Winter Gloves - Finding the right fit??

[gsbiker]

Hello, I've just shelled out £70 for a new pair of winter gloves. It was a difficult decision between 2 sizes. One was tighter but I could control the switches on the handle bars better and the other was instantly more comfy but had alot more padding and too much length in the fingers. So I bought the tighter pair of Spidi NK2 gloves and boy do they hurt me!! I fear I've just wasted my £70 as the shop won't take them back. Only used them twice and bought them 1 week ago. My hands simply ache with these gloves to the point I don't want to ride my bike now! How can I avoid making this expensive mistake again?

Example
http://www.grandprixlegends.com/all-brands/Spidi/Spidi-Nk2-glove-Black.html

 

[Decster]

muffs

 

[Nate]

i find gloves tend to give a bit, so the more you wear them, the easier it might get

 

[Kritou]

A quick call to your local Trading Standards Office re your "return rights" might be worth while. Anyway, a shop that won't exchange them for another size should be told that their name will be mentioned on ukgser!

 

[STUBBS]

if they wont take them back or exchange them give them a good soak in a bucket of water then wear them

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

A quick call to your local Trading Standards Office re your "return rights" might be worth while. Anyway, a shop that won't exchange them for another size should be told that their name will be mentioned on ukgser!

I don't think there would be any right to return after they've been worn and he did have them both to try on and pick from... you can't blame a retailer for refusing to take something back that isn't faulty.

I'm all for giving retailers a hard time when they are being unreasonable but i hardly think the retailer is in anyway to blame here

 

[gsbiker]

Yes I agree the shop has done nothing wrong or should I say illegal!! They are only required to take something back if it's faulty and thats all. Having said that I had no idea that my hands would hurt at all otherwise I would have not bought them. It does seem unreasonable to me that they won't take them back but there you go!

 

[gsbiker]

if they wont take them back or exchange them give them a good soak in a bucket of water then wear them

Wear them wet??

Joking aside, how much will this help? Won't there be a tendency for them to shrink? Soak them in cold, warm or hot water?

 

[nedflanders]

stick em in the for sale section, if you get £40 it's better than a set of gloves that never get used, anyway what size are they

 

[VAL. H.]

Yes I agree the shop has done nothing wrong or should I say illegal!! They are only required to take something back if it's faulty and thats all. Having said that I had no idea that my hands would hurt at all otherwise I would have not bought them. It does seem unreasonable to me that they won't take them back but there you go!

Would you want to pay £70.00 for a pair of gloves that someone else has worn, even if only a couple of times?

I wouldn't, I know that much, plus if they've been used they are unlikely to look like they are brand new.

My own experience of 'Waterproof' gloves in not good. in the late eighties I bought one of the first available pairs of cordura waterproof gloves. These were quite simply brilliant staying waterproof for seven years, the first two of which were very heavy use (200'000 miles).

Since then I have bought four or five pairs of 'waterproof' gloves. All of these have leaked within three rides.

Now I don't bother with them. I just fit the Muffs and use non waterproof gloves. My hands are out of the elements and don't get sweaty either 'no stinky hand shakes'.

I'd say do as recommended above and cut your losses and sell them for what you can get (try ebay) then have a rethink. BTW winter/waterproof gloves need to be a good loose fit, to maximise the thermal benefits and to limit the stresses on the waterproof lining.

Val.

 

[Klanky]

......................... BTW winter/waterproof gloves need to be a good loose fit, to maximise the thermal benefits and to limit the stresses on the waterproof lining.

Val.

+1

If you compress the gloves too much by being a tight fit, you reduce the amount of insulating/warming effect by the trapped air that should be there.

When I used to despatch in London, I got peed off with various bulky and allegedly waterproof/winter gloves (no heated grips) and put some muffs on the bike. Most of the time I could then ride with light gloves - even wollen ones were fine if i was just bashing around the West End and the City. Handy when you're fiddling about with paperwork and pens. Mucho better.

Someone stated on the forum that they had a combination of BarkBusters and heated grips - this allowed them to ride in shite weather with light gloves on. Is this a possibility for you?

 

[Humbug]

if they wont take them back or exchange them give them a good soak in a bucket of water then wear them

I agree. G/F used to have a pair of boots which were too tight and very uncomfortable. She got them soaked through on a long day's ride down to SW France. We stopped at a laundromat and threw all our clothes in the tumblers. Boots, gloves, socks, jackets, the lot!!! Her boots never fitted so well after this and she still refuses to part with them because they are so comfy!

 

[Racoon]

persevere

i have had similar trouble with winter gloves i bought 3 weeks ago now but i am not letting them beat me,i have been wearing them on and off the bike and stretching them and pulling all sorts of weird hand contortions,i have just got back from a ride out now and i think that they are getting better.the length of the fingers on the larger sizes are just too long but if the glove is even a little tight then using the indicator switch is even more annoying than usual.it is very hard to know how a glove will work for you without trying it on a ride first.

 

[Gs Craig]

I had the same problem, and they did get better after a while.

However if they really are too tight -
Get the inside of the glove wet and then take them back and say they let water in!!
(Remember to say you had your jacket sleeve over the glove)

They are faulty then!

A bit naughty i know but £70 is £70