Tim in Belgium

I've got a set of the out of production HG celtic 2 piece leathers, my experience with ethm so far is pretty good. They are not really vented but I've worn them down in the south of France/Northern Italy without being too uncomfortable (apart from in towns), using some sort of 'technical' clothing underneath helps instead of a cotton t-shirt. I haven't crashed them, but the build seems to be holding together well, all zips work and they're shower proof in brief showers (although I've fed them with Nikwax leather proofer). Some of the silver colouring around the knees is turning grey, but Ithink that's from me kneeling down to fix panniers, lube chain, inspect snotting up on the tyre etc.. For the money I think they're pretty good.

Now onto some of my other HG lit I'm not so impressed with - HG Race boots, they have a flexible section on the top of the boot (kind of opposite the heel) which has split, and this section on both boots quickly lets water in (I know they don't claim to be waterproof but it's still annoying). So I'll be looking for a diffferent make of boot in future.

I alsobought their basic 1 piece waterproof for slipping over my leathers. Worked pretty well but the zip soon bust one day whilst out riding, so I won't go for that again. Suffice to say that the velcro is just about tough enough to keep it shut.

So leathers good, some of their other stuff not so good.