Winter gloves

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Bought these winter gloves, on a reccommendation from the shop person.

Was riding 3 hours in the pouring rain yesterday. Gloves were OK for about 1/2 an hour untill they were saturated! By the time I got there, my hands were soaking! Blah blah.

Are there any gloves that are 100% waterproof or this an impossible feature? Should I take these gloves back? Doesn't sound like these were fit for use if they get soaked...

Can anyone reccommend some good winter gloves that don't let water in at all? Cheap as pos please. Chaars, Claud

[Dom]

The exact same thing happened to me when I bought my 'waterproof' winter gloves last year. Tbh I don't think there's any such thing.

Think if I'm going for a long ride in the rain in the future I'll stick some marigolds on under the gloves ala Mr Rossi, as that seems to be about the only thing guaranteed to keep you dry.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

I've had my yellow alpinestars waterproof gloves for around 4 years now and they've never leaked They're not even proper winter gloves. I'd be pretty pissed off if winter gloves only lasted 30 minutes in the rain.

Just to check, you do took the gloves cuffs inside your jacket? (Cos rain can run into gloves that way).

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Gloves go out the "outside" of the cuffs.

I've tried latex gloves under my summer gloves. Thing is in winter the wet amplifies the cold, so you may have dry hands underneath, but I should imagine them being bloody cold.

Guess the search for a decent winter glove continues. Think I'll take them back.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

That could be the problem. My post wasn't very clear, but on sportsbikes if you have the cuffs outside of your jacket the rain will run down your arms into the gloves

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Cool, I'll give that a try next time it rains. She seemed pretty adamant these gloves were good. Didn't seem as if she was lying... Thanks

[stinkwheel]

I have a pair of Hein Gericke Master 4 gloves. They have a double cuff, one goes inside the jacket, the other fastens round the outside of the jacket. This means water is not going to run either up your sleeve or down your glove.

They are warm, waterproof and cost 65 quid.
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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

For once I am actually hoping for rain, so I can test these 1 last time and sort it out. Something is wrong with me.

Cheers Stinkwheel

[Flip]

Could you not but some waterproofing stuff?

[instigator]

I bought a pair of overgloves from Hein Gericke - that way I can use normal winter gloves, cheap ones, and stay dry.

It's the same material as my water proof oversuit. Cheap as chips

[Type_Mo]

I have a pair of Alpinestar Drystorm? or Drystar and use them all year long. Perfect come rain or shine Only cost me £40 too
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[ZZRman]

Get a pair of bar muffs, works ten times better than £85 pair of winter glooves, I know cos I've tried them

[dransy]

I bought a cheap pair from aldi they r totally waterproof , never get wet at all
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[Teaman]

gore tex gloves are good.
I have a pair from hein gerick and there quite thin leather but tough little buggers.
Add a pair of heated grips and away you go.
I find that thick gloves stop the feeling and i just dont like them although having said that, the really odd gloves that make you look like you have 3 fingers are great,
anything by bmw are good.
for some reason the germans tend to get the water proofs off to a fine art.

One more thing. If you have a set of water proofs have them on the outside of your gloves because when you stop the water wont run down inside them.
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