I've climbed in these gloves for several seasons. In my opinion, they're more of a novelty item than a serious piece of equipment. They're not warm enough unless the temps are 20+ and the sun is shining. For steep mixed routes on warm days, they're fun to pull out of your pack and watch your friends sneer. The grip with them is better than the grip bare handed. I picked up 3 pair when they went on sale for $15. I tried all kinds of things- like taping heater packs to my wrists- to use them in a wider range of conditions. On top of that, the gloves durability is not great. I suppose for fall/spring dry tooling they may be excellent- but for true winter conditions, expect to loose digits.

although they perform perfect, having a good cushion for your hand and being warm during the dry season , they have a big flaw: waterproof. they are usseless in realy wet weather or in contact with snow. this are definetly very good sumer ice climbing gloves.

Got these for light leashless in NY Catskills and Daks. Always cold. Even on so-so warmer days. They will get wet, if not from climbing, but putting in screws, grabbing the rope, whatever. I eventually sold them.

On a positive, the sticky was superb. But I need warm more than sticky.