glove love

[ggammell]

I just recently got the PIG gloves so I could use an iPhone while wearing gloves. This weekend I took them thru a Redback One carbine course. I liked the feel but I hated the crap that came in through the palm and finger vents. So for patrol work I think they fit the bill. I probably won't buy another pair. I'm kind of kicking myself for not getting a pair of the mechanix touch gloves.

[philpac33]

My experience with gloves is similar to several others here. When shooting handguns I really prefer the PIGs but the Mechanic have always worked fine as well at less than half the price. I have some Icon gloves that I bought about 5 years ago at the local motorcycle shop, mostly because I thought the digital camp pattern and hard plastic knuckles were cool at the time, but the leather is so thick that I lost the ability to feel the trigger the way I like. The absolute coolest looking gloves I have that are also highly functional are some FDE Outdoor Research Ironsights. All of them are fine for rifle shooting but, at least for me, the PIGs perform best in all manner of handgun manipulation. And I can tweet about turning in a clean sub 5.00sec FAST drill without removing said PIGs- if that's what floated my boat.

[remington79]

My experience with gloves is limited and I haven't used any for shooting. However, I think my experience may be of some help. I used to survey and I wore the plain jane Mechanix gloves. I wore them and beat the hell out of them for about a year and a half. I could have used them longer but I moved and stopped surveying.

For those that may not know there is a lot of chopping brush with a machete to cut your traverse lines. While cutting line your cutting brush and trees so your hands and arms can take a beating. The gloves took a beating and the only noticeable wear was a seam on one of the fingers was starting to come undone. If I continued to survey I could have gotten two years out of them.

[El Cid]

In the past when I shot handguns with gloves I was reminded with each shot that I had gloves on my hands. During a recent course I used the Mechanix and forgot I was wearing them while shooting my Glock. The thumb eventually wore a hole from filling magazines but they aren't so expensive that I was upset.

[Shao]

I've been using and abusing the same pair of Oakley SI Assault gloves since 2007 or so and they still look pretty much new. I like carbon fiber knuckle protectors... never know when you're going to need to smash someone in the face.

[ggammell]

I've been using and abusing the same pair of Oakley SI Assault gloves since 2007 or so and they still look pretty much new. I like carbon fiber knuckle protectors... never know when you're going to need to smash someone in the face.

That's great. I've ne ER seen a pair of Oakley gloves last more than a year or two.

[Shao]

That's great. I've ne ER seen a pair of Oakley gloves last more than a year or two.

Maybe I got lucky... maybe they changed manufacturers... I wear them as my winter gloves, shooting gloves, and sometimes as work gloves. All I've had to do is burn off a few loose threads once in a while.

[El Cid]

That's great. I've ne ER seen a pair of Oakley gloves last more than a year or two.

Beat me to it... I had a pair and the dots on the fingers were falling off within a month. Stitching wasn't holding... I bought them in 2004 or 2005 so hopefully they've improved since then.

[Shao]

Beat me to it... I had a pair and the dots on the fingers were falling off within a month. Stitching wasn't holding... I bought them in 2004 or 2005 so hopefully they've improved since then.

I've heard from others of durability issues but I never had a problem with mine. Maybe there was a knock-off batch floating around????

[El Cid]

I've heard from others of durability issues but I never had a problem with mine. Maybe there was a knock-off batch floating around????

Nah, they were legit Oakley. Any company can have QC issues and while I'm sure they addressed them, I've found gloves I think are better and much less expensive. (the Mechanix I posted about above)