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Products

Under-Grip

These install under your existing grips.

Dual Star
Kimpex.

Grip-Replacement

These replace your current grips entirely.

HotGrips

Eric's guide to wiring up Dual Star grips with a Heat-Troller is here.

Recommendation

I have personally tried HotGrips, Kimpex, and Dual Star, in that order. I am by far happiest with the Dual Star kit. The Kimpex kit wasn't bad, but the wiring failed early (this may have been my fault -- I now use safety wire to lock a bit of the wire lead into place against the bar, reducing the forces on the soldered joint).

HotGrips were, by far, the worst solution that I tried, for these reasons:

They require you to epoxy their own grips to your bars.
Their grips are hard and plasticky.
They failed after a winter due to the wire breaking inside, and since it's all sealed up you can't really re-solder any connections...

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-[http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Rider/heated_grip_kit1.htm Dual Star] and [http://store.azmusa.com/kigrhekit.html Kimpex] make grip-heater kits that install under your existing grips.
+==Products==
-[http://www.hotgrips.com/ Hot Grips] are also available, but they require you to epoxy their own grips to your bars.  Their grips are hard and plasticky.  I had Hot Grips and hated them.  They failed after a winter due to the wire breaking inside, and since it's all sealed up you can't really resolder any connections...
+===Under-Grip===
+These install under your existing grips.
+* [http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Rider/heated_grip_kit1.htm Dual Star]
+* [http://store.azmusa.com/kigrhekit.html Kimpex].
+===Grip-Replacement===
+These replace your current grips entirely.
+* [http://www.hotgrips.com/ HotGrips]
 Eric's guide to wiring up Dual Star grips with a Heat-Troller is [http://www.ovrlnd.com/DoItYourself/HeatedGrips.html here].
+==Recommendation==
+I have personally tried HotGrips, Kimpex, and Dual Star, in that order.  I am by far happiest with the Dual Star kit.  The Kimpex kit wasn't bad, but the wiring failed early (this may have been my fault -- I now use safety wire to lock a bit of the wire lead into place against the bar, reducing the forces on the soldered joint).
+HotGrips were, by far, the worst solution that I tried, for these reasons:
+* They require you to epoxy their own grips to your bars.
+* Their grips are hard and plasticky.
+* They failed after a winter due to the wire breaking inside, and since it's all sealed up you can't really re-solder any connections...