SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe Reviews
Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated October, 2024
Latest Price: £20 – Save 60% (RRP: £50)
Take a look now to discover what makes SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.
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SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe features
Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Overshoes. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe.
The first thing is material. Looking at what SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Overshoes. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Overshoes. Brands like SealSkinz are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Overshoes category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Overshoes.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £20 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Overshoes
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Overshoes.
We found 112 in the Overshoes category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £33.44, making it below average at £20.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Overshoes. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £90.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.90.
With 112 products available we worked out that 78 cost more than SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe and 29 were cheaper.
Cost of SealSkinz products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 4 products from SealSkinz, of which 4 were in the Overshoes category.
For now though we’re looking at SealSkinz branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £18.93 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest SealSkinz product we found was £14.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £21.20.
Of the 4 from SealSkinz, 2 were more expensive than SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe and 1 were cheaper.
How much are SealSkinz Overshoes?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at SealSkinz products that are listed in the Overshoes category.
The average price of the 4 products that match this search was £18.93, with the cheapest coming in at £14.00 and highest price was £21.20. With the average being £18.93, SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe comes in above average.
2 products that meet this search were more expensive than SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe and 1 were cheaper.
SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Overshoes category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 3.6 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe or another similar product, like SealSkinz Neoprene Open Sole Overshoe reviews or SealSkinz Neoprene Halo Overshoes reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Overshoes.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Overshoes. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with SealSkinz, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe
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Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.0/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010905369
- Product ID 2: 594005UK
- Brand: SealSkinz
- Model number: 1.21162E+11
- RRP: £50
- EAN: 5055754420340
- Description: SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo OvershoeOffering bike riders a unique extra feature, the Sealskinz world exclusive Halo equipped overshoes emit a bright light that’s visible from over 500 meters to make you more visible in low light conditions. Ideal for road cycling or commuting, the Halo overshoes offer a continuous light or 2 flashing modes, so you can adjust your visibility to your personal preference.Side Entry and Side On VisibilityThe rear light sits in a ‘kangaroo’ style pouch so it doesn’t affect the performance. This means foot entry is from the side, which creates the additional benefit of 2 highly reflective pipes for some additional side on visibility. The Halo overshoe’s stitching is also ultrasonic heat taped to improve the water resistance and performance. There’s also a storm flap inside the zip to prevent water ingress.Features: Water resistant material with storm flap inside zip Windproof Kevlar heel & toe for wear resistance Open underfoot, making it suitable for differing forms of cycling Side entry lockable YKK zip with reflective branding for added safety 4 lumen hi-powered LED, visible from over 500 metres Flashing and continuous modes Run time: >120 hours continuous, >240 hours flashing CR2032 replaceable batteryBuy¬†SealSkinz Clothing¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Footwear > Overshoes
- Savings percentage from RRP: 60%
- Size: S
- Male
- 30
- Adult
Other options for Overshoes
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Overshoes. 112 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching SealSkinz Lightweight Open Sole Halo Overshoe included,
Hiplok POP Cable Bike Lock reviews, Hiplok FLX Wearable Combination Bicycle Lock reviews, or we really liked the look of Hiplok LITE Wearable Bicycle Chain Lock reviews as another alternative.