James Roddie awards the Keela Sticky Polartec Gloves his best value award. Find out why.
At £29.95 the Keela Sticky Polartec Gloves are the least expensive gloves in this test, but this does not translate to lower quality here. Keela have used Polartec Hardface in these gloves. I found wind resistance and breathability to be very good.
James Roddie’s Best Value
At £29.95 the Keela Sticky Polartec Gloves are the least expensive gloves in this test, but this does not translate to lower quality here.- excellent breathability
- price
- not touchscreen compatible
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| Price: $35 | £29.95 (available from Outdoor Action) Weight: 50g (Size M pair) Materials: Polartec Hardface Sizes: S-XL Women’s version? Unisex keelaoutdoors.com |
I found myself happily using wearing these for higher intensity activity (cycling in my case) in cold conditions without breathability issues. However, I did find these gloves to be marginally the slowest to dry in the test. The fit seems perfect for my Medium pair, with no baggy areas or spare room at the finger tips.
Overall comfort is excellent, with soft inner material and a cuff with enough stretch to make it easy to pull the gloves on. My only minor criticism regarding comfort is that there is quite an obvious internal seam inside some of the fingers which I found a little irritating at times.
These gloves are not touchscreen compatible. Whilst this will not be an issue for many people, it does make things harder for days with lots of smartphone navigation or other usage.
There is a silicone printed grip, and this is both very effective and has a stylish aesthetic. Whilst I had the same durability concerns around the silicone grip as with the other gloves in the test, wear-and-tear here seemed to be more limited to the fingertips, rather than across the entire grip. The silicone is distributed in low-profile contour style lines rather than ‘blobs’, and perhaps this has helped with durability.
Weighing a total of 50g for a Medium pair, these gloves are very lightweight. They are thin enough, with a precise enough fit so that I would be happy to use them as liners in winter. Overall, I am happy to recommend these.
How we tested
James tested these gloves in a variety of conditions during winter, spring and early summer in the Scottish Highlands. Weather included high winds, heavy rain showers, and bright and breezy days. James usually wears size medium gloves and his hands run slightly cold. Weights were measured on James’s own scales.
This review was first published in the November 2025 issue of The Great Outdoors magazine. Compare this with other models in our guide to the best hiking gloves.
