Gloves, Gloves, Gloves

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Hey guys, When you go out camping or hiking, what gloves do you bring. I am in need of a new pair and want something durable, and light. I was thinking of just getting another pair of Mechanix gloves since I loved them so much. I will be using this new pair as my 3 season glove. They will be used for holding, moving, breaking branches, bushcraft, moving stones, protect my hands when macheting through thick bush and such. Nothing extreme or heavy duty.
What do you pack?
 
I don't usually use gloves, but when I do use them I go with HexArmor. They're not inexpensive, but well worth the money.
 
Mechanix gloves sound pretty good for the uses you describe. I like the simple Fastfit ones.

I actually carry the Mechanix gloves sometimes, even though I don't personally have so many uses for them.
Now that it's cool, though, I'm using Manzella silkweight Windstopper gloves. edit; it's these: http://www.rei.com/product/766531/manzella-silkweight-windstopper-gloves-mens
If it gets real cold, I'll add Smartwool liners.

So far, I've only used the Manzellas riding my bike, but it was a funny coincidence that I found an identical pair in Women's Small that had been dropped in the trail while at DuPont State Park in NC, recently.
When we caught up with a group of older hikers at a viewpoint, I took the gloves out and was asking if they looked familiar to anyone, and a lady said "Oh, thank God, those are mine!" When I told her I had the same gloves, she said "Don't you just love them? They're wonderful!"
So...I'm hoping mine are wonderful, too!
 
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Ive got the Falt Guide Glove...Made with impregnated cowhide and impregnated Army Leather goatskin on the palm. Comes with a removable terry wool liner. With the liner theyre warm enough for arctic conditions. I use the leather glove without the liner for 3 season use. Theyre expensive, but with a minimum of care ie. waxing, theyll last you a lifetime.

Hestra makes nothing else but gloves, so they know what theyre doing.

http://hestragloves.com/en/gloves/alpine-pro/guide-glove/

Here they are getting their yearly wax.
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For hiking, biking and camping I use several different types but none of them are really suited to rummaging about in the brambles, playing with fires, or chopping stuff. I use simple pairs of gardening gloves for that. They give me a good bit of protection from flints, I can yank thistles out the way and chop and dig about in them. Something like these are all I bother with.
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Im going to second the Hestra gloves, built to last you can grab different liners and set them up for any weather condition you wish.
 
Petzl belay gloves, they keep dexterity and are heavy leather in the palms for protection.

Mechanic gloves

Cabellas kangaroo leather shooting gloves when it's cold

An extra pair of smart wool socks as mittens
 
readyme said:
I am interested in hearing more about your experience with HexArmor gloves.
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Best flexible and breathable cut/puncture resistant material out their short of maille and that stuff is more expensive and less comfortable. HexArmor is GREAT and they have tons of different styles depending on your needs. They use SuperFabric in them, which is a series of tiny epoxy plates printed on a base fabric.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
Best flexible and breathable cut/puncture resistant material out their short of maille and that stuff is more expensive and less comfortable. HexArmor is GREAT and they have tons of different styles depending on your needs. They use SuperFabric in them, which is a series of tiny epoxy plates printed on a base fabric.
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Thanks...sounds like a good tough utility glove at work.
 
I use the Mechanics style gloves too. I just picked up a Dewalt brand pair at sears for aboiut 12 bucks and they have been great!
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
They're great. Let me put it this way--guys who install razor wire swear by their stuff.
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I just found out about these a few days ago when I was searching for a good puncture resistant work glove. How are they for fit? I'm mostly looking at their mechanic style gloves and the 4020x/4021x that I think you have. There's nowhere local to try them out, and I've heard their sizing chart isn't really accurate so hexarmors are best purchased a size larger than normal. I "normally" wear a large and then let them stretch out to fit and that usually works okay, the XL mechanix gloves I've worn feel great but are just a tiny bit loose and get worse over time. I'm not really sure if these gloves do much stretching due to the materials.

I've used the Kevlar knit stuff in the past and while it might save you from a hospital visit working with sheetmetal, it doesn't stop much else, and in my experience was uncomfortable and wore out really fast, and wasn't all that hard to cut.
 
I usually stick with Mechanix or Ironclad gloves; in the warmer seasons, I like their framer gloves for better finger dexterity (also what I use when mountain biking). I often pack a pair of thin kangaroo leather gloves if I plan to do a lot of wood processing or work; they're great in/around thorns and the campfire. When it cools off, I add a pair of silk-weight, Polartec glove liners. I'm thinking about gettting a pair wool glove liners...I have some of the Army issued ones and really don't like the fit.

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yoda4561 said:
I just found out about these a few days ago when I was searching for a good puncture resistant work glove. How are they for fit? I'm mostly looking at their mechanic style gloves and the 4020x/4021x that I think you have. There's nowhere local to try them out, and I've heard their sizing chart isn't really accurate so hexarmors are best purchased a size larger than normal. I "normally" wear a large and then let them stretch out to fit and that usually works okay, the XL mechanix gloves I've worn feel great but are just a tiny bit loose and get worse over time. I'm not really sure if these gloves do much stretching due to the materials.

I've used the Kevlar knit stuff in the past and while it might save you from a hospital visit working with sheetmetal, it doesn't stop much else, and in my experience was uncomfortable and wore out really fast, and wasn't all that hard to cut.
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My experience with HexArmor is actually that they run large. I usually take a size 8 but my pair is a little roomy for me. I'd pop on the LiveChat that they have on the site and give them your hand measurements. They're very helpful folks. :)
 
I buy the 3-pack of Wells-Lamont leather work gloves at Costco and treat the leather with Hornady reloading lube (its just mink oil and works as a great leather conditioner and water-proofer). 3 pair of great leather work gloves for $16 is hard to beat.
 
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