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The Tuzo TZG-4 gloves are budget Winter gloves. They retail at around £15 ($25) so I wasn’t expecting a lot from them in the first place, but I am pleasantly surprised. They have surpassed my expectations by a large amount and have held up after 2000 miles of winter riding, an accident and general rough treatment.

COMFORT [4/5]

The first time I put them on they were extremely thick and I was slightly afraid of riding with them as I didn’t have much throttle control. However after a couple of hours wearing and riding with them they were broke in well enough for my heart rate to drop a little. The gloves are very comfy and have moulded to my hand quite well. The lining is soft and warm (Thinsulate) and the adjusters work quite well too. Unfortunately they do not fit under my jacket as the gloves are on the large side; although they are perfectly fine over the top (even with heavy rain) as the draw string does an amazing job. One thing I did notice though was that in hot or even mild weather they get sticky quite fast.

WEATHER RESISTANCE [4/5]

As far as water resistance goes they are excellent. My hands are always dry whatever the amount of rainfall. They do get soggy if your handlebars are wet before you ride but this can be expected from any pairs of gloves. The warmth factor is not that great, once the gloves are broken in the lining becomes quite thin and after about 20 minutes of riding at an average of around 35 MPH (some 70 MPH in there though) your fingers become cold. The rest of my hands are fine but anymore than 35 minutes of riding at outer city speeds and my fingers will start to feel it quite badly. These are at an air temperature of around 0C (36F) however and not that many people will be riding in conditions colder than that for longer than that. I found that a pair of inner gloves works wonders but this jacks the price up to around £30 ($55) so why not just buy a more expensive pair in the first place you may be thinking?

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