Updated January 10th, 2025
Many people suffer from cold hands while skiing. Some days you just can’t seem to keep your hands warm no matter what you do. Cold hands are not fun and we want to have fun while skiing or doing any other winter sport. Fortunately, heated ski gloves are here to save the day if you have cold fingers. They can provide hours of heat to keep your hands warm for a day of skiing.
The 6 Best Heated Ski Gloves
1. Outdoor Research Prevail GTX
Overall Score
What we liked:
- Goretex waterproof material keeps your hands dry all day
- Very warm gloves without the heat turned on
- Enduraloft insulation makes the gloves warm even without the heat turned on
- Premium materials and construction used throughout
- Included wrist straps
- Included international power adapters for the charger
What we didn’t like:
- Very high cost for a pair of ski gloves
- Glove fingers are stiff when grabbing ski poles
Specifications
- Battery Life Published – 2.5 hours high, 8 hours low
- Battery Life Tested – 3.0 hours high, 4.9 hours medium, 8.3 hours low
- Touchscreen compatible – yes
- Waterproofing – Goretex
- Insulation – Enduraloft
- Heating element area – back of hands, thumbs, and fingers
Summary
The Outdoor Research Prevail GTX Heated Gloves make a great set of gloves for the coldest of days. They are very warm to start with thanks to their Enduraloft insulation. They are waterproof and breathable using a Goretex lining. The heating power on these electric gloves is excellent. They get warm quickly on high heat setting. Battery duration is a very good with 3 hours on high and 5 hours on medium. One downside is that the gloves are a bit stiff due to the thick insulation and many seams.
We found that these gloves are very warm without the heat turned on. They are very heavy and stiff feeling. The stiffness does limit finger dexterity a lot compared to other gloves. They heat up fast on high setting on cold 20F days when the power is turned on. We could just barely feel any difference on the medium setting and could not feel any heat on the low setting. A 5 minute chair lift ride was usually enough to get my hands warm and I could turn off the heat for a while.
These gloves come with international power adapters for the charger for those who ski outside the US and Canada.
2. Venustas Heated Gloves 2.0
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Overall Score
What we liked:
- They are really warm on high setting
- Heating elements surround all 10 fingers and cover the front and back of palms
- Gloves have a large cuff to go over your jacket sleeves to keep snow out
- Quality construction and materials throughout
- Easy to use controls for turning on/off and setting power level
- Ski pole straps don’t interfere with button
Waterproof compartment for the batteries - Extra batteries are readily available
What we didn’t like:
- They don’t have a chamois surface on the thumbs for wiping off goggles
- There isn’t much to dislike about these gloves
Specifications
- Battery Life Published– 3.5 hours high, 5.5-hour medium, 8.5 hours low
- Battery Life Tested – 3.5 hours high, 4.5 hours medium, 8.0 hours low
- Touchscreen compatible – yes
- Waterproofing – HIPORA waterproof layer
- Insulation – 141g Thinsulate
- Heating element area – 10 Fingers and back of hand
Summary
The Venustas Heated Glovea 2.0 are a great performing set of heated gloves. They get surprisingly hot on high power and have 141g of thinsulate insulation. They would be a good set of gloves without heat. With heat, they are a great set of gloves. They will keep your hands warm on cold days. They have flexible graphene heating elements around all 10 fingers and palm. Medium and low provide enough heat more than enough for most people to use while skiing. High being reserved for when you really need to heat your hands up hot. They are soft enough to allow you to easily move your hands and fingers. The long cough covers your jacket for extra cold protection. Extra batteries are readily available from Venustas if you need extra duration.
Review
See our full review of the Ventustas Heated Gloves to learn more.
3. ActionHeat 5v Premium Heated Gloves
Overall Score
What we liked:
- Very warm on high setting
- Very flexible with good finger dexterity
- Batteries can also be used as USB powerbanks
- Available in both gloves and mittens
What we didn’t like:
- They do not heat the palms or back of hands
- Can only feel heat when using the medium or high setting on cold days
Specifications
- Battery Life Published – 2 hours high, 3 hours medium, 5 hours low
- Touchscreen compatible – yes
- Waterproofing – Hipora
- Insulation – 40g Thinsulate
- Heating element area – Fingers and thumbs
Summary
The ActionHeat 5v Premium Heated Gloves have high quality construction and enough heating power for all but the coldest ski days. Actionheat makes several heated gloves and glove liners along with mittens. They specialize in heated apparel and don’t make anything else.
The 5v premium heated gloves have 40g Thinsulate insulation along with a Hipora waterproof membrane. They are not the heaviest insulated heated gloves out there. They are more flexible, giving you the finger dexterity of much lighter, non-heated gloves.
The gloves use 5 volt 3000 mah USB powerbanks for power. You can also use them for recharging your phone. They use a USB-A connector; you could use any small USB powerbank to power them that will fit in the pocket. You aren’t limited to a proprietary battery and connector like most other brands.
On the mountain, the ActionHeat gloves work best using them for short doses of high power on the chairlift. It is hard to feel any heat in the lowest setting. Like most other heated ski gloves, they need to be in a medium or high setting to feel them on days below freezing.
Video Review
4. Savior Heated Gloves
Overall Score
What we liked:
- 1 touch button makes it easy to switch on and off and adjust the power setting
- Low cost
- HIPORA Waterproof layer keeps your hands dry in wet weather
- Similar construction to other non-heated ski gloves with decent insulation and water proofing.
- Adjustable wrist straps and bungees around the cuff
What we didn’t like:
- They could use more insulation to retain heat when the heater is turned off
- Need to use high power to be able to feel any heat on cold days
- Sizing runs small
- Fingers are on the stiff side
Specifications
- Battery Life Published – 2.5 hour high, 7 hour low
- Battery Life Tested – 2.5 hours high, 4.4 hours medium, 7.9 hours low
- Touchscreen compatible – yes
- Waterproofing – HIPORA waterproof layer
- Insulation – Cotton peel insulation
- Heating element area – back of hands, thumbs, and fingers
Summary
The Savior Heat Gloves are one of the most popular ski gloves on Amazon. They have HIPORA waterproof membrane and a lambskin and polyester outer layer. High power battery life claims to be 2-2.5 hours and we got about 2.5 hours of run time when testing them. The gloves have construction similar to most $20-$50 ski gloves and have good enough insulation for use down to about 25F. Below that and my fingers started getting cold without heating. These gloves had the hottest feeling heating elements when tested at home.
The construction of these gloves is on the stiffer side and sizing runs small.
On the mountain on a 20F day we could not tell the difference between off and medium and low settings. We tested with a glove turned off and one turned on. With medium and low we couldn’t tell the difference. On high setting we could feel the heat around on our back of hands and a little bit on our fingers. To use these on a colder, under 20F, ski day you would need an extra set of batteries to be able to run them on high all the time.
5. Neberon Pro Heated Gloves
Overall Score
What we liked:
- More heating elements wrapped around the fingers than other heated gloves
- Fast charging time in just a few hours
- Waterproof and breathable construction
- 2 tone white and black appearance with a little more flare than the standard black heated gloves
- Intelligent warming that switches from high to medium after 10 minutes
What we didn’t like:
- Shorter battery life than other heated gloves
- The wrist strap needs to be too tight to get the velcro strap to hook
Specifications
- Battery Life Published – 2 hours high, 3 hours medium, 7.5 hours low
- Touchscreen compatible – yes
- Waterproofing – Yes, eVent fabric membrane
- Insulation – Thinsulate
- Heating element area – Back of hand and fingers
Summary
The Neberon Pro Heated Gloves have a 7.6 volt heating system with heating elements wrapped around the fingers to give them extra finger heat. They are made with an eVent waterproof and breathable membrane to help keep your hands warmer and drier. They make use of 78% recycled Thinsulate insulation to keep the cold out.
They have 3 levels of heat with an intelligent heat function. They turn on, on high power and automatically switch to medium after 10 minutes. We did not notice a huge difference in heating power or battery life between medium and high. Overall these had shorter battery life with high lasting under 3 hours.
They are available as gloves, mittens or 3 finger gloves. You can get them in a black and white design in addition to the standard all black that most heated gloves come in.
Review
See our full review of the Neberon Pro Heated Gloves to learn more.
6. Okaso HG10 Heated Gloves
Overall Score
What we liked:
- Low cost for heated gloves
- Good heating power on high setting that can warm hands up quickly
- Thinsulate insulation
- Adjustable wrist straps
- Bungees around the cuffs
What we didn’t like:
- Could use more insulation for colder days
- Generic waterproofing
- Need to use high power to feel any heat on colder days
Specifications
- Battery Life Published – 2-3 hour high, 6-8 hour low
- Battery Life Tested – 3.0 hours high, 4.5 hours medium, 5.8 hours low
- Touchscreen compatible – yes
- Waterproofing – Water repellant nylon
- Insulation – 141g Thinsulate and cotton insulation
- Heating element area – back of hands, thumbs, and fingers
Summary
The Okaso HG10 Heated Gloves are another popular heated glove on Amazon. They are one of the cheapest heated gloves available. They have an easy to use 1 button control to change settings. They use the same batteries and controls as the Venustas gloves but do not have the warm-up function that changes from high to medium after a few minutes. The heat settings are different than other gloves. They go High, Low, Medium instead of High, Medium, Low.
The base of these gloves is a $25-$40 set of ski gloves with thinsulate insulation and generic waterproofing. They are warm enough on their own for days in the 30’s and upper 20’s. We tried them out on a 20-25F day and was wishing for warmer gloves while the heat was off. With the heat on high power they warmed up quickly and did a good job of keeping my hands and fingers warm. On medium and low power I could not tell the difference between a glove that was turned on or off. We did several ski runs turning one glove off and leaving one on.
We got just over 3 hours using high power. If you plan to use these gloves on days below the mid 20’s I would get a second set of batteries. Use one for the morning and one for the afternoon.
Ryan Craig
Chief Editor
I am a total gear nerd and love learning how things work and thinking about how they could be improved. Nothing excites me more than trying out new gear. I’d rather spend 3 hours taking my bike apart and learning how to change something than go to a bike shop. These days, I reside in Michigan by the Great Lakes and go skiing, biking, and boating as much as possible. Visit our About Us page and learn more.
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