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    Posted: 11 Jul 07 at 1:53pm

Originally posted by Isis

Originally posted by timnoyce



I swear by the cheap bright orange builders gloves. Multiple purchases makes them cheap and just throw them away after a few sessions.


Im a big fan of them too... they dont last too long but the most you pay for them is about £3 and if you hunt around and check out builders merchants etc then you can pick up a pair for under a quid and ive yet to try anything with as much grip.
Add in a pair of fingerless neoprene rugby gloves underneith for the winter and your set up.

Mine are black but yea same idea. I think dad picks them up from the builders yard, being a builder it's convenient , he tends to come home with a big bag full  I havn't found that they last to long but for grip they are awsome plus they look good in black.

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opps sorry -- I seem to have stumbled on to a female hand care forum, I am
sure you can get good moisturiser also to soothe from glove wearing
friction.
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Been very pleased with my Rooster gloves - the red and white ones with black grippy reinforcement on maybe their third season - but, admittedly, the sheet loads are light in a 3k and I sometimes wear other gloves e.g. in winter.
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Originally posted by mike ellis

here are the promised pictures, im not sure why all your gloves havent done this...

left one is worst but the right one is going too

have to say the fingers havent split yet.



I think most glove manufactures haven't constructed the fingers like that because according to the Gill web site they have patented the method? How you can patent a garment's construction is beyond me but that's what they say.

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here are the promised pictures, im not sure why all your gloves havent done this...

left one is worst but the right one is going too

have to say the fingers havent split yet.



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Originally posted by Fraggle

The simple option is not to wear gloves - gave up on mine after crewing an RS200 and not being able to hoist the kite wearing my gloves.  You're hands soon toughen up.

 

Me too.. Not particularly high loads on a L2 and I suppose it depends on what you do for a living, engineers and the like will have tough hands anyway. I find that most gloves make my hands colder due to increased evaporation effect.
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Originally posted by Ross

yay! my gloves... What boats do you sail and how often do you use the gloves?


Had them when I was in Cherubs, and now in the N12. Use, regular club sailing and when i was sailing the Cherub opens and Nationals. A Nationals week in Cherubs seems to destroy some gloves.
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Originally posted by timnoyce



I swear by the cheap bright orange builders gloves. Multiple purchases makes them cheap and just throw them away after a few sessions.


Im a big fan of them too... they dont last too long but the most you pay for them is about £3 and if you hunt around and check out builders merchants etc then you can pick up a pair for under a quid and ive yet to try anything with as much grip.
Add in a pair of fingerless neoprene rugby gloves underneith for the winter and your set up.
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Had the same cam to the end of their life last weekend after a pretty hard year and a halfs use on Ospreys, Cherubs and Contenders, have now got another pair of Gill Gloves which are gonna have to last me though the summer, Minorca for 6 weeks, Aus then back to Minorca - i'm confident they can do it.
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Yep my Gills are on the second season, the surface is scuffed abraded and genrally look well used but no splits or tears!!
I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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