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Hi Guys,
Iam planning to buy some Gear next month. A good sturdy Jacket and good full gauntlet Gloves. I already have a full face AGV helmet and AXO knee & elbow guards. I visited planetdsg and zeroed in on a few.
Gloves:
1. DSG Ark: This looks pretty normal to me. The protection seems fine. I used this for pretty good time. It was good. But i had severe knuckle pain. The fit was fine and i got totally used to it in just about 20kms of riding. Looks better than Vector to me. While riding in rain, water did seep in.
2. DSG Vector: There is no difference between this and Ark when it comes to the features. Personally i feel like puking looking at the color. But visually the protection seems to be the highest in this one. I maybe wrong.
3. DSG Primal: This looks the coolest among the three. I liked the model. It has carbon-fibre knuckle protection and some other features which Ark and Vector lack. But it is priced lesser than those two. Anyone knows why?
. But it has air vents. Incase i ride in rain, will lot of water go in and make it really disgusting to ride? I hate getting wet. Is it better than Ark or Vecor?
I dont like the vector. So i might go for either Ark or Primal. Any disadvantages if i use without any air vents? Which is the most durable among these?
Jacket:
1. DSG Maze: Looks quite good from behind. From the front none looks appealing to me. If iam not wrong this doesnt have any air vents. Will it be really difficult to manage without air vents? Does it get so hot and sultry? Pardon my ignorance but i havent ever used a riding jacket before. What about the protection? Is it better than the other two? Looking at the features it does sound better than the other two. It is priced more than them. What is main reason for this? Is this jacket fully waterproof? I wouldnt be happy if water seeps in. Black color looks better than the red one to me.
2. DSG Nero: I dont find this so appealing to me. It has air vents. Is it really a good thing to have air vents? It has only one color black. What about the protection? Is it different from Maze or the same? The website says it is made of 600 Denier Cordura fabric. What is it and is it really good? Is it better than Maze overall?
3. DSG Spike: I dont find any difference between this and Nero except the air vents and pockets. Nero has more air vents and Spike has less. Personally i dint like either of the designs much but frankly speaking Nero looks better. Spike has red and yellow color which i dont like. There is no difference in the protection either and they both cost the same.
I need something which is very durable and can provide me very good protection and yet is waterproof. I hate riding when i get drenched in rain. I also want it to provide me good protection from cool winds during chilling climates. Perhaps i may ride to Leh-Ladakh one day.
My budget is limited to exactly 8.5k. I know there are much better products in the market but this is all i can spend for now. Since i would be making the purchase during the last week of of next month, i have plenty of time and iam very much open to more suggestions. As of now i havent checked out any other brands. I want to make this a one time purchase. Kindly understand that i cant afford to buy one set for long rides and one set for city rides in my present phase of life. I dont mind using the same for city rides as well even if it isnt so comfortable.
Kindly provide me with detailed explanation for the support of your suggestions and views.
Cheers,
Rahul
Iam planning to buy some Gear next month. A good sturdy Jacket and good full gauntlet Gloves. I already have a full face AGV helmet and AXO knee & elbow guards. I visited planetdsg and zeroed in on a few.
Gloves:
1. DSG Ark: This looks pretty normal to me. The protection seems fine. I used this for pretty good time. It was good. But i had severe knuckle pain. The fit was fine and i got totally used to it in just about 20kms of riding. Looks better than Vector to me. While riding in rain, water did seep in.
2. DSG Vector: There is no difference between this and Ark when it comes to the features. Personally i feel like puking looking at the color. But visually the protection seems to be the highest in this one. I maybe wrong.
3. DSG Primal: This looks the coolest among the three. I liked the model. It has carbon-fibre knuckle protection and some other features which Ark and Vector lack. But it is priced lesser than those two. Anyone knows why?
. But it has air vents. Incase i ride in rain, will lot of water go in and make it really disgusting to ride? I hate getting wet. Is it better than Ark or Vecor? I dont like the vector. So i might go for either Ark or Primal. Any disadvantages if i use without any air vents? Which is the most durable among these?
Jacket:
1. DSG Maze: Looks quite good from behind. From the front none looks appealing to me. If iam not wrong this doesnt have any air vents. Will it be really difficult to manage without air vents? Does it get so hot and sultry? Pardon my ignorance but i havent ever used a riding jacket before. What about the protection? Is it better than the other two? Looking at the features it does sound better than the other two. It is priced more than them. What is main reason for this? Is this jacket fully waterproof? I wouldnt be happy if water seeps in. Black color looks better than the red one to me.
2. DSG Nero: I dont find this so appealing to me. It has air vents. Is it really a good thing to have air vents? It has only one color black. What about the protection? Is it different from Maze or the same? The website says it is made of 600 Denier Cordura fabric. What is it and is it really good? Is it better than Maze overall?
3. DSG Spike: I dont find any difference between this and Nero except the air vents and pockets. Nero has more air vents and Spike has less. Personally i dint like either of the designs much but frankly speaking Nero looks better. Spike has red and yellow color which i dont like. There is no difference in the protection either and they both cost the same.
I need something which is very durable and can provide me very good protection and yet is waterproof. I hate riding when i get drenched in rain. I also want it to provide me good protection from cool winds during chilling climates. Perhaps i may ride to Leh-Ladakh one day.
My budget is limited to exactly 8.5k. I know there are much better products in the market but this is all i can spend for now. Since i would be making the purchase during the last week of of next month, i have plenty of time and iam very much open to more suggestions. As of now i havent checked out any other brands. I want to make this a one time purchase. Kindly understand that i cant afford to buy one set for long rides and one set for city rides in my present phase of life. I dont mind using the same for city rides as well even if it isnt so comfortable.
Kindly provide me with detailed explanation for the support of your suggestions and views.
Cheers,
Rahul
You would want to check out cramster's TRG2 gloves. They look identical to DSG Primal and they provide very good fit too. Very similar material in construction and I own a pair of these too.
Now, coming to the DSG Nero jacket.. I own a black p220 and the reason i chose Nero was because I just wanted a matching plain-jane, all-black jacket with NO jazzy patterns on it. Quite hard it was to find a model with my needs but narrowed it down to the Nero since the only 'patterns' on this one are the 3M Scotchlite reflectors around the chest and spine.
Comfortwise, fit is perfect, armour is not very obtrusive but it gets a bit stuffy in warm weather. There is a removable inner waterproof lining for rainy days.
And as you mention, the DSG Maze looks good from behind. It looks like it isn't made form the same material uniformly. When I went to buy this, even I didn't like it from front.. the black leather strips on the shoulder appear like they have been cut from somewhere else and pasted there to repair a torn portion or something
In my opinion, the Spike jackets are good if you have a matching bike color to complement. But again, that is just my opinion and some may want to have a yellow and black Spike jacket to ride their Red bike! 
I started feeling a little stuffy with the DSG nero for my 30km home-office rides in peak traffic in the daytime. I got myself another jacket from Cramster- its a mesh jacket called Breezer. This one is amazingly comfortable during hot daytime rides / touring. Problem is it is NOT waterproof
So I now use these-
for dry weather - Cramster Breezer jacket + DSG Primal
OR Cramster Breezer jacket + Cramster TRG2
for wet weather - DSG Nero jacket + Cramster Dewrex (waterproof gloves)
I have to do a little bit of mix and match with those products for comfort's sake but its worth it
Personally, with your budget I would settle for DSG Nero + DSG Primal gloves. It would just about be enough
P.S - you could take a look at the cramster page they have good products too. Would be glad to know if my post helped you
) Didnt want to spend much and wanted to satisfy myself at the same time so bought the gloves. 
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