Black Diamond Prodigy Glove - Men's

Very solid glove. Rugged leather in the palms and fingers where you need it. Precurved fingers really make holding ski poles effortless. I just returned from Winter Park where temp was down to -10. I had no problems with staying warm. Good dexterity. Great fit and feel. I have big hands (thick) and these fit great. Best glove I have bought.
Criticism: No idiot strap (tie a shoe string or some parachute cord to the inner loop: cheap alternative). The inner liner glove would come out when taking on and off (if your hands were damp).

I don't know what the previous reviewer is talking about. I got a pair of these gloves and have skied them in wind chill conditions at or below zero and they kept my hands perfectly warm.
The removable liner is also a must. It's a great way to make sure that your gloves are perfectly dry if you're doing multiple days of skiing. It also gives you the flexibility to wear the shell alone on warm days.
I used to use a pair of top-of-the-line Marmot gloves with a removable liner, but it seems they stopped making them w/removable liners - too bad as they were great gloves.
The only thing that the Prodigy glove is missing at this price point is a safety strap over your wrists so you can't drop them while on the ski lift and a connector to snap the two gloves together when not wearing them. I would have given the glove a 5 star if it had those two things.
However, if you absolutely need those features and/or want a warmer glove then I'd get the BD Guide. I would have gotten it, but it's probably too warm of a glove for the Pacific Northwest.

Four stars should be "pretty warm" in this case. These gloves proved toasty into single digits with no penetration of moisture. A little bulky for use when then temp rises but worth it when the mercury falls. Not the toughest gloves but WARM. I have already used these skiing ad snowmobiling and they look good for a few more seasons for sure.

These gloves are fairly warm, but bulky. I like the long gauntlet for cold weather motorcycle driving, as they keep the cold wind from going into my arms. The glove is not complex, there's not a lot of velcro and strings hanging off of them. I like the glove, but it doesn't seem as warm as it should be for the bulk.

I bought these gloves thinking they would be the most perfect glove for me. My requirements were: leather (i'm a splitboarder and snow board edges and binding buckles rip regular gloves to shreds), Gore XCR (I need lots of breathability), removable liner (makes drying much faster and allows me to tune the glove to the conditions/activity level). I though these gloves met all of the criteria, but when I got them i discovered a major problem with them... The uber-warm removable liners had the XCR insert sewn to them such that you couldn't tune-down the insulation without losing the waterproofness, i.e. no waterproof shell. I've had other BD gloves before and they were awesome. And the prodigys were almost awesome. In fact if BD had just thought about their design for another ten minutes they might have though to sew the water proof liner to the leather shell, making this a more versitile and, quite possibly, a more perfect glove.

I bought these for my 13 year-old boy scout for a week of winter camping in N. Michigan. He loved them and never got wet or cold.

I love Black Diamond, but i feel like this is the first product of theirs that i've used that hasn't delivered. Bottom line: a glove this big needs to be really warm, and it isn't. If it was lower profile, with great dexterity, then sacrificing a little warmth would probably be worth it. I exchanged these for the Hestra Heli gloves, and those are probably the best combination of warmth / dexterity i've ever found in a gauntlet glove.

These gloves are top notch quality. Excellent construction outside. Durable leather palms and between fingers - an area where inferior gloves start to wear. Skied in some low teens temperatures and hands were nice and toasty. Love the that the gauntlets come up high on forearm over coat sleeves, keeps snow and cold out. Only complanint is lack of security wrist cords. These are great when you pull your gloves off on the lift and can let them dangle without losing.

I bought these mid-season for both resort and backcountry skiing. In less than 10 days the plastic pulley that opens/closes the gauntlet broke. This cheap plastic piece actually wore through on both gloves. The gloves kinda worked for another week, but after 14 days both gloves have drawcords that are frayed/broken and the gauntlet cannot close.

It's really a shame because I've always thought BD made the best gloves, but these are an amazing disappointment. After 10+ years with BD gloves, my next pair will be something else...

-Dexterity: 3 turns. Not as dexterous as work gloves, as good as it gets for a gauntlet glove.

-Removable liner: 2 turns. Not very usable outside of glove, the same as the other BD glove reviewed.

-Wrist fit: 3 turns. Great fit at wrist, elastic, no strap.

-Palm material: 4 turns. Heavy duty leather, great doubling of leather in key areas, tacky and soft. Same construction as other BD glove reviewed.

-Overall Construction: 4 turns. Nice balance of warmth, dexterity and burly construction. No idiot strap, but an easy mod.

-Verdict: 3.2 turns. BD makes some burly gloves overall. This is my winner for skiing the SW. I would have picked the BD Guide if I needed a much colder weather glove, but I already have a pair of these which don't get much use. I will be making my own idiot strap for these based after the Hestra design (below).

I bought these BD's towards the end of the Colorado Springs winter season. Warmth and dexterity for these type of gloves are excellent, however I have used gloves quite abit over the years, so that in itself helps. For example, I can usually zip up my MH Sub Zero Parka with the smaller zip handle without removing the gloves, but not tie my shoes. I was looking for the best all around work/play/adventure glove around a $100 or so and decided to give these a try. I have not had the pleasure of doing much adventure or playing with these gloves, but I have done plenty of work. Snow shoveling, small tractor (snow blowing)driving my drive way, loading large landscaping stones and other work on my 5 plus acres in fairly cold conditions, with high winds and a couple of white outs. The gloves have held up nicely thus far, however I have not been able to truely test these gloves in what I would consider extreme conditions. So I will reserve the 5th star if they hold up under such conditions. The other glove I was going to try out was the Marmot Work Glove, which a couple of acquaintances been using with no complaints thus far. I need to also mention the gloves have been submerged a number of times in mud and water with no leaks or problems, so the water proofness is outstanding thus far. I hope to get at least a few years out of these gloves because I am very hard on all of my equipment. Since the Work Gloves are on sale for $39 I will probably buy a set and try them out at the same time.

These gloves are perfect for when your hands have warmed up or on warm sunny days.