Anyone find Sealskinz gloves a bit weird to get used to?

[RSV_Ecosse]

I got a pair of Sealskinz gloves as an Xmas pressie and so far I have found them to be very good for early morning commutes.

However I still can't get used to them. It's the way they feel on the bars, with the inner kinda moving about a bit as you cycle along.

Don't want to give up on them as apart from this they are very good but I just find them a bit strange feeling.

Anyone else find that?. Do you get used to it after a while?.

 

[Dormouse]

I had a pair with the loose liner and did not get on with them. I found that if my hands were a bit damp the liner would stick to them and would get pulled inside out when I took the gloves off. It was a real pain getting the liner back in properly.. I eventually binned them and got the version with the fixed liner and they are fine.

 

[bonj2]

i've got some of the mtb ones and they're awesome. for road riding or mtbing.

 

[Bodhbh]

+1 re: the socks.

It's really irratating getting them on as no matter how hard you try there always seems a clumped of bunch up liner somewhere near your toes. Generally I take 2-3 goes to get the bloody things on close to satisfaction.

There are a version of the socks without the loose liners tho?

 

[furball]

Guide to putting on a pair of Seaskinz gloves.

1 Pick up right glove and put hand in glove
2 Two fingers and thumb fit into glove fingers
3 Waggle the other two fingers around and try to force them into the glove
4 Swear
5 Remove hand from glove and try to straigten out the twisted liner by poking with one finger
6 Swear
7 Try to straighten twisted liner by poking with a knitting needle
8 Place hand in glove
9 Three fingers fit in glove fingers but no way will the thumb or other finger go in
10 Swear using more than one swear word
11 Repeat procedure with knitting needle
12 Thumb and three fingers fit in but that last finger just wont play ball
13 Swear using big swear words
14 Repeat procedure with knitting needle then blow into glove
put hand in glove
15 SUCCESS
16-30 Now without taking off the right glove, repeat with left
31 Half an hour later proceed to the garage where bike is kept
32 Attempt to unlock padlock on door
33 Drop key (into mud) as unable to grip key with gloves on
34 Swear. Just one little swear word because you are mild mannered and do not normally swear and will not be reduced to a foul mouthed person by a pair of effing gloves
35 Pick key out of mud dirtying new gloves
36 Swear using every swear word known to man
37 Try again
38 Pick key out of mud
39 Swear using every swear word known to man with a few made up ones added in
40 Take off muddy Sealskinz gloves and never wear again
41 Cycle 40 miles (gloveless) to calm nerves.
42 Replace with two pairs of Aldi cheapies