Joe
Rocket: Hard Drive gloves product
review
Description: waterproof
textile and leather motorcycle
sport-riding gloves
Colors: available in a variety of colors
Criteria used in selection:
- Ability to keep
hands dry
- Impact and
abrasion protection
- Good tactile feel
- Warmth
Features:
- Dry Tech® 100%
waterproof/breathable mid liner
- outer shell
constructed with Rock Tex™
330 abrasion-resistant textile
- leather on palms
and sides of hands
- abrasion resistant
sections added on palms and thumb
- molded hard shell
protection on knuckles and thumb
- leather-covered
high density padding on fingers
- 2 velcro wrist
strap
- quick-adjust
bungee cord cuff adjuster
In the past, looking for a
waterproof pair of motorcycle gloves that
could keep my hands dry as well as offer
decent protection has always been a bit
of a challenge. I often found gloves that
were either too bulky or lacked
protection. Since tactile feel and
protection are high on my
list, I was always a little uncomfortable
about this.
Recently, I've come across
the Hard Drive waterproof
motorcycle gloves from Joe Rocket that
met both criteria.
These motorcycle gloves
offer a blend of abrasion resistant
textile and leather plus a
waterproof/breathable mid-liner. They
have leather covering the palm as well as
both sides of the hand. Top of the
fingers too. In addition, there is hard
armor on the knuckles and thumb plus an
extra layer of abrasion resistant
material on thumb and palm.
The Joe Rocket Hard Drive
waterproof gloves also have a very neat
quick-adjust bungee cord at the wrist.
You just pull it with one hand and it
cinches.
Bonus: I've discovered
that the Hard Drive gloves are quite a
bit warmer than I expected.
I've ridden in temperature
ranging from 0c to 4c (32f-39f) for an
hour at a time and was very comfortable.
Given the leather palms, they would be
ideally suited for wearing while using
heated grips.
To verify how waterproof
they were, I've subjected the Hard Drive
gloves to submersion in a bucket of cold
water for 90 minutes. At the end of 90
minutes, I wore the gloves. They felt
heavier due to the water absorbed. but my
hands came out dry.
So far, they've stood up
very well in the fall season rain we've
had, keeping my hands dry and warm.
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