100% brisker cold weather gloves review

[Bones]

Absolute crap.

 

[StuR]

Very comprehensive thanks

 

[RustyMojo]

Been my go to winter gloves for years! I think they are excellent! Anything else is too bulky

 

[Doomanic]

I wear them for most of the year until it gets either really cold or really wet. In the wet they soak up water like a sponge and the wind chill makes it feel like I'm wearing ice cubes.

 

[Bones]

Well I got the xl size for my skinny hands. The cuffs are really small and it makes them hard to get on.
Today's ride was about - 5 and they were useless at stopping my hands from getting cold.
Ended up swopping with a mate and he also said they were very poor at stopping the cold.

 

[RustyMojo]

The Brisker has a Velcro strap opening… I have large hands and never a problem. Do you mean Briskers or the Hydromatic gloves which don’t have the Velcro opening. The Brisker is a cold weather glove and the hydromatic is a thinner waterproof glove. Seem to remember them also making a brisker waterproof as well in the past.
Unless things have changed since I last bought some last year

 

[Bones]

These have a Velcro fla

 

[RustyMojo]

Well I don’t know what to say! All of my group were wearing them today. But it wasn’t -5 in Monmouthshire and on reflection I don’t think -5 is reasonable to expect toasty hands from a pair of microfibre gloves backed gloves! Universally they seem to score 5 stars in product review tests!

 

[Bones]

Perhaps they just don't suit a soft yorkshireman

 

[RustyMojo]

Perhaps they just don't suit a soft yorkshireman

Or maybe, you just need to look at a full winter riding glove. I’m happy to ride in Briskers through the winter and have ridden in them in the snow. But it blooming cold and windy this weekend. So if you are struggling maybe look at some full winter gloves. Rather than single later microfibre ones.

 

[Gary]

No gloves at all is a better option than 100% briskers
The concept behind them is massively flawed.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

I agree the Briskers are not great.

in search of some decent gloves I found the Endura Freezing Point gloves.

tested today in 0 degrees (2 degrees max at some point) and had to take them off halfway through the day as they were too hot.

expensive. Decent.

Endura UK

Men's MT500 Freezing Point Waterproof Glove - Black

www.endurasport.com

 

[Bones]

Cheers Rob. The gloves I swapped with were endura. No idea what flavour.
When I swapped back I used some latex gloves as liners which helped.

 

[Mikerb]

I use neoprene windsurfing gloves. Warm and stay warm if wet , not bulky plus great grip on the bars. The ones I use are C Skins brand.

 

[InRustWeTrust]

I bought these gloves just to test as they were quite cheap and it turned out to be a great buy.

they are water-repellent, not too hot and have a rubber grip on the fingers which means that you get more grip and you can press the phone without having to take off your gloves.

 

[2WheelsNot4]

Im still using a pair of Spesh neoprene lobster claws I've had for the last 20 years. Thin pair of altura standard gloves underneath, and Chiba waterproof (they aren't but i fabsil them before winter sets in proper) lobster claw outers.

Not just the bike, I use them camping Scottish winters in Glen Etive, when its -10c and in the wind.

 

[Dazb]

Wore my Briskers today for the first time, Temp was around 0 and I have to agree with the OP they weren't very good my hands were freezing

 

[Bones]

Wore my Briskers today for the first time, Temp was around 0 and I have to agree with the OP they weren't very good my hands were freezing

Looking like we both have a Christmas shopping list

 

[RustyMTB]

I agree the Briskers are not great.

in search of some decent gloves I found the Endura Freezing Point gloves.

tested today in 0 degrees (2 degrees max at some point) and had to take them off halfway through the day as they were too hot.

expensive. Decent.

Endura UK

Men's MT500 Freezing Point Waterproof Glove - Black

www.endurasport.com

This will come over as terribly pedantic & I really don't mean it that way but at around zero degrees, we're roughly about as cold as it gets here, give or take & so if your gloves are a bit much at that point, it's no better than a pair that leave you freezing? I'm in the market for some freshies but like everyone, definitely want to find the sweet spot.

Weirdly I rode today with a pair of no brand, let the air through thinnnies I found in a drawer & after ten minutes or so, my hands warned up & stayed there all day.

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

This will come over as terribly pedantic & I really don't mean it that way but at around zero degrees, we're roughly about as cold as it gets here, give or take & so if your gloves are a bit much at that point, it's no better than a pair that leave you freezing?

Eh?!

I took them off and put on a thinner pair as my hands were quite warm. Have you ever had an extra layer on your body and taken it off once you’d warmed up? Much the same with the gloves. We started riding at 10am when it waa freezing cold. By 1pm after a few hours riding it had warmed up a small amount(so had my hands) so i put on a thinner pair.

Had I started in the Fox Flexair gloves I’d probably have had freezing cold hands all morning.

 

[RustyMTB]

Eh?!

I took them off and put on a thinner pair as my hands were quite warm. Have you ever had an extra layer on your body and taken it off once you’d warmed up?

I have Rob but not with gloves, which is why I asked. Not too hot, not too cold, that's all I was after finding out.

 

[Ian986]

I wore my brisket’s today and I was fine

 

[Dazb]

I wore my brisket’s today and I was fine

What was the temperature, I'm sure mine would have been fine if it was warmer

 

[RustyMojo]

It was -1 when I started at 9am in Staunton FoD, like I said I was fine as were my whole riding group who all wear them at this time of year.

 

[MrSimmo]

I honestly don’t know what the problem is, I went out for a ride and rode back in minus -1 with Briskers on and didnt feel cold hands when I’d got back…

That said, I’d had several whiskeys in the pub during the ride and couldn’t feel much, or work out where I was riding. Oh and I’d lost one of the Briskers on the way home.

So all in all, a conclusive test

In all seriousness though, they’re ok but my MT500’s are warmer

 

[Hobo Mikey]

I just ride with my hands in my pockets, it’s a bit tricky on the downhills but so much fun.

 

[Bones]

I can only assume my circulation is poor compared to other people, but like I said the guy I swapped gloves with soon wanted them back

 

[carlton]

I wore my 100% Briskers yesterday for the first time and I'd have to agree that they aren't as good as the online reviews would have you believe. They were better than my old gloves and their lack of bulk is great. At several points my hands felt cold but they never went numb or into cramps which they would do with my old gloves. So I'd rate them as good but I'm still looking for the perfect winter gloves

 

[MrSimmo]

Amazon sell heated gloves, wonder if they’re any good?

 

[Sofaboy73]

Today's ride was about - 5 and they were useless at stopping my hands from getting cold.

they're not really designed to work down to those temps, they're a fairly thin windproof glove. what they are good at is for the the autumn to spring period when it's too cold for normal gloves but above freezing. the Hydromatic ones are a little warmer but for anything below -1 / -2 i'd be reaching for my neoprene gloves, great a keeping you hands warm, if not wet - just don't take them off mid ride otherwise it's a like wearing blocks of ice for the first couple of minutes until they warm up again