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Old 10-09-11, 02:12 PM
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PaulRivers
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Um...to be honest I think I kind of missed that part of your post. You mean you have these? -
http://www.pearlizumi.com/publish/co...-14341009.html

I'm afraid my only thought on those is that they say "P.R.O. Softshell with Cocona™ fabric provides optimal wind and water protection" - but they don't actually say "windproof", I think they don't specifically say "windproof" because they don't meet some sort of standard for being called windproof. For example, you'll notice they use fancy smanshy phrasing to imply they provide "optimal water protection", but they avoid calling themselves waterproof. If you try some of these products for a while you'll find that anything that actually doesn't use the word "waterproof" is not waterproof. There's some sort of standard companies have to use if they use the word waterproof or something - they will often imply again and again that something is waterproof (weatherproof is another good one), but that's just to trick you if it was actually waterproof they would call it waterproof.

That may seem a little jaded, lol, but I've had a lot of friends and family who have fallen for the trap and - well, discovered for themselves what it means.

You know what? I'm kind of rambling on here. Sorry.

Unfortunately I don't have any specific liners to recommend, I would guess this -
http://www.smartwool.com/mens/sopris-glove-liner.html

Would probably be the kind of thing you'd want but I don't own a pair unfortunately.

If it was me, I would start with "windproof" gloves, but that's just my 2 cents. Good luck.
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