I received the Clheatky heated gloves today, one day earlier than Amazon had indicated. The Clheatky gloves appear to be well made. The gloves are like ski gloves. They are long but slip on and off the hand easily. The inside of the glove has a very soft lining. The battery pack adds a little weight to the glove, not noticeable when wearing. The Clheatky gloves are currently offered only in black, in sizes Large and Extra Large. I measured my hand before ordering and the Large size fits my hand well. The glove fingers are about 5/8" inch longer than my fingers. This may be so that you can wear the gloves if you have long fingernails.
I have not yet charged the batteries, just plugged up the batteries inside each glove and turned on the heat. There are 3 levels of heat as indicated by the color of the power button: Red (High), White (Medium) and Blue (Low). You can of course wear the gloves without turning on the heating circuit. Rated run time is 4 hours on High (131F/55C - 140F/60C), 6 hours on Medium (113F/45C - 131F/55C) and 8 hours on Low (104F/40C). When I put on the gloves and turned on the heating function, on High, I could feel the gloves starting to get warm within the first minute. The power/function button is located on the back of each glove and can be controlled while wearing the gloves.
The Clheatly gloves come with a USB charging cable with a double ended connector so you charge both of the lithium-polymer (Li-Po) batteries at the same time. Each Li-Po battery is rated at 4000 mAh/14.8Wh, Input is 4.2V DC/2000mA (Max), Output Power (Max) is 7.4W. Resistance load is 10 - 100 ohm. The instruction pamphlet does not state how long it takes to fully charge the batteries. The battery has to be unplugged from the glove to be able to plug in the charging cable into the battery pack. The manual does not say but I believe that the batteries should be removed from the gloves for charging. The instructions state that the Li-Po battery should be charged every 3 months and stored at room temperature in a dry environment. There is no stated warranty on the Clheatky gloves or the battery. There is no phone number to call for support, only an email: <
[email protected]>.
The flat portion of the tip of the thumb and the tip of the index finger of each glove has a small patch of PU (polyurethane?) material that looks like synthetic leather sewn into place. The purpose of the PU material is so that the gloves can be worn when using electronic touch screens. I tried wearing the Clheatky gloves while interacting with the touch screen on the Model Y. The gloves work as advertised provided you press on the screen with the flat portion of the tip of the thumb or index finger. I was able to activate the bottom row of screen buttons on the Model Y screen but I could not get the screen to respond if I pressed within any of the Model Y settings. Note that I have the AO matte 9H screen protector installed on the screen of my Model Y. The AO screen protector may have interfered with accessing the touch screen while wearing the gloves. I do have PIN to drive set up in my Model Y so I will need to briefly remove the right glove to enter the PIN unless I decide to disable PIN to drive for winter driving while wearing gloves, any gloves. Except for entering the PIN at the start of each drive I don't need to interact with the touch screen as I prefer to use the steering wheel controls and the Tesla voice commands whenever possible.
Guaranteed, now that I have purchased heated gloves, Tesla will shortly announce a heated steering wheel for the Model 3, Model Y. Count on it.
