What are your favorite gloves for Boondocking?

[black swan]

agreed again

Another vote for the TNA storm glove.

used klim's last year, bulky hated liners but worked

this year TNA, light and great dexturity very dry like klim

wish i had 2 pairs or TNA....

 

[Untamed]

Powerxcross

I have used TNA's for a few years but this year I bought a pair of Klim powerxcross gloves and they rock. I can ride all day in deep pow and they stay warm and dry. Now I use my TNA's for backup in my pack. Have not had to use them yet!!

 

[spomey]

change your grips to ODI and ride with Mechanix gloves

Hey one thing to improve your grip with is new grips!!!

Try the ODI "long ones" You wont ride anything else once you have tried them. they are soft and "grabby like no other and mine have worn perfectly for about 60 rides with very little wear.

Spomey

 

[gunslinger770]

I picked up a pair of dual layered gloves on the advice of a ridding buddy ,at that time, about 10 years ago. I bought them at a local snowboard/bike shop, of all places.

The tag on the gloves is "Stick It". They have an inner removable glove with a outter shell that is tacky on the plam side. The cuffs ride up over my jacket cuffs and have a small draw string to keep the snow out. The shell is extremely wind resisant yet flexible. These have been the most durable, warm, user friendly gloves I have ever found for snowmobiling.

I don't even know if the still manufacture these anymore but I'd buy another pair in a hearbeat! The gloves outlasted my ridding buddy and are still in great shape to this day. My ridding buddy? I don't know if he even rides anymore.

 

[amhighmarker]

True North Adventure Gear

These are as good as they get. I had mine so full of water and snow on some days that I took them off and twisted the water out from them and put them back with my hands being dry (other than a little sweat on my hands) and kept riding, They got alittle cold but with the hand warmmers they were just fine. IMO these are the BEST pair to have on you any where ride. I own three pair my self.

 

[Frostbite]

Ok, here's a field report.

I rode in very north Idaho yesterday in neck deep powder (I'm not kidding). One the way there I stopped by North Idaho RV and Motorsports just south of Sandpoint and bought a pair of Klim Gortex Powercross gloves (they even gave me 10% off retail, on Klim gear any discount is appreciated).

I wore one Ironclad Tundra and one Klim Powercross for a while. That's when I realized they each have their own niche. The Powercross are much lighter and fit so well. The Klim Powercross gloves work great for boondocking and I must have dug out five guys with them on and my hands never got wet. But.......... and there's always a but, my hands got a bit cold after shooting the sh!t for a while.

So I put on the Ironclad Tundras to ride the trail to next big bowl. My fingers warmed right up. You can hang on to your handlebars just fine and climb and boondock with the Tundras but they are bit bulky (unless it's really cold) to be considered ideal. They are now my, on the way into the riding and back to the truck gloves. That's when the Klim Powercross will come out and stay until and if my fingers get cold.

In summary, both gloves have a gortex liner and my hands never got wet all day. The Klim Powercross are very expensive ($76 - 10%) but provide a level of protection and comfort for your hands that I have never experienced before. You can tell the gloves were designed by riders for riders. Their only achiles heel is, to provide that level of feel and controlability they aren't very heavily insulated and if it's cold, your hand COULD get cold.

The Ironclad Tundras. Well, they are a work glove with a workglove design and a big gauntlet around the wrist. They were relatively thin for their size but in the end just too much glove for throwing a sled around. I never knew it but I learned that when I'm boondocking I really don't want a gauntlet on my gloves. They are very warm, they seem very durable and they would make a great trail sled glove or a cold weather to and from the good stuff glove. For the price $30 (on E bay) how can you go wrong?

What we have here are two different gloves for two different purposes in my opinion. Both exceptionally good at their particular task.

Now if I can only get a pair of the TNA Storm gloves...........................

Frosty

 

[Good to Go]

Nice post Frostbite...

 

[TheClown]

http://www.sixsixone.com

I use the "Storm" model.

 

[idareyou]

anyone tried cabela's gloves??

Has anyone tried the cabela's pinnacle gloves? Cabela's stuff is has beens good in the past.

 

[akhunter75]

Dakine DK

I bought a pair of snow boarding gloves i like. Dakine makes all sorts of models. This pair is $80 , leather palms, DK dry (like gortex), and they have removable liners for cold days. They grip well bacause of the leather, but they do end up wet , so I have two pairs. The other pair are lighter weight and $35 Dakine also.

 

[DeepInTheTrees]

These are as good as they get. I had mine so full of water and snow on some days that I took them off and twisted the water out from them and put them back with my hands being dry (other than a little sweat on my hands) and kept riding, They got alittle cold but with the hand warmmers they were just fine. IMO these are the BEST pair to have on you any where ride. I own three pair my self.

That is the problem I have found with the TNA's, they stay dry inside for quite a while, but on the outside they "wet out" causing them to feel like your hands are wet, then they freeze up stiff as a board, and you'll get big ice balls on your finger tips (you mentioned wringing water out of them....not good IMO). I have 3 pairs of these, so I have a lot of experience with that, and on deep days, I would usually always need 2 pairs to stay comfortable.

Now the Klim Powercross I got this year are very impressive (have about 7 rides in deep snow). They don't "wet out" at all. This may be because of a protective coating on the outside that may wear off, but we'll see (I can always re-apply a protective coating). These gloves stay absolutely dry inside and out, and I am very impressed, I only have to use 1 pair of gloves now. All of my riding buddies have swithced from the TNA's to the Powercross now.

 

[MotoPsycho]

Thor "Ride"