I gave these a spin. They have potential but the fit is too tight.

Pros

• Slim, and thus indoor friendly
• Long fingers, going almost to the last knuckle

Cons

• Tight fit, constricts finger circulation which actually cools them. A bigger size may help
• Tightness also hinders movement
• Heating only on the backside

About the company: One of the batteries had a broken charging indicator. I requested a change and was flatly denied. Also returns aren't free despite what the site claims. Expect good gloves, but poor batteries and customer service.

I recommend getting the same batteries cheap directly from Aliexpress.

G-Heat appears to have a respectable looking model. Not recommending as I haven't tried them, but I might give them a try at some point.

I agree that longer is certainly better. Applies to heated gloves too.

I find non powered standard fingerless gloves do pretty well as they are. The higher up they can get the better so getting up to that last knuckle is huge.

Thanks for the idea! Yeah I've run into quite a few motorcycle gloves already. Some finger trimming would seem to be required still.

Yeah I actually discovered that pretty much all the manufacturers use the same Chinese battery pack. I'm just gonna order a couple more of those.

Look for heated motorcycle glove liners.

I had some years ago - the wiring is a fine mesh around the hand/fingers, usually on the outside of the glove material (or sandwiched between layers).

The mesh stops mid-finger, so you could just cut the tips off, or maybe they make them without tips today

As for your battery concern - so long as the battery matches the voltage requirement, it's then just a matter of making the connector match, which is trivial.

Some you can just plug in and use them wired. Another kind of limitation 🤷🏻‍♀

No-go for meas they seem to use a battery pack which limits their life time harshly.

Yeah I'm employing these regularly. They just aren't very useful in the office. The best would probably be with these tube gloves with a pocket for a heater: https://www.theheatcompany.com/en/gloves/merino-tube

Electricity just has the potential to apply the heat way more precisely.

If you’re ok to look past electricity, there are chemical heat packs designed to be inserted inside gloves and boots. Just crack them and insert for several hours heat.

Bertschat Heated Fingerless Under Gloves - Dual Heating

Same glove as in the post, just with a more realistic pic.

So based on the initial search I got these.

Pros

• Quality feel
• Top and bottom heat independently adjustable
• Heating is concentrated in fingers, exactly where it's needed most
• Decently warm without power too as they're pretty windproof

Cons

• Expensive
• Outrageously prized extra batteries
  • They're 7,4V with a some kind of barrel connector. Maybe it would be possible to use third party batteries?
• Battery sits a bit awkwardly under your wrist when your hands are on a desk. Extension cables are sold though.
• A bit on the stiff side, but not too bad
• Colorful LEDs always on in the controller bit. You may wish to hide them in your sleeves
• The controller bits aren't mirrored for the other glove. I.e. the button closest to your fingers controls palm on the orher glove and backside on the other. There are icons though

Verdict

Certainly above average but I'd still love to find a better pair.

Other models

They have single side heated model as well, and also a heated deskpad. Haven't tried either.

https://www.anker.com/ca/products/q20i-a3004z11 This one is BT but has a wired option, I think the ANC works in wired as well. They're very highly reviewed in the budget ANC category for both noise cancelling and sound quality. I bought a set for my wife and kids (I already had a set of Audio-Technicas, so I passed for myself) and they all like them quite a lot.

I've had the Sony XM2 and have XM5 both were very comfy.

Especially as I wear glasses and neither become uncomfortable pressing my ears into my frames.

The XM5 are much lighter weight too.

Seconding Bose, excellent and comfortable.

I used my Sennheiser True Momentum 4s on a 14+ hour flight, they were very comfortable and the noise cancelling was excellent. Battery lasted for about 8-9 hours.

Sony XM and Bose QC are kinda the gold standards here. You can get an older gen of the XM for cheaper without missing out on much

I find I don't use my XMs enough on trips to want to carry around bigish headphones, so I picked up the technics eahaz100 recently and I've been super happy with them. Something else to consider if you're open to earbuds still

The issue you’ll run into I think is fatigue vs price. The more expensive ones tend to do noise canceling a lot gentler. Also, over-ear will be way better than the earbud-style design for both noise canceling and comfort (therefore, not so small).

I’ve had a great experience with the Bose QCs — Costco has them, so you can save a little money there. Case is about the size of a Kindle if it was 3” thick, and it comes with a wired option.

Dang, I guess I slacked and someone else used it. Or mayb it expired? I've got a snikket instance set up now so I'm signing up for jmp.chat and am ready to enter a code. Can you DM me or post another? I appreciate your recommendation and assistance!

I have a handful of codes. They're one time use and get you a free month.

BAHAKVHA 2B161EEE E6F190C9 33B5D86D 9FB3CCDB

Good luck!

Do you have referrals?

I use jmp.chat for this service. I believe it is $5 a month and offers a real number with voice and text. On Linux I use Dino to call and text, on Android I use Cheogram for calls and text - It's available on Fdroid.

It's not perfect but it all works well enough as an XMPP bridge, I've been using it for years. Best of luck.

Wish I could help, but I too would be interested in this.

if she's already on the google or amazon ecosystems, one of their devices might be the best choice for her, as no new account anywhere would be needed for the device itself. they'd probably be the easiest for her to set up herself.

rokuchannel isn't available on every device, so if she wants to watch anything that's "only" on it (roku originals, or current exclusives), she'll need a roku or something that roku supports. same goes for apple, but apple tv is more widely available--at least for viewing what's already bought.

note: if you want a roku device but don't want to pony-up a payment method right away or for only 'free' viewing, try creating one using a browser at https://my.roku.com/signup/nocc

if you don't want to end up being her go-to tech support, then choose a retail product used as it was sold.. not an ordinary pc or device that's been rooted or has sideloaded apps.

i do recommend a "device" vs a "smart tv". the device replaces the "smarts" and are easier to replace and upgrade. that allows you to keep the tv off the internet completely and use it as a big, dumb screen.

The configuration is whatever borg saved in ~/.config.

A script would have commands to

• perform the actual backups (you can put multiple directories to the same command)
• check for errors
• delete old archives according to some rules you have.

I have my backups set up to retain a two year old archive, a one year old one, one for the last twelve months, last four weeks and last seven days.