Lobster Gloves

[kingrollo]

Any recommendations for Lobster gloves....my hands haven't recovered from a freezing ride two weeks ago.....

Just reccos please - not a debate on the validity/ usefulness of Lobster Gloves !

 

[fossyant]

PX have some for £19.99 - two finger type.

 

[vickster]

Planet X, Sealskinz or GripGrab have a good rep on a FB group I use

 

[T4tomo]

I think almost any, I use some I bought for skiing. It helps that my winter steed has bar end shifters, so i don't need to worry about whether I can fiddle with STI levers. Make sure you can fit a liner in them for when its really cold. And if its colder than that, its probably icy, so stay in.

 

[fossyant]

Also, not everyone's hands are the same - so be wary of reviews especially if you suffer from cold hands. I can generally get away with lightweight full finger, unless freezing or below, when I use Nightvision gloves.

 

[pclay]

i have the planet X lobster gloves. They are the only ones i have owned so cannot compare. They are warm, but i still feel the cold through them at minus degree temps.

 

[Big John]

I've used Sealskins lobster ones for years now. For me they were a game changer. I did spend an age, however, in scouring the internet until I found some I could afford. They're not cheap but they keep your hands warm. Don't get hoodwinked by any marketing hype that they're waterproof though. They ain't. But I wouldn't swap them for any others when it gets proper cold, like the recent cold snap. I did see some lobster glove 'covers' in Trespass some years ago and thought about buying them to keep the water out but I didn't succumb and I still just wear the original gloves.

 

[richardfm]

i have the planet X lobster gloves. They are the only ones i have owned so cannot compare. They are warm, but i still feel the cold through them at minus degree temps.

Same here. I wear merino fingerless gloves under them

 

[Sixmile]

I've the Planet X one's too and have used them for a few winters. I still get cold fingertips maybe due to how misshapen the inner liner is now that they've been through the wash a few times.

 

[fossyant]

How weird, Carnac lobster gloves advert has just come up on my Instagram feed from PX.

Bloody google snooping.

 

[MontyVeda]

How weird, Carnac lobster gloves advert has just come up on my Instagram feed from PX.

Bloody google snooping.

It happens so frequently its more predictable than weird these days. Anything i mention in the DIY thread, there's a video all about it the next time i visit uTube

 

[Profpointy]

I got a three-in-one set from Assos. They were "reduced" (last year's colour or whatever) to about a hundred quid. To be fair though, that's a waterproof lobster outer, a rather good fleece middle layer and thin innermost. They can be worn in various combinations with even the thinnest OK for cool but not cold days. Not sure I'd want to pay a lot more, but they are excellent

 

[wonderloaf]

PX have some for £19.99 - two finger type.

PX have the Carnac versions at £9.99 + P&P at the moment. I've been using these for the past few years and are the only gloves that stop my fingers from getting too cold.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/products/carnac-waterproof-crab-hand-winter-gloves

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Many a sideways look from others when I wear these; but many an admiring glance when we are in the café and the others are trying to defrost their fingers on a cup of coffee whilst I am wiping the sweat off my hands.

 

[fossyant]

PX have the Carnac versions at £9.99 + P&P at the moment. I've been using these for the past few years and are the only gloves that stop my fingers from getting too cold.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/products/carnac-waterproof-crab-hand-winter-gloves

That would explain why I got the marketing instagram, as they have dropped in price from yesterday