So...gloves or no gloves??

[0weston0]

Tend to use gloves, if iv got them with me, for accents and then throw them out of the tree. Find they gut stuck in prussic when descending and even had them catch in rope grab. More trouble than there worth most of the time. Mind you spruce can be an exception, horrible stuff

 

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[Ian88]

I used to often climb with gloves but after a particularly hard few weeks I got real bad wrists, kinda like carpal tunnel syndrome, I think it was because the gloves I were using were warn out and not giving me a lot of grip on the rope, this meant I was then having to hold it real tight.

 

Still have them handy for some jobs but I tend to avoid.

[LumberJake]

2 dozen pairs of thin coated gloves for 13,50 off eBay. Much like the thin Pfanner ones, but at a price you can throw away after an hour or a day or two.

Suffer from eczema and very dry hands, so it really aids grip. A pain though when they get caught up in krabs etc.

 

Did you get them from a seller on eBay, if so would you be able to put a link up?

 

Cheers,

 

Jake

[JimM]

24 PAIRS OF NEW NITRILE COATED WORK GLOVES CONSTRUCTION GARDARDENING

 

 

Bought from this seller about 5 times now. 3-4 days delivery.

They work for me. Cheap and cheerful. They are thin, so no use for dragging anything thorny!!!

[aquatoo]

Gloves are for girls haha

 

 

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What exactly is it about girls that makes you think you should wear gloves?

[Dean Lofthouse]

What exactly is it about girls that makes you think you should wear gloves?

 

I don't think calluses and blisters are very becoming on a girl

[TREE-SURGEON-ESSEX]

I wonder how much longer your hands will last using gloves ?. I'm thinking a hell of a lot.

 

If i climb without gloves even for a few minutes i can feel my fingers strain, yet with gloves the rubber does the work so your fingers last a lifetime.

[craigblues]

24 PAIRS OF NEW NITRILE COATED WORK GLOVES CONSTRUCTION GARDARDENING

 

 

Bought from this seller about 5 times now. 3-4 days delivery.

They work for me. Cheap and cheerful. They are thin, so no use for dragging anything thorny!!!

 

That's a good price.. Think I have paid nearly £3 a pair in past...

[Craig Johnson]

showa 330 gloves, get about 2 week out of a pair, climbing then use them for logging ect. use the thermal ones in winter. don't see why you'd need thin dexterous gloves, unless your splicing you rope up the tree:001_tt2:

 

and i cant believe climbers still use prussiks, what a pita way of climbing with all the tech about now

 

that's a whole different argument, tech don't make you a good climber:biggrin:

[JimM]

don't see why you'd need thin dexterous gloves, unless your splicing you rope up the tree:

 

Suffer from Eczema, get very dry hands, so grip is awful at times. The gloves are a pain, but a necessary evil.