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Gloves loves

Justin S · · Squamish · Joined Jun 2021 · Points: 0

I like to use a very thin liner glove under the Showas (personal pair are the thinnest Rab wool liners), I think anything thicker defeats the purpose of having Showas, which is the dexterity. Also like having the liner glove because without it I just destroy the Showas real fast by pulling out the liner

phylp phylp · · Upland · Joined May 2015 · Points: 1,137

The day after I posted my tongue-in-cheek response to this topic, I started getting ads for alpine gloves on my Facebook feed. 

that guy named seb · · Britland · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 236
Justin S wrote:

I like to use a very thin liner glove under the Showas (personal pair are the thinnest Rab wool liners), I think anything thicker defeats the purpose of having Showas, which is the dexterity. Also like having the liner glove because without it I just destroy the Showas real fast by pulling out the liner

I tried out some fairly thin polypropylene knit gloves and it was very strange, they felt more dextrous in a way like my hand and the glove were one, but at the same time just a tad too narrow in the fingers and they gave me cold hands sitting around at 12c(50f). In the end they were warmer without the liner. Still interested to see how a compressible glove like a montane prism would would perform. 

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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