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Getting a bit older and staring to feel the cold more than a few years ago, need to buy new winter gloves. I've been using Sealskinz waterproof ones for a couple of winters now, but having put them through the washing machine last year, they are no longer waterproof or totally windproof , as they turned their successive layers inside out and I knackered them even more trying to sort them out !
Any other suggestions before I simply replace them and don't machine wash ?
Ideally warm and waterproof. Certainly don't want thicker than the s/s. Good as they are when they work, any bulkier and I may as well ride in boxing gloves.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 6:24 pm
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aldi. 4.99. perfect, unless you have a conscience. 😀


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 6:42 pm
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Google Glacier Perfect Curves.
Strictly speaking they're not cycling gloves but they get great reviews.

25 quidish from window cleaning suppliers.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 6:46 pm
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+1 Aldi. Conscience, why?


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 6:57 pm
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cheap must surely = 'sweatshop'...

(it was discussed briefly on a thread a few days ago)

the glacier gloves are indeed good.

i bought a 'large' pair as i was btween sizes, and went 'up' - £20 posted?

(1 week's use)


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 6:58 pm
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Aldi +1

Seriously they are like hand toasters. Brilliant.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:00 pm
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Conscience ? Moi ? Aldi goes on the list.
The glacier test is impressive, but look like neoprene surfing gloves ?


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:00 pm
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30+ years of commuting, the aldi gloves are the best I have ever used.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:07 pm
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I've got some gore alp x waterproof winter gloves, not cheap but have kept my hands warm and dry so far this year and good feel for grips and controls.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:33 pm
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I would love done Aldi ones, but I never catch them in.
I did the same to my sealskin, was considering ripping out the insides and using the outer with liners.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:42 pm
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Aldi. Loads better than both my Endura winter glovers and my TNF Windstopper ones (which are frankly crap)


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:44 pm
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Aldi - go up a size to leave room for liners for extra cold weather, toasty warmth for a tenner.

Alternatively, I picked up some of the extra cold level Sealskinz the summer before last. A bit bulky but good at half price!


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 7:45 pm
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I bought the glacier ones on the recommendation from a previous thread. I'm generally cold handed and they were good for two and a half hours on the road, 4C, raining. Thumbs up from me.

They are cycling gloves though, according to the packaging - although I got mine from the window cleaning place too.

[url= http://glacierglove.com/our-products/cycling.html ]http://glacierglove.com/our-products/cycling.html[/url]


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 8:26 pm