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By Joshua Keith Ranked #248 - Gloves March 2, 2009

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.

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