Commuting - Does anyone use the Pearl Izumi Lobster Gloves?

Its getting very cold in wisconsin and I have maxed out my gloves. I thinking I need a glove that provides the ability to have the fingers be together to create more warmth - mitten type deal. Ive seen the lobster gloves and wondered if anyone has used them and if not - whats keeping your hands warm in the zero degree weather?

The Lobsters should do the trick nikos. Have you considered lobster choppers? warm as anything and the moosehide outer mitt will protect your hands very well (if they're still made like the ones I had. I think my parents told me that there is a thinsulate version now.

Hi Nikos-

I was having the same problems as you- my hands were freezing when I'd ride outside. Someone recommended the lobster gloves, and now that I wear them, I love them! The keep your hands really warm. Today, I took a 1 1/2 hour ride when it was 16 degrees (F) out, and I didn't feel any cold penetrating through the gloves. I also have a pair of glove liners that I wear inside the lobster gloves because I always have a problem with my hands getting cold- even when it's pretty warm outside. My glove getup may be a bit warm for the average individual, but for the person that has similiar problems of keeping the hands warm, it's a great solution.

As your next-door-neighbor (Chicago), I highly recommend those gloves. You can actually get the same quality lobster gloves at nashbar.com.

Koffee Brown

Nikos:

I live in the same state as you AND, I have Pearl Izumi lobster gloves.

They will be OK for about 60% of the winter weather. You will need heavier mittens or gloves for the coldest days.

For me, the Pearl Izumi lobster gloves are fine to about 25 degrees F with light to moderate wind.

Bought the Lobsters a couple of years ago on sale through Performance - they have worked great and in temps below 25 - my concern has been more their bulky nature when I commute on my Stumpjumper - w/ the bar ends it makes for a bit of a tight fit on the handle bars.

I actually went to my local Farm and Fleet and picked up some heavy work mittins outer leather with full wool liner. Got the Xl size and also picked up a pair of plain wool mittins to fit inside. This should solve my problem. Took off my bar ends and they fit just fine with the brakes and shifting. Total = 21 bucks

Nikos: The wool/leather mittens that you bought at Farm and Fleet will be warmer than the Pearl Izumi lobsters - probably better for the bitter winter weather you experience.

I live in MN, and it was fairly cold this weekend. I was able to ride for about 2 hours without my hands getting cold on Sat.(the colder day), proabably around 10 to 15 for a high. I use PI Inferno gloves plus some REI glove liners. It works great, I have never used the Lobster's soa I can't compare directly, but I like the Inferno's because they only have two fingers grouped together so I feel I have more control like with regular gloves.

Originally posted by nikos
I actually went to my local Farm and Fleet and picked up some heavy work mittins outer leather with full wool liner. Got the Xl size and also picked up a pair of plain wool mittins to fit inside. This should solve my problem. Took off my bar ends and they fit just fine with the brakes and shifting. Total = 21 bucks The choppers you bought will serve you well my friend

I actually have the Thinsulate version of the Pearl Izumi lobster gloves. I wore my gloves with the liners again last night on a ride, and boy was it cold! It was 13 degrees F, and for once, I felt cold in my fingers. On Sunday, I did a ride for almost 2 hours when it was 16 degrees F, and my fingers were fine. So somewhere between 16- 13 degrees F, the gloves are less effective.

I'm wondering if the Pearl Izumi lobster gloves are similiar. Can anyone with the Pearl Izumi gloves tell me about what temperature it's not so effective anymore? I'd like to continue riding up to 0 degrees comfortably if I could. Also, if anyone can recommend some really good liners instead for my gloves, I'd much rather just get some better liners than more expensive gloves.

Thanks.

K Brown

As a daily commuter in new england I'm always looking for a way to keep warm. I have a pair of Pearl Izumi lobster mitts and have worn them on and off for a couple of years. The truth is, they are all done at 35 degrees F. At 35 degrees my fingers get cold in about 15 miutes and stay that way for the entire ride. I have a pair of high quality ski mittens that work well down to around 5 degrees, I wear them below 40 and the lobsters at 40 and above. In my opinion the lobsters are falsly advertised and over priced, if I new how they performed I wouldn't have bought them.

The weather was 2 below this morning, and with my new mittens one inside the other, my hands were very warm - almost sweating by the time I got to work! Im set.