Tire warmers are ideal but require dedication and commitment to the process of tire mgmt and cycles. Once you go this route however very good things come about. First, you can ride as hard as you would at race pace from get go. Assuming you set the tires, and had proper warm up time to assure heat is throughout the carcass and felt through the rim. Think about racers on warm up laps many times on stickers right off warmers properly baked. As fast as they would go in the race.
Then, as you progress and learn more about cycling up ( and down) tire wear and life will improve. This is for race compound tires NOT STREET TIRES.
Speaking to street tires, while you can put SP on warmers to put a little heat into them they still have silica and that will make they greasy if they get too hot and then have less traction. not ideal. Race compounds sc0/1/2/3 do not have silica and require warmers for proper usage. Yes you can get by with a couple laps to warm em up. Not ideal.
the inconvenience of requiring stands electricity, bake times, cool down procedures and maintaining proper pressures pay dividends and actually make for a safer experience, higher performance on track. You’ll save money by getting more out of your tires In laps and cycles. But you cannot take it lightly or do it half hearted.
At the end of the day, for racers and track day enthusiasts tire warmers rock - chicken hawks are the best
