The Best Driving Gloves (Review & Buying Guide) in 2020

There are a number of useful features on these gloves that make them stand out from the crowd. One of the big ones has to be the incredible Italian-influenced styling. After all, who knows more about style than Italians, so if you want to look good while driving your car, put your faith in them.

This is one of the few pairs of leather driving gloves that comes with a liner and, depending on your budget, you can have fleece, wool or cashmere as the liner material. The liner makes them warmer than most other driving gloves. So, while some products may be good summer gloves, this pair by ELMA is a great winter option.

The fingertips are lined with material to make them touchscreen compatible, which is another useful feature. The cuff has a simple but effective pop button closure, while the palm has a special non-slip grip. All in all, there are a lot of features packed into a very good-looking pair of black leather driving gloves.

These gloves feature a reverse stitch in their construction that gives them additional strength compared to contemporary designs. Their soft and supple leather is designed to provide a mix of toughness and comfortable softness.

There are knuckle cut outs that provide a good level of flex when gripping the wheel, while a simple clasp-sealed cuff provides an effective hold. One thing to note is that the extra features make this glove a little expensive.

If you prefer fingerless driving gloves check out another item. If you want a full-fingered model, Riparo has you covered.

These men’s leather driving gloves feature a timeless and classic design. The first thing to note is that they are genuine leather, which is fine grain and incredibly soft. This has a number of advantages. The first is that thicker, tougher leather often needs to be “worn in,” and the first few times you wear those types of gloves they may be uncomfortable as they adapt to the specific size and shape of your hands. That’s not a problem with these gloves, which are soft and comfortable straight out the box.

The second advantage of the thin leather is that you can use touchscreens while wearing the gloves. Smartphones and modern cars have touchscreen interfaces, so this is a real advantage. The knuckle cut outs allow your hand to flex, and the snap lock cuff and elasticized wrist grips keep the gloves in place to prevent wrinkling.

These leather driving gloves are a simple but highly effective design as well as an excellent value.

This time we have a set of fingerless driving gloves. Many drivers prefer this style as it provides more freedom of movement, while protecting the palms from abrasions that can build up over long periods clutching the steering wheel. It also means that you can use touchscreen devices like cell phones.

The construction is both soft and tough with unlined leather making up the body. They have a soft comfortable fit combined with a level of toughness that will help make driving a comfortable experience. The leather is perforated, which allows for good airflow to keep your hands cool.

There are quite a lot of features built into this classic design. Overall, these leather gloves are very well designed and constructed.

This product from RIVBOS drags us kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. There is not a patch of leather on them since the manufacturer opted instead to go for a modern blend of nylon lycra and cotton.

Thos two materials combine in a glove that is all about comfort. The lycra/cotton blend is very flexible, allowing the gloves to mold to your hands. In addition, both materials are breathable, which allows perspiration to make its way from the surface of your hands to evaporate into the air.

There are a few user-friendly elements to the design too. For example, the gloves have a pair of discreet finger loops that help you to pull the gloves off your hands. The palms also have a good degree of built-in padding, making them comfortable when gripping the steering wheel. A simple Velcro fastener holds the gloves securely, and there are a wide range of colors and designs available.

The modern design may not be to everyone’s taste, but the price tag certainly should be appealing to most people.

With four studs on the knuckles, these gloves look equally at home resting on your steering wheel and as a stylish accessory in a 1980’s post-apocalyptic movie. Come on, we can’t be the only people who could see Mad Max wearing these gloves?

Whether the world has ended or not, the fact is that these gloves are an incredible value. The palms and parts of the back are leather with simple polyester material holding them together.

The two straps are a nice touch too, especially the one designed to stretch across the back of the hand. They help form a tight but comfortable fit around your hand. These are not the flashiest gloves on our list (despite the Mad Max aesthetic), nor do they boast fancy material or high-end features found on pricier models. They are, however, decent gloves that do exactly what they say they will without breaking the bank.

This is another example of an older style of design of driving gloves. In fact, the manufacturer Prime Leather is so proud of the old school looks, the gloves carry the word “Retro” in its product title. Aside from those old-school looks however, there are other features that make these gloves stand out.

The biggest eye-catching feature is the fact the gloves boast a 100-percent cowhide leather construction. That alone is pretty impressive but so is the cost. Complete leather construction is not that common at this price.

The gloves are of the traditional unlined design, so they will mold easily to your hands for a comfortable fit. There is some perforation to the leather to allow your skin to breathe easier, while the traditional knuckle cut outs allow for a bit more give when flexing to grip the wheel.

These gloves are not groundbreaking in any way, shape or form. But they are excellent value considering the high-quality materials used to make them.

It is just us, or do these black leather driving gloves have just a hint of George Michael about them? Either way, these are very well-designed and well-built gloves for a very reasonable price.

The leather is designed to be extremely soft while very tough. The manufacturer doubled down on that toughness by going with a double-stitched construction. The seams are extremely tough and able to stand up to a decent amount of punishment.

Aside from that you are getting everything you would expect on high-end leather driving gloves. The knuckle cut outs are for comfortable gripping, and nice and deep perforations allow for excellent ventilation. The cuff closes with a simple but tough hook & loop style of design, and there is some elasticized panels inside to provide a snug fit.

Hugger Glove Company uses goat leather to make these gloves. This brings a number of advantages over cow leather, but the stand out has to be that these gloves can more easily stand up to water compared to traditional cow leather gloves.

These are marketed as water resistant, a feature you don’t often see with leather gloves. The Hugger Glove Company even goes so far as to claim that these gloves will dry soft “like butter” if they get wet. Drying like butter is not a metaphor we’re familiar with here at Car Bibles, but the manufacturer seems confident in its abilities so that’s reassuring.

Another cool feature – literally – are the pinhole perforations that are all over the surface. They are designed to allow for as high a level of air flow as possible and should do a good job of keeping your hands cool – so perhaps these could be good summer driving gloves.

Of course, it could be hard to be truly water resistant when they are covered in tiny holes.

You don’t have to be a Bionic Man to wear these gloves, our last entry on the list. You may end up feeling like one however, as these gloves have been designed – by an orthopedic hand specialist no less – to provide a premium level of comfort and practicality.

The standout feature has to be the patented anatomical pad relief system. This system of pads is built into the gloves and designed to even out pressure, providing a supremely comfortable grip on the steering wheel. In addition, the fingers have their own patented design that adapts to the way you hold the wheel. This allows you to have a lighter grip, making for a more comfortable driving position.

The construction of the gloves makes use of high-quality carbretta leather for a glove that is soft and supple but also extremely hardwearing. CoolMax insert vents are deployed in the back and in the fingers to provide a high level of breathability. They may not be quite as stylish as the last pair we looked at, but they are certainly packed to the brim with useful design features.