeps your fingers warm — ours are listed so you can hold any other pair to the same test.
Do the elements reach the fingertips?
Most budget pairs heat the back of the hand and stop at the knuckle. The fingertip is the part that goes numb first, so that is the part that has to be heated. Ours run to the last joint of every finger.
How many batteries, and what capacity?
One battery means one warm hand or half the runtime. Check the mAh too — 2000mAh is common at the low end. Ours is two 4000mAh batteries, one per glove, included rather than sold separately.
Sealed seams, or a sprayed-on coating?
A spray-on water repellent washes off within a season. Sealed seams do not. If the listing says 'water resistant' rather than naming the construction, assume the former.
Is the runtime quoted on high or on low?
An '8 hour' headline is almost always the lowest setting. Ask what you get on the top setting. Ours is about four hours on high, six on medium, eight on low — and we print all three.
Can you work the button wearing them?
A flush button you cannot find through a glove, or an app that needs your phone out in the wind, is a button you will stop using. Ours is raised, colour-coded and works with a gloved thumb.
What happens after the return window?
This is the one most listings never answer. Ask for the warranty on the heating elements and on the batteries separately — they fail at different rates and are covered differently.
Six things worth knowing, including the annoying ones
If a page only tells you what a product does well, it isn’t telling you enough to decide.
Four hours on high is real
Not eight. Eight is the low setting. On the top setting expect three to four — which is why two batteries come in the box.
Cold returns in about seven minutes
Switch them off at −4°F / −20°C and you’ll notice inside ten. Back on high, hands are comfortable again within another ten.
Bulkier than a liner glove
Great for riding, skiing, site work and walking. Poor for fine handwork. There is no heated glove on the market that is both.
The battery sits on the wrist
The only dry place for it. If you wear a touchscreen watch on that wrist, plan to move it to the other arm.
Waterproofing holds up
A minute under a running tap, lining bone dry inside. Don’t submerge them and don’t machine-wash the gloves.
Sizing runs true but snug
Measure the palm. Between two sizes, take the bigger one — a slightly loose glove heats better than a tight one.
Judge them in the weather, not in the hallway
You have already paid for the thicker pair, the liners and the box of warmers. You should not have to spend on faith again, so this time you don't.
Wear them for a full 30 days. Take them outside in real cold, run a battery flat, let them get wet. If they do not change your winter, send them back.
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Worn outside is fine
Using them is the test. It doesn’t void the return.
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One email, same-day reply
Order number to support, instructions back the same working day.
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Wrong size? Free swap
Exchanges are free inside the same window.
Because the thing we actually worry about is the wrong size, not the wrong product — and that is something we can fix for you in one email.
Full terms on the returns page. Wrong size? Exchanges are free inside the same 30 days.
Your questions
How warm do they actually get?
131°F / 55°C on high, 122°F / 50°C on medium, 104°F / 40°C on low. Warm enough that you’ll drop to low within ten minutes most days.
How long do they take to charge?
Roughly four hours from flat, on any USB-C charger. The indicator turns green when they’re done.
Can I ride a motorcycle in them?
They’re built for it — long cuff, windproof shell, a button you can press at a red light. They are not CE-certified for impact protection.
Will they work for skiing or snowboarding?
Yes. The cuff goes over or under a jacket sleeve, the palm grips a pole, and low setting covers a full day on the mountain.
How do I clean them?
Take the batteries out, wipe the shell with a damp cloth and let them air dry away from direct heat. Never machine-wash or submerge the gloves.
Shipping and returns?
Free tracked delivery to the US and UK; orders before 2pm MT leave the same working day. Returns accepted within 30 days of delivery, worn outdoors included.
Can I take them on a plane?
Yes, but the batteries must travel in your carry-on, never in checked luggage — that is an airline rule for every lithium battery, not something specific to us. At 4000mAh they are far below the 100Wh limit, so no airline approval is needed. Take them out of the cuff pockets before you check a bag.
I'm buying these as a gift — what about the return window?
The 30 days run from delivery, which does not help if you buy in November for Christmas. Email us with the order number and we will extend the window to 30 days from 25 December instead. Tell us at the time of ordering and we will note it on the order so nobody has to argue about it in January.
How do I keep them fresh over a whole season?
They cannot go in the machine, so the routine is: pull the batteries, turn the cuffs back and let them air somewhere warm but not hot after a wet or sweaty day. A damp cloth on the shell handles road grit. If the lining starts to smell after months of daily use, a light spray of fabric freshener inside and a full day of air drying sorts it. Never put them on a radiator — direct heat damages the element.
Do the batteries last as long in really deep cold?
No, and anyone who tells you otherwise is guessing. Lithium cells lose capacity as the temperature drops — below about 14°F / −10°C expect noticeably less than the figures on this page. The runtime we quote is measured in ordinary winter conditions, not an Arctic expedition. If you work outdoors in deep cold, plan on the spare battery pair rather than hoping.
Can I still buy batteries for these in two years?
Yes. Spare batteries are a stocked product in their own right and stay available for as long as we sell the gloves. Batteries are the part that wears out — a glove you cannot re-power in year three is a glove you have to replace, which defeats the point of buying these instead of disposables.
Who actually are you?
The Warm Chapter is a trading name of Knock Knock Digital LLC, 608 Rio Grande Ave, Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are new — this is our first winter selling these, which is why you will not find years of reviews. What we can offer instead is a real address, a real phone number, a 30-day window that accepts gloves you have worn outdoors, and a page that tells you what these are bad at as well as what they are good at.
Charge. Press. Go.
Charge the night before
Both batteries, any USB-C charger, about four hours from empty. The light turns from red to green when they’re full.
Clip in, press once
Battery into the zipped cuff pocket, one press for high. Press again to step down to medium, then low. Hold to switch off.
Drop to low and stay out
Ten minutes on high is usually enough to warm through. Low from then on, and the charge carries the rest of the day.
The ThermaCore heating system
Carbon-fibre filaments, thin enough to bend with your hand, routed the full length of every finger and across the back of the glove — then sealed between two thermal layers so nothing rubs and nothing gets wet.
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Heat where the cold starts
Most heated gloves warm the back of the hand and stop. ThermaCore runs to the end of each finger, because the fingertip is the part that goes first.
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Working from the first minute
No break-in, no training, no routine. Press the button on the way out of the door and the heat is there before you reach the car.
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All day, then charged again by morning
Two 4000mAh batteries, four hours to refill from a USB-C charger. One purchase covers the winter, and the one after it.
Your hands aren’t badly dressed. They’re being cut off.
When your core temperature starts to drop, your body does something sensible and completely unhelpful: it narrows the blood vessels in your hands and feet and redirects that blood to your heart, lungs and brain. It’s called peripheral vasoconstriction, and it’s why fingers and toes go numb long before your chest is cold.
So the hand isn’t losing a fight against the weather. It’s being quietly defunded by your own circulation. And a glove — any glove — is only ever a container for heat that your hand has already stopped receiving.
Which is why the fix has to come from outside the body
Add heat at the surface and the equation changes. The tissue stays warm enough for the vessels to open, blood keeps reaching the fingers, and the hand keeps doing what you need it to do — grip, feel, work — instead of shutting down to protect the rest of you.
That is the entire idea behind The Warm Chapter. Not a warmer glove. A glove with a heat supply of its own.
You’ve tried these. Here’s why they couldn’t work.
Regular winter gloves
Disposable hand warmers
Glove liners
Pocket hand warmers
Thicker ski mitts
From the box to the end of the season
You feel it before you believe it
Battery in, one press, and the warmth arrives at the fingertips while you’re still standing in the hallway. Most people press the button twice to check it’s real.
You stop planning around your hands
No pre-warming the car, no counting how long you can be outside, no shoving your hands under your arms at the first traffic light.
You settle on low
High for the first ten minutes, low for the rest. That’s the pattern almost everyone lands on, and it’s where the all-day battery figure comes from.
The box of packet warmers goes stale
It stays in the drawer all winter. Come spring you charge the batteries to about half, put the gloves away, and they’re ready when it turns again.
Every hand is different. Some people never leave the medium setting; some run low all day. What doesn’t change is that the heat comes from the glove instead of from a hand that has already given up.
The cold stops making your decisions
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The ride you actually wanted. Not the shortcut home because your fingers stopped working at the second junction.
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A full shift without the thaw-out breaks. No standing at the van heater for ten minutes between drops.
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The last run of the day. Not the one you skipped because you couldn’t feel the pole any more.
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Standing still in the cold on purpose. Hunting, fishing, photography, waiting at the touchline.
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Walking out of the door without bracing. Which is a smaller thing than the others, and the one people mention most.
