1Tonne gear

[george formby]

I have to sing 1Tonne's praise, too. I have a pair of their gloves, quite racy ones with the knuckle protection etc. After a good two years they still look like new. Not a single thread giving up the ghost and not getting baggy and loose. I've had more expensive gloves begin to unravel in much less time. Bargain IMHO.

My G/F's cheapo road boots are still going strong after 4 years, $70 IIRC. The soles are getting chewed up riding dirt bikes but that is not a quibble, damned impressive for the price.

[Big Dog]

Oh and I have had the Ballistics jacket and gloves about a year or somewhere between 24 and 30,000 kms ago.
I spent about $100 getting the jacket tailored in the sleeves and some extra leather in the neck.
The gloves are still waterproof and still look newer than they are ( but then they got a rest over summer and have probably only done around 10,000km) and still warm enough on any but the chilliest days.

Happy camper even without adding for the price. I have easily spent more on less.

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[granstar]

Just got an " Explorer" jacket to replace the "Touring" jacket that iv'e done considerable every day mileage with daily commuting and open road use in Southland and South Island weather (estimate 40 k's rain, hail, snow, gale force wind, and a spot of sun).

The Touring jacket has been awesome for this use, and can attest to it's rot resistant factor after a wee incident where it got tested completed being submerged in saltwater (a great story for around rally campfires), a spray of CRC fixed the domes that started to rust after that.

The upgrade was due to the velcro on pockets and front zip flap completed worn out, despite this it has been a warm and weather proof jacket, never been wet. I had sprayed yearly with a silicone rain protector.

The Explorer appears of similar if not better material so it should do the job well, has extra fall protections not that I want to test that.

My beefs with the Explorer are minor and something i'll get used to.
Sorry hate the branding on the sleeves, a pathetic personal thing.

The Touring had two lapel pockets with bulky zips and two side pockets with bulky zips and velcro flaps over.
The zips being great for ease of opening with my hamfists.
The lapel pockets handy for everyday use items like phone, wallet and camera, side stand anti-dig in.

The Explorer is different with its angled lapel pockets that have minute zips ( hope they are strong) with no flaps, and super minute zip pulls which are a real PIA to find and open with.
I'll use these for item I rarely use, they are no use for everyday things.
The lower side pockets have no zips and are Velcro closing, I have small my faith to use these for anything valuable.
It has another small pocket on a sleeve which is real handy size for ear plugs and a spare key, but it's placement not the easiest open and get something out of.

The inner liner that I retained in the old jacket is present in the new though there is a zip on it. This means two zips to do up the front which may not be necessary, guess the design is to help keep wind chill out, but never been a problem on the old one it may yet get modified (with the snip).

I want to ride not struggle with gear.

The fit between the two is inconsistent. The touring size I used was an M, on advice from the good peeps at 1 Tonne, " was to measure up before buying". So yes found the new jacket is an XL, but the same fit as the old M.

Another thing is sleeve length, the Explorer has arms 7cm longer than the tourer, for me a real PIA ( the Touring was just a little long in the sleeves as it was, to be fair I have short arms).

When buying on line you have to be careful with minor details unless you can find one to try on. Why any gear review and users comments are good reading.

All up the 1 Tonne gear I have is value for money, I also use their riding pants that have given me no issues at all.

[Scubbo]

I haven't had good luck with 1tonne ultimate ranger pants, the zips seem to just let go from the smallest of force.

[1tonne]

We have not received an email from you. I have checked our emails and spam folder and there are no emails. Can you please tell me what date and time you sent them?

[Scubbo]

forwarded my reply to sales@1tonne.co.nz instead of just replying to the old order --- hope that gets through

[1tonne]

I have sent you an email. I have also checked through our previous emails and I could not see and previous complaints sent.

[Scubbo]

thanks for the reply, will send you the pants back --- have edited my comments above to be less of a bastard... hope you can see/find what I mean about the zips

[mrchips]

Praise, praise, praise.....

I bought a ballistic leather jacket & some all year gloves from 1tonne recently.

Quality is much better & tougher than my old worn out leather gear & half the price, a great piece of kit.

I highly recommend them.

[Mike.Gayner]

thanks for the reply, will send you the pants back --- have edited my comments above to be less of a bastard... hope you can see/find what I mean about the zips

Don't let them pressure you into giving less-than-honest advice. I didn't find your original answer needlessly harsh.

I've given my opinion of 1T gear earlier in this thread - it's good gear for the price, but I experienced shitty zippers too. Really, REALLY cheap velcro knock-off as well. Lasts 5 minutes.

[stevo_nz]

Came off my bike at 100kph on the motorway, wearing the 1-Tonne Touring Jacket and Ultimate ranger pants (they could be named the other way around)

Heavy impact on shoulder with the road and slid a fair bit.

Only injury is a minor rotator cuff problem, glad I purchased them and will do again when the insurance company pay out on my gear and the bike.

[GrayWolf]

I have a pair of the leather bib n brace pants and a ballistic jacket....
the pants have done weeks of touring down south, 1000 miler, 1000km, and several long distance rides.. great quality I have to say. The jacket is a good summer jacket.
They are both excellent value.

[Scubbo]

I have the adventure jacket, and it's great, just the zips have let the pants down, I'd be happy to pay another $30 for quality zips on the fly atleast (since that is the pressure point on the pants as the fastener over the fly is just 2 push button snaps) and TBH the zip on my $11 high-vis takes a lot more punishment and is still fine...

the leather bib pants look like a great design and if I were to buy again, id choose those