Almost perfect.

By joomington2240041 Ranked #390 - Ski Gloves August 19, 2011

Took a pair of these ice and mixed climbing for four days in temps hovering around 0C. Dexterity wise they are excellent, and the OutDry membrane seems awesome, didn't notice any moisture from sweat or leakage. One thing which has been commented on is the leather palm, Jon Webb has said that the leather comes treated but as with others I definitely found my leather wetting out fairly easily. I imagine that treated them with a leather waterproofing wax or gel would prevent this, but as it was I found my hands getting cold occasionally from the wetted leather.

These are definitely not the warmest gloves around but for the alpine climbing for which they are designed they are great: never had to remove them to fiddle with gear or ropes. One thing that disappointed me a bit was the fact that the fleecy inner layer is not bonded to the outer layers so when taking them off with sweaty hands I sometimes found myself pulling the fingers out a bit, which made them slightly fiddly to get back on again. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not, but I think it's be nice if all 3 layers were bonded together to maximise dexterity and ease of use.

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