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The Craft 3D Arm Warmers are an essential addition to your cycling wardrobe. Constructed using a varying fabric thickness in order to effectively regulate your temperature during a ride, they are highly stretchy, scarily soft and beyond comfortable on the bike. Moulding to your arm shape, the strong silicon gripper on the upper ensures that they stay in place.
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 Craft of Sweden make some of the world's most advanced, researched and tested cycle clothing & base layers, and as a company, have more than 30 years' experience in developing functional apparel for endurance athletes. Renowned for their relationships with top level atheletes from the cycling, running and skiing worlds, Craft take full advantage of pro level feedback to continually develop their apparel line.  For 2011, Craft is the apparel sponsor for the new Team Luxembourg Cycling Project, code named 'Leopard'. Featuring amongst other internationally acclaimed cyclists, Andy and Frank Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Daniele Bennati and Jens Voigt, this is one Pro Cycling team that will aim to win not only the early season Classics, but Le Tour in July. The website for the Leopard Project can be visited here: http://www.leopardtrek.lu/  This the season when the humble arm-warmer becomes the most useful piece of kit in many a cyclists armoury, indeed depending on where you live every season can be arm-warmer season and if you are looking for a year-round arm-protecting friend you won't go far wrong with the Craft 3Ds. My test pair have seen me through all four seasons including protecting my lily-white skin from 30o sun on last year's road.cc road trip to Italy and they've come through it all with flying colours. I love arm-warmers, living in the mild west they can pretty much be used year round – during the last unusually cold winter I used mine for additional warm over long sleeved jerseys and under a jumper or sweatshirt on occasional rides around town. As arm warmers go, the Craft 3Ds are at the upper end of the scale, the design and technology that has gone in to them and the higher end of mid-range in terms of price. That said, they represent amazingly good value in terms of the versatility, usefulness and all-round ride comfort they bestow.
The “3D” bit of their moniker refers to the fact that they are constructed in such a way that the anatomically cut panels from which they are made are of different thicknesses depending with extra material going where it is needed most where your arms are most exposed to the elements. Craft bill these as “defying the laws of physics” by both working to keep you warm while at the same time releasing excess heat. My guess is that's down to the ribbing which I'm guessing is the reason, like the Gore Ozon, that they initially feel like they are cooling your arms when you first put them on. I put their ability to release excess heat to the ultimate test in Italy when caught without sunscreen and with my arms starting to crisp nicely I used them as sun protection – they were so good that I continued to wear them all week.
I'd have to say they certainly do the job for me keeping my arms pleasingly warm on even the coldest days – either worn as extra protection with a long sleeved jersey or with a short sleeve jersey and often under a jacket. One of the things that I like about arm warmers is that they give you greater flexibility of clothing choice on cold days. On spring and cooler summer mornings they are great as an outer layer in their own right (I reckon the 3Ds would work on winter days too although I haven't tried them). Interestingly whatever conditions I was wearing them in I don't think I ever felt the need to roll them up or down or take them off… they were more or less fit and forget.
That's what is so great about the 3Ds they are so good that you really don't notice you are wearing them. The silicon grippers at the top of the arms do the job effectively but unobtrusively, the material is soft to the touch and there is nothing to itch or scratch – even the frankly care instruction label (which takes a long time to tell you just to bung 'em in at 40°) doesn't itch or scratch and it would anyway be the work of a trice to get rid if it did. Cut is long enough that you won't have any annoying gaps at top or bottom – I particularly liked the way that the cuffs tucked went right down in to my gloves and stayed there.
For the money I can't think of another piece of technical cycle clothing that is as useful for riding in the UK as a good pair of arm warmers – they even do a great job on a cold morning commute matched up with a t-shirt and jeans. The world being what it is you can of course spend silly money on even arm warmers, but if it's bang per buck versatility and usefulness you are after look no further than the Craft 3Ds.
Verdict – Hard to beat in terms of comfort and bangs per buck versatility and usefulness, 9/10
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17 reviews for Craft 3D Arm Warmer
 Great fit
by Alx from United Kingdom on 03/12/2011
These are very comfortable and great fitting arm warmers. Nice and warm and perfect for Autumn/Spring.
by Peter Haswell from United Kingdom on 27/05/2011
I'm 5'11'' average build. These are snugg and longer than most reaching right up onto my shoulder. Very warm, very comfortable. Arrived quickly!
by Plue from Germany on 05/04/2011
Great fit! They stay where they should. They keep you warm enough. Frankly one of the best pairs I ever had.
by Antony Buchan from United Kingdom on 15/03/2011
Really comfortable and excellent fit - keep's out those early morning chill's
by Nettles from United Kingdom on 19/10/2010
these are a great pair of arm warmers, my favourite out of any i've tried- the extra padding on the elbows is placed well and to be honest looks great.
i much prefer this kind to the fleeced lycra, it feels a lot warmer and doesn't slip on your arm.
overall a great bit of kit!
by @markthemamil from United Kingdom on 07/09/2010
Goood quality, mid weight, well fitting arm warmers. No problem with them staying put once their on. Great product.
by Alx from United Kingdom on 29/08/2010
These are great arm warmers - close fitting and really comfortable. They can be worn for long distances without noticing they're there and keep off the chill on long road rides. Great flexible piece of kit.
by Daniel Russell from United Kingdom on 03/08/2010
Comfortable and warm. Good buy.
by alastair stockman from United Kingdom on 16/06/2010
Good product, fits very well, the sizing guide is spot on. A well made quality product that stays in position throughout the ride. I'd recommend these arm warmers.
by Colin Webster from United Kingdom on 02/06/2010
Excellent fit, really comfortable material that keeps it's shape well and also keep's out the early morning chill's.
by Rachel Griffith from United Kingdom on 28/05/2010
These are a very comfortable mid-weight armwarmer; good for spring riding. They fit well on the upper arm (for a women who wears a sized 10 shirt the XS/S) and don't slip down, like some of my other arm warmers.
by Rob Freeman from United Kingdom on 10/05/2010
Great fit, well made, comfortable and they stay put.
I'm on the cusp between the 2 sizes so I went for the M/L and they're fine.
by Tim Schofield from United Kingdom on 30/04/2010
Really good fabric - plenty long enough - small enough to stick in a pocket - I have thin arms and legs and although I used the size chart they have come up a bit bigger than I expected.
by Christian from Sweden on 05/04/2010
Great fabric and quality, perfect fit just follow size chart. Recommended!
by Raymond Karlsson from Sweden on 22/02/2010
Wonderfully light and still warm enough. Modern fabrics that really works.
by Johnny McGuire from United Kingdom on 27/09/2009
So soft these things are unreal! Plenty long in the arm ensures that they cover all through the wrist and to the top of the glove. They don't slide down either like some others with the grippers being just the right side of 'tight'. The styling is eye-catching without being overly garish. If they perform through the winter over the longer term then they're a 1st class product! 
by AJVELO69 from Australia on 12/09/2009
Since getting a Craft made team issue CSC jersey in 2008 I always look at Craft products before anything else. I really like these arm warmers, because of the way they are designed you don't even notice you are wearing them and they are warm. You may be put off by the colour because it is different than the standard black or white arm warmers, however they look fantastic. As described they are very stretchy, I normally sit between Small and medium size wise and was put off buying the arm warmers in the xs/s size, however I think this size would of been ok for me. I would also like to say my first experience with Always Riding has been fantastic. I had a problem with an item of clothing and Peter from AR went that extra step to sort the issue out. Any company can sell products but it is the actions of a company when things go wrong that really count, to say I was impressed is an understatement. Got an in depth product question, or want to ask something else related to this product? Whatever your question, simple post it here, and we'll answer you faster than a speeding bullet.product tags for this itemClick on a tag to see the listed items, or check the boxes next to the tag if you consider them relevant. You can even add your own tags if you wish, just click here for a guide on how to tag.
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