Showcase: Visordown's Top 19 Winter Gloves
New product showcase from Visordown
Alpinestars Jet Road Gore-Tex
Two part cuff, elastic for inside your jacket arm and a zipped outer shell to go over the top.
Inner Gore-Tex membrane doesn’t bunch up. Although the inner is thick, it doesn’t feel unwieldy. Silicon strips across the palm. Super-tuff carbon knuckles too.
Price: £129.95
Alpinestars Radiant Drystar
Alpinestars Radiant Drystar
A long glove with every technical feature packed in apart from hefty knuckledusting capability.
Thinsulate, Bremburg fleece, neoprene, synthetic suede palm, it’s got the lot.
Comfy with secure fastening. Good glove at a good price.
Price: £44.95
Arlen Ness AN1 Touring
Arlen Ness AN1 Touring
All fabric with very long cuffs to make sure no nasty chiils sneak up your sleeve.
Not massive on protection, but with enough padding and genereal thickness of material for it not to be that much of an issue.
Not a bad pair of gloves.
Price: ?£89.99
Bering Rocket
Bering Rocket
A very wintry little demon.
Supple and very touchy/feely for those ‘I can’t feel the controls’ moments.
The breathable Primaloft lining is a high value thermal inner and combined with the undeniable softness makes this a minimal yet effective glove.
Price: ?£81.00
Bulletproof Tour 500
Bulletproof Tour 500?
This is a good value glove with a few features more likely to be found on higher end products.
You get wire mesh and gelcoat knuckle protection and a suede visor wipe finger. Yes you do.
And don’t forget these are also bulletproof.
Price: £34.99
Dainese Jerico Gore-Tex
Dainese Jerico Gore-Tex
Anything boasting Distortion Control on the little finger has got to be taken semi-seriously.
Then there’s the Primaloft thermal padding and a good old Gore-Tex breathable membrane.
Good gloves.
Price: ?£129.99
Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
All leather with carbo-tech too.
These puppies have a kangaroo leather palm and more than their fair share of relective striping.
Memoery foam padded knuckles and a substantial D-ring wrist fastening.
Tidy gloves for a resonable outlay.
Gear Euro Tour
Gear Euro Tour
Waterproof winter gloves for thirty quid? An all-leather outer wraps around an insulated waterproof membrane.
There’s Scotchlite piping to provide visibility and carbon knuckle inserts for protection. Top effort, though palm bunches up a bit when gripping bars.
Price: £29.99
Held Kodiak
Held Kodiak
Outer a mixture of cowhide and Cordura with a thermal lining.
A Gore-Tex membrane takes care of waterproofing.
Handy visor wipe on forefinger and velcro wrist fastening.
Only foam knuckle protection, but reasonably well made. Not the cheapest though.
Price: £79.99
Ixon Pro Adept
Ixon Pro Adept
Another textile item, this time with a Drytex inner and, wait for it, soft shell knuckle protection with a carbon fibre inner.
Polar fleece lining and an easy to use velcro cuff fastening.
Who could be without 3-D fingers and thumbs? Nice glove.
Price: ?£39.99
Joe Rocket Nitrogen
Joe Rocket Nitrogen
Leather outer with a waterproof Dry Tech mid-liner.
Thermolite inside is silky smooth. The only problem is the inside feels maybe too slick and may affect control and the cuff feels a bit short.
High-density foam provides the only protection.
Price: ?£69.99
Klan Touring Gloves
Klan Touring Gloves
Probably the cheapest heated gloves on the market – but they don’t feel that way.
Tough Cordura outer with heated elements running over the back of the hand down to the fingertips.
Suede visor-wipe thumb and long cuff to keep water and wind out.
Price: ?£99.99
Knox Zero
Knox Zero
Waterproof winter version from Knox’s Hand Armour line, the Zero.
Top attraction is the BOA lacing system and a super easy-to-use ratchet system for cuff closure.
Aniline leather outer on the fingers and back, with a goat leather palm. Plastic sliders on palm and cuff.
Price: ?£99.99
Revit Kelvin H20
Revit Kelvin H20
Made with a bigger variety of impressive-sounding materials than the bleeding space shuttle.
How about a tri-fleece liner and a hydratex membrane for starters? Nicely put together and very comfy.
There’s even an outer mix of goatskin, cowhide and suede.
Price: ?£99.99
Rukka Raptor
Rukka Raptor
Full-length winter Gore-Tex gloves from Rukka with X-trafit technology to provide the same amount of warmth and waterproofing as traditional fabrics, except thinner.
The stitching on the inside is uncomfortable.
Protection from moulded knuckle guards and palm heel slider.
Price: ?£179
Segura Trevor
?Segura Trevor
Very comfortable twom type glove with short Neat and tidy fabric number in 100% breathable material with Thinsulate lining.
Don’t let the soft outer fool you though, the soft shell’s got a carbon knuckle inner and the elastic cuff’s also got a velcro strap. Palm is reinforced too.
Price: ?£65.00
Spada Enforcer WP
Spada Enforcer WP
High visibility coating backed up with reflective panels. Sporty leather outer, inside cosy as a new duvet.
Thick winter liner is a combination of an insulated thermal lining and a waterproof membrane.
Visor wipe on the left thumb is a nice touch.
Price: ?£54.99
Weise Fusion
Weise Fusion
The perfect town glove. Simple and cheap, although there’s not much in the way of protection.
Outer is mixture of full grain leather and nylon, inner is a waterproof and breathable Hypora membrane.
If your daily commute is short, this could be your glove.
Price: ?£29.99
Wolf Textile Winter
Wolf Textile Winter
Mid-range textile waterproof glove with protection integrated under a thick waterproof material, with minimal stitching.
Rubberized logo on palm and fingertips to improve grip. Inner waterproof liner can move but doesn’t bunch up.
Price: ?£69.99
