Kimpex 30W Handlebar Grip Heater Kit 12-170

Just finally got around to installing this on my snowblower, as a pre-emptive strike against the coming winter cold. Although I didn't need the instructions, I found they were created in a way that could help the worst "welder" (one who creates sparks and welds wires instead of fixing electrical problems) install these without an issue. Drilled a hole in the "dash" for the switch, drilled another small hole in the bars for the ground (not necessary, as you can ground it to an existing bolt), ran the wires, and installed the heater elements. The resistor for the "low" circuit can be a little bulky in tight spots, but was easy enough to hide on this snowblower. Fired up the engine and it works great! The true test will be this winter though ... My snowblower (Toro 828 Powershift) has a lighting coil, which is what I tapped into to power these grips. It produces a little over 14 VAC at full throttle, which is plenty, and shouldn't affect longevity at all for being too high. Never measured amp output of the coil, because if it can power just one light, it can power these grips. Probably wouldn't handle both these grips plus a light (don't have, or need one) just judging by the output wire size from the lighting coil (about 18 AWG). I have this same style heater on my ATV hooked to a controller that allows 5-way temperature adjustment, plus the ability to power 3 other accessories the same way. I prefer this peel-n-stick style over the ones that come molded one-piece, so that I can keep whatever soft grips I have without having to resort to the hard plastic of the other style. With these you can keep your existing grips. A tip for those who fight with removing rubber grips from motorcycles, ATV's, snowblowers, or snowmobiles - use a screwdriver first to break the glue bond, then insert an air nozzle to blast the grip with compressed air. Block that little hole in the back of the grip with your thumb. Slides right off like magic .. most of the time. Either way it's easier than what you were doing before!

Bought these a year ago and they work great. Bought 2 more for another atv and on one of the heater grips the soldered wire came off. Good thing I only needed one.

Easy to install and works well. The self stick warming units worked well and it was easy to wire. Had a little trouble taking the existing handle bar ends off and then back on, but that was expected. Installed them on my ATV and they worked well. Generally high is too high for long, but it is a quick warm up, then goes to low. Even low needs to be cut off and on, but I was wearing thin gloves for hunting.

Only one side works, wiring is too short, instructions are not detailed enough. Do not buy for a motorcycle.

Got tease for my snow blower. Install not to difficult if you have workers on a bicycle or motor cycle grips. I pulled power from magneto. After 10 minutes of running they got too hot to hold on to. Rewired putting them in series. A little slow to heat up at 20 degrees. After that they work great. Recommend for any snow blower or motorcycle.

I bought this to use on a glass windshield to melt ice out of the corners, works great. One word of warning to anyone who buys this product. It heats up very fast as it should and does a great job, on low heat the resistor gets very hot, so hot it will burn and melt things. When mounting this make sure the resistor is not touching anything or at least mounted to metal that won't burn or melt. Great product for the price.

I'd originally attempted to purchase a handlebar grip heater kit of the same model I ordered a year ago for a different machine, but when I ordered that the seller sent me a considerably different, and unsuited for my application, product. So, I ordered this kit, which appeared to be very similar to my grips heater kit ordered previously. Installation was straight forward, except that I found the instructions for connecting the two power feed wires to the switch to be incorrect. Connecting them as directed resulted in reduced voltage to the output terminal when the switch was in the "high" position, but full voltage in the "low" position. Understandably, the grips are warmer in the "low" switch position than in the "high" switch position. On my original grip kit, I find I need to switch to low heat level after a while or the grips become uncomfortably warm. With this kit, the grips don't get overly warm at all, and switching to the "high" switch position results in their not seeming to be providing any heat. I'm thinking (hoping) that perhaps installing thinner grip covers to replace the stock rather heavy snow blower grips will help in this respect.

The instructions were easy but once installed the right (throttle side) stopped working after about 30 minutes. I reinforced were the leads go into the pads before installing my grips as I read the leads can come off, but it still didn't work. I recommend going with over grip warmers instead of these.