Golf Gloves for Ice Climbing/Drytooling
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It appears a lot more people are using golf gloves these days for mixed and drytooling. |
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Has anyone ever tried these? Not necessarily the best for mixed, but I think they could have their place in the warm-conditions ice setting. You know, when the waterfall is actually water-falling on you? |
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Dylan Weldin wrote:Has anyone ever tried these? Not necessarily the best for mixed, but I think they could have their place in the warm-conditions ice setting. You know, when the waterfall is actually water-falling on you? seattlemarine.net/productca…I have never climbed with those gloves, but I used them working on oil rigs in ND and they are very clumsy and get stiff in the cold. Check out rigger gloves. Cheap, very durable, padded, and you can get them insulated or not. Haven't tried them yet, but they might work well. Rigger Gloves As to the original topic, sorry, never tried them. |
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coop wrote:It appears a lot more people are using golf gloves these days for mixed and drytooling. Thoughts? Opinions? Brands? ThanksI don't do much ice climbing, but I've always thought the football receiver gloves (with the sticky palms) seemed pretty similar to the OR alibi gloves. |
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i have a pair of the football receiver gloves and when dry they are very sticky, but when slightly wet they loose their performance |
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blackdiamondequipment.com/e… The best mixed gloves I have ever used. Had them for 3 seasons, they are just as sticky as the day I bought them. The rubber palm is starting to peel a little bit, but not too bad for 3 seasons of use. The only downside is that they do not insulate well, especially on windy days. I have a pair of thin Manzella liners that work pretty well, but it was not easy to find a pair of liners that fit inside the gloves. They are just as grippy when wet, and they stay remarkably warm when they get soaked, except when its super cold. |
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Those rigger gloves suck balls for just about everything. I used them in the oilfield and they are not dextrous enough to do anything, they are cut poorly, not even water resistant in the least, and the insulated ones aren't even that warm. |
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Wyatt H wrote:Those rigger gloves suck balls for just about everything. I used them in the oilfield and they are not dextrous enough to do anything, they are cut poorly, not even water resistant in the least, and the insulated ones aren't even that warm.Interesting... All of the rough necks on the rigs I was on seemed to really like them, though I have heard the same about the insulated version. |
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dexterous enough to be used by nascar mechanics ... $25 ... durable enough to double as belay gloves for the summer ... |
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Another vote for Mechanix gloves, although the pair I had were a bit thicker (AKA warmer) and had thick rubber armor over the fingers. Dextrous, just warm enough to prevent frostbite on single pitches(although you'll definitely want big mitten for belaying or standing around, and relatively durable. I got 2 full years of belaying, drytooling, paintball, home repairs, etc on mine before they began to split at the seams. The rubber armor over the knuckles peeled off pretty quickly though - but the glove itself stayed intact. |
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I just picked up a pair of easton baseball gloves for 15 bucks. They arent paper thing like mechanix gloves and theyre about 15 bucks cheaper. The onyl mechanix gloves I would ever use ice climbing would be the insulated model. Those are sweet...I go through a pair every winter working and plowing. |
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wow thanks for the laugh Jon H, that photo is awesome |
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the verdict is in!!! These Easton $15 batting gloves are the best gloves I have ever climbed in. It was around 5 degrees and my hands only got cold once. they grip GREAT, and when the ice ran out, I started jamming with them on, and grabbing some soaking wet jugs and crimps, and they performed flawlessly. Get some! |
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FWIW, Nathan Kutcher won the Ouray Ice Fest comp barehanded... |
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I am personally only interested in gloves with leather palms for ice/mixed climbing. I lost control of a axe and slid a few hundred feet once because my rubber palmed snow gloves had iced up and had no grip. I love my BD Specialists for pure ice, but fiddling with gear is rough in thicker gloves. |
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Oooooooh mixed climbing with no shirt, and rock shoes, AND gloves! Does that make it harder? |
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Golf gloves do work really well. Rain gloves seem to have the best grip but are pretty cold, winter gloves are almost as grippy and probably warm enough for single pitches in most weather. |
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Deerskin leather work gloves are really nice if conditions are mild |
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One particular brand of golf gloves are a little beefier -- Bionic. Might be worth a try over standard golf gloves. Of course, I've only used them for golf, not ice climbing. |
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hotmessinlycra wrote: Like+1 |
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cms829 wrote:the verdict is in!!! These Easton $15 batting gloves are the best gloves I have ever climbed in. It was around 5 degrees and my hands only got cold once. they grip GREAT, and when the ice ran out, I started jamming with them on, and grabbing some soaking wet jugs and crimps, and they performed flawlessly. Get some!Is your pair on this page? eastonbaseball.com/the-equi… |