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Hello, Dan...

The Hippo Hands for the BMW F650 CS arrived. They're terrific! Fit is perfect and they're super easy to slip on.

People who don't use them look at me slightly askance when I tell them that handlebar muffs can literally be lifesavers, but I've just come back from a ride to Death Valley where hippo hands were literally just that. (It was a different bike and a home-made set but the principle is the same)

The electrics on my vest packed it in and I was faced with a four hundred mile ride with no extra warmth in temperature around 40 degrees. Only the fact that my hands were warm kept me going.

Thanks again

Art Jacobson

 

 

 

I am quite pleased with the one I bought a few months ago for my R11RT, and can recommend this product quite heartily. I have no connection to the company except as a satisfied customer.

Scott Royer ABC6720

 

Hi Dan. I got them Thursday, just before I left on a 1000 mile trip in the rain and cold. The Hippo Hands saved my hands. Temps were in the lower 40's, sometimes as low as 40, and it was raining continuously. My hands were fine. If I had heated grips, my hands would have been toasty. :-)

Rick Ramsey

WARRANTY: 

WE GUARANTEE OUR HIPPO HANDS 100% AGAINST MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. Returns will be accepted for any reason within 30 days of delivery. If you need to return your Hippo Hands, postage will not be refunded. Please contact us for return instructions before shipping.

Thanks,

Management

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I can speak to this.

Two years ago I rode my R80G/S PD from Ottawa to Vancouver via Chattanooga and points in between from October 23 to about November 5. I expected warmish weather to the south, and so brought all sorts of rain and shoulder season gloves... and the hippo hands just in case. You may remember the particular weeks I was travelling century old temperature records were shattered all over North America. The coldest I saw was -12 F., Halloween night, in Eureka, Nevada.

My electrical system was rather dodgy, so although I was carrying an electric vest, I was unable to use it except as a piece of clothing. It was never turned on.

My warmest pair of gloves was a pair of short driving gloves lined with insulate. Costco sells them for Cdn $17.95 - about $15 US (now, whoo, whoo; was US$11 two years ago, but that's another thread)

The Hippo Hands made the journey possible. They are not only marvellous against cold, they are an almost perfect barrier against rain. Dan says they are not waterproof, and I am sure they are not, but my hands stayed dry during one day in Oklahoma where it rained 7" during the day. That was good enough for me.

I had one occasion of frostbite, Halloween night, but only in one hand. When I got to an area of light I noticed that I had fastened that Hippo Hand (I took them in at night - it would have been catastrophic if they had been boosted) somewhat carelessly and it was letting air in through a 1" square hole in the velcro.

I would say it was cold the -12 day, but manageable. I wear them from mid-November to about March something here in Vancouver, and still use the same pair of gloves. I have a pair of electric gloves, but only use them on my RS.

And I even paid for them.

Hippo Hands rock.

Ross C. McCutcheon

Subject: RE: Hippo Hands

I know that someone else already spoke to this but Dan's 'Hands' are awesome. I just put mine back on -- forth season in a row. They're well built, functional, etc. Only thing chilly after my NorCal morning commute is my chinny-chin-chin. SCOTT

Scott Lyon Shasta, CA '81 R80G/S(wife says I don't have to sell it after all) 'Keep your stick on the ice.

Photos courtesy of Christopher Johnson: 08 F800ST with small brush guards under Hippo Hands

Alan T. Butler writes:

I recently put a set of your handlebar muffs on my GS. Oh, the shame of it all.. Now I ride around, with my summer gloves on, it's almost freezing, and I'm trying to decide if the grips are TOO WARM at low heat; should I just shut them off all together? Have a good Thanksgiving and keep up the good work. Thank you for the fine product.

 

Photos courtesy Judy Carter (Australia): '75 R75/6

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Rockster

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07R1200GSADV

"Dual Purpose" Hippo Hands on a KLR650 with 3M reflective material option ($25) (available only on Dual Purpose Hippo Hands' model)

WARRANTY: 

WE GUARANTEE OUR HIPPO HANDS 100% AGAINST MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. Returns will be accepted for any reason within 30 days of delivery. If you need to return your Hippo Hands, postage will not be refunded. Please contact us for return instructions before shipping.

Thanks,

Management