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This morning the weather app said "feels like -1°". I decided to give the here-so-highly-rated Aldi gloves a go.
It was cold: merino LS base layer, insulated winter jersey with windproof sleeves and windproof gilet on top and on the quiet country lanes the "-1°" was no lie. But my palms... Man! So toasty warm I actually thought these gloves were an overkill! The best 5 quid I've ever spent!
They're too warm if anything.
-1 round by me this morning and I'm still in aumtumn wear, hands were reasonably fine in Defeet Dura gloves, although my thumbs were a bit cold, but that's the same story in almost all cycling gloves on drop bars.
I love mine, picked up a pair 2years back but they are knackered now. Looking out for them again but maybe I've missed them?
Are these the lobster mitt ones?
Still wearing my summer gloves north of the wall. Defeet gloves when it gets cooler, two pairs of its really cold.
dahedd ^ .I was in my local Aldi last week and they still had a bin full of them. Not sure how long they leave them out for. I got two pairs and were needed this morning. -3 when I moved car.
Are these the lobster mitt ones?
No - considering how warm the standard gloves were, I suppose their mitts were designed for some night-time XC routes around Siberia in mid-winter...
I've got the lobster mitt ones and they're almost too warm...
Went in last week for some pumpkins and came out with a compression base layer.
It has a faint whiff of diesel but otherwise it's really rather good especially for £10
I have aldi gloves, probably around 5 pairs now. They're good but I don't find them as warm as you say, my hands were exactly boiling on my commute this morning
The lobster mitts are much warmer, they've had a couple of different versions out and the older one was better. I haven't seen them for a while though, I lost a pair last year - gutted
I wore mine for the first time today - I thought they might be roasting so was leaving it until it was 0 degrees or thereabouts.... still too warm! actually had sweaty hands!
I'll have to search my local Aldi then.
9 miles in this morning, silk liners, Galibier Deep Winters, still lost feeling by half way 🙁 are the lobster gloves really that warm?
I'm getting tired of spending all my pennies on gloves for my crap circulation! ( And yes, the rest of me was toasty, including wrists)
Anyone got a picture of the Aldi ones?
Submarined, i doubt that you'll find them that warm.
I suffer from cold hands and even around freezing i didn't rate the Aldi lobster mitts that much.
If you're already in silk liners then you've probably tried more winter gloves than this lot already, i know i have :/
Balls. Guess we just make the best of it then. 🙁 back to the burning-charcoal-in-a-tin-in-my-pocket-and-stopping-every-few-miles.
Cheers dude.
I find that the lobster gloves make riding on drops a bit awkward but for the mtb, they're fine.
For those that really suffer, have you looked into heated gloves or pogies?
I used to commute by motorbike and found pogies and heated grips to be the perfect solution...
Been using them for some years, anything above zero and they are a bit on the warm side !
VGVFM
I use the Decathlon winter gloves, they've pretty decent for about £12.
TBH, much below 0 degrees and my lungs start to suffer, however I've just used a pair of ski gloves for the few sub-zero rides I've done.
Hey Scaled and Submarined, I've got this Raynauds thing. It's a real pain, sounds like you may have too. I've tried all manner of gloves, the best ones at the moment are the Shimano Extreme Winter glove. They get me through most things, can be run with a silk liner too. I've currently got this feeling that it's my feet setting off my hands, so I'm going to try getting some better socks to see if that helps. I know it sounds weird but it's a broken bio response that causes it, so you never know. Anyway, if you do find something that helps, live heated gloves or whatever, let us know. Ta
Funnily enough my old Lidl winter gloves were consigned to the bin this morning after establishing that the liners refused to get back into the fingers after several frequent inside out incidents.
Do the aldi ones suffer from this? failing that it might be out with my rab vapour rise gloves, which whilst not cycling specific, are outstanding.
I'd say "good, for the money".
Swings and roundabouts - they don't last long in my experience, but do they need to at that price?
For the proper cold, I have a pair of On One winter gloves I picked up cheap and they lasted all last winter. I bought a pair of the Aldi ones this time around in case the others fall to bits in their second winter.
The biggest issue with the Aldi ones are that the waterproof membrane is not very high quality nor is the stitching around the finger ends, so you end up with fingers that you can't get all the way into as it becomes a tangled mess of liner and membrane.
The key for me is to run three pairs of gloves (I know - decadent), a summer pair, the most important - a windproof Spring/Autumn par and some really warm ones for the very cold weather.
@reformedfatty - spooky - see my post above about the finger/membrane/stitching issue......
Gore wind stopper were fine this morning at seven.
Not cold enough for the Aldi ones.
For those that really suffer these [url= http://www.windowcleancentre.co.uk/cleaning-products/Gloves/Glacier-Perfect-Curve-Gloves.aspx ]glacier gloves[/url] are ridiculously warm to the point of sweaty, clammy hands in anything above freezing...
I got a few pairs of aldi ones, at a five a pair they are a steal. The design seems to change slightly each year, go well with their 13 quid light set.