Showa 282-02 Gloves Liner Issue

These gloves have been a savior for my cold hands while climbing. For years, I've tried everything from insulated liners, heated gloves, etc. Despite being thin, these puppies do an excellent job at keeping wind and water away from my hands. One problem is that the pinky liner easily gets loose and it keeps getting stuck, to the point that I cannot fit my pinky into the glove. Any suggestions? Not interested in hearing negative opinions about these gloves here. I really want to make these work. Thanks.

Gary Wagman wrote:

These gloves have been a savior for my cold hands while climbing. For years, I've tried everything from insulated liners, heated gloves, etc. Despite being thin, these puppies do an excellent job at keeping wind and water away from my hands. One problem is that the pinky liner easily gets loose and it keeps getting stuck, to the point that I cannot fit my pinky into the glove. Any suggestions? Not interested in hearing negative opinions about these gloves here. I really want to make these work. Thanks.

Has this happened on multiple pairs? The liners in mine are fixed and don't pull out. I wonder if you have a bad pair and maybe should replace them?

I cut the liners out and use other off-the-shelf liners with them. This allows me to rotate out damp liners during the day. Maybe that could work as a solution for you as well. 

Did you try to invert the glove for drying by chance? The only time I have had the liner get stuck was after attempting to invert the glove, then it was hard to get all the fingers realigned. So now I just leave them be to dry out.

If it’s not that, you could try sizing up one size so that they come off your fingers more easily, and then the liners should stay put

You need to pony up the $24 for a new pair. I've had about 10 pairs and this has never happened to me but I'm sure your pair wasn't glued well.

The tip, and only the tip, of each liner finger is glued in to the shell. On the last pair that I cut the liner out of, it was quite hard to pull the liner out because the glue was so strong. On older pairs, I was able to break the glue bond easily probably because they were well used.

The liner packs out so buying a new pair once a season is nice.

Mitch L wrote:

Did you try to invert the glove for drying by chance? The only time I have had the liner get stuck was after attempting to invert the glove, then it was hard to get all the fingers realigned. So now I just leave them be to dry out.

If it’s not that, you could try sizing up one size so that they come off your fingers more easily, and then the liners should stay put

+1 for sizing up. I had the same issue with these gloves, hasn’t happened to me again since sizing up 

Thank you all so much for the advice. I'm almost certain that the liner seal melted and came loose due to overheating my gloves when drying them. I'll be more careful with my new pair not to heat them too much in between climbs. With the older pair, I just have to remember to pinch the tip of the pinky when puling my hand out of the glove to avoid the liner from coming out with it. The size I'm using now is ideal for my hands. Other options like sizing up or liners would add more bulk and slip - not good for gripping ice tools. 

Try using silicon dry packs to help dry out your gloves.  That way you won't have to worry about melting them. I just bought a big bag on Amazon and throw a handful in each glove in a warm(ish) environment to dry them out.  After the trip you just put all the used packets on a tray and dry them back out in the oven so you are ready to go for your next trip.

Try wearing a latex glove as a liner. Your fingers will slide out more easily and it will also function as a vapor barrier liner to keep the insulation dry. I climb with a latex liner, a synthetic liner and then the showa on top. Showas come off very easily.