Waterproof gloves-really waterproof

[MichaelG]

When Miles speaks, I listen. The only thing I hate about going to that store is that I know I'll come out with a boatload of stuff.

Okay, Limbuck, then here is a trick to save you money.

Before leaving the house to go to the CycleGear store, fill up your saddlebags with all kinds of "stuff" from your garage, leaving very little to NO room to stuff anything else into them. That way, when you buy anything at CycleGear, you have to think very carefully...how am I going to get this home. With a new pair of gloves, you can simply wear them home.

Now, don't take the mini-van, as that involves a lot of packing and unpacking, just to make the same point.

[Scotrod]

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The brand name on these is CYCLOAK. They have GORE-TEX on the index finger, in large embroidery type, and the word KEVLAR in embroidery type on the strap that tightens around the wrist.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cycloak-GT-P...-/280420400526

[MichaelG]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cycloak-GT-P...-/280420400526

Yes, those are THEE gloves. But they only offer them...on that site...in a size Small. Most of us would wear a size Large, or larger.

If I could find a couple pair in size Large, or X-Large, I would buy two pair, for the future use of riding in the rain.

Of course, I would cover them in aluminum foil, so that the lightning...or aliens...cannot get to my hands.

[Hornblower]

Of course, I would cover them in aluminum foil, so that the lightning...or aliens...cannot get to my hands.

Only you would be thinking about how to foil the aliens

[Hornblower]

If you're really interested, I see this ad on Craigslist for these gloves in XL. Looks like the SF Bay area. Check Posting ID: 4037038004

[MichaelG]

If you're really interested, I see this ad on Craigslist for these gloves in XL. Looks like the SF Bay area. Check Posting ID: 4037038004

Thanks Ken. I did send the craigslist poster a reply, and hopefully he will sell me his gloves. His are a size XL...and I had to go back out to the motorcycdle garage to retrieve that pair of gloves...again...and found that mine are a size XXL. Had bigger hands than I thought I did.

But I will be happy to have a size XL, as these gloves are worth it.

Again, thank you.

[kjelders]

I recently purchased the Gauntlet Waterproof Deer skin gloves made by the Churchill Glove Co that Miles mentioned. 100% thinsulate liner with outer deer skin being waterproof. I actually bought one size smaller (med) as I normally wear a large. They are not bulky as other type gloves that I have tried.

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[MichaelG]

I recently purchased the Gauntlet Waterproof Deer skin gloves made by the Churchill Glove Co that Miles mentioned. 100% thinsulate liner with outer deer skin being waterproof. I actually bought one size smaller (med) as I normally wear a large. They are not bulky as other type gloves that I have tried.

Kevin, here is what "I" would do with those new gloves....

I would get a new container of either Mink oil, or Sno-Seal, and I would put the gloves ON my hands, then dip my fingers into the Mink oil or Sno-Seal, and get a large dollop of the Mink oil or Sno-Seal, and work that into the gloves, rubbing both hands together, wringing your hands like you just won the lottery. Really coat the exterior of these gloves...very well, and in excess.

When you think you have an excess amount on the exterior of the gloves, take the gloves over to the kitchen oven that you were previously warming up, to about 150 degrees, and then lay these gloves out on a cookie sheet, and put them in the oven, and close the door. This will heat the gloves up even more...but not cook the gloves. It will allow the Mink oil or Sno-Seal to permeate the deer skin, and make the gloves more waterproof than they would naturally be.

Leave them in the oven for 30 minutes, then turn the oven OFF, open the oven door slightly, and leave them inside overnight. The next morning, remove the cookie sheet from the oven, remove the gloves from the cookie sheet, and...most importantly...remember to WASH the cookie sheet.

Then, once a year put an additional coat of either Mink oil or Sno-Seal on the gloves, without having to heat them up again.

Note: make sure you get as much excess oil or sealant off the palm of the gloves, so that they do not slip and slide on the handlebars and controls.

[kjelders]

Thanks Miles. Sounds like a plan.
I bet Momma doesn't let me use her new cookie sheets she just bought!

[WCody]

I've tried the CYCLOAK gloves (and I still have my pair in a drawer somewhere) but, they still didn't handle the issue of water flowing down your sleeves under the gauntlets.

I truly have not found a 100% waterproof glove. Water-resistant, yes. Each glove I've tried, I've had to ALSO use the 3-fingered Gortex overglove from Rider Wearhouse to achieve true waterproofness... up to now.

Last year, someone told me about the BMW Atlantis 3 glove.

A few months back, I picked up a pair of BMW Atlantis 3 gloves and I have to say, so far they are "Da Bomb!". They're not a true winter glove (although with heated grips, they could work). They're more of a mid-temp glove.

The cool thing I like about them that will jump right out at you is that they have a double-gauntlet - the inner one is a neoprene sleeve that goes inside your riding jacket's sleeve and the outer one goes over your riding jacket's sleeve and closes with a water-repellent zipper. So, if water does somehow get under the gauntlet (i.e., flowing under the sleeve), it cannot get inside the hand area of the glove. In fact, the glove has two little eyelets in the wrist area that allows that water to flow back out.

Other features:

- back soft cowhide leather, palm is smooth cowhide leather.
- windproof and waterproof and breathable with GORE-TEX.
- adjustable Velcro fastener at wrist.

There are several other features which you can see/read here: http://store.bobsbmw.com/product/bmw-atlantis-3-gloves

Check them out.

Bill