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Those in glove handwarmers are pretty poor at getting the toasty palm effect. Heating elements in the pole grips would put the heat right where it's needed. 'AA' sized rechargeables slipped inside the pole mean no clunky external battery packs.
Google whacked - the only reference to "heated ski poles"
http://www.bbc.co.u...97/09/24/world.html
1997 BBC World programming. 8:30 timeslot mentions "centrally heated ski poles" as a failed invention. Don't know what centrally means. [half, May 29 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Heated Gloves
http://www.beachcom...inter/glovwarm.html
Still no heated ski poles/grips found... [thumbwax, Aug 10 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Not a bad idea, but I can't say I've ever had cold hands when skiing. Wet yes, but not cold. |
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Neither have I, but there's a whining noise I hear regularly from nearby, which this product might solve. |
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That whining is the helicopter spooling up. Whatcha going to do, throw a heated ski pole at it? |
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Heck no! A perfectly ordinary pole would do. No sense wasting the gadgetry. |
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take the same technology and apply to kayak/canoe paddles |
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. . . or snow shovel handles. |
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The last thing I need when shovelling snow is another source of heat. |
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umbrellas? (we get our snow in handy liquid format, no shovelling required) |
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really surprised this all hasn't been done. |
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I like the emergency equipment aspect of it. The handle would be useful for melting snow to drink. Also, the handle might show up on an IR camera, indicating the location of a downed or buried skier (assuming the pole is above the snow). |
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Don't let them get too hot, might melt the piste. |
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[Edit]: Sory, I'll read it... |
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[half]: Good link - can't imagine why they failed though. In my experience, skiers will buy almost anything. |
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[bliss]: Shudders at the word.... |
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How did you get a Google return for "heated ski poles", half? |
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So do I, now. Maybe I just have the entire BBC World schedule back to 1995 memorized (which would be particularly strange for an American). Beats me, I didn't think anything *ever* dropped off of a search engine. I just did the search this morning. Maybe I got it with an accidental typo? |
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How about this- rather than
putting a heating element directly
in the pole grip, it would instead
contain an electromagnetic coil
that would induce currents in the
heating circuits of some specially-
designed gloves. If the heating
elements are in the gloves, then
the heat will reach your skin more
readily. |
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