A+ for glove design 20 Oct 2005

12 comments Latest by Eric

Hooded fingertips on the digits you actually need to use - thumb and forefinger. Well photographed controlling an iPod (how’s that for product association). Assuming they keep you warm the rest of the time, those are some well designed gloves for today’s world. [Hat tip: CXC]

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Phil Dokas 20 Oct 05

A 1 or 2 gen too, no less.

Don Wilson 20 Oct 05

A 1 or 2 gen too, no less.

That’s sad that you know that ;)

Matt 21 Oct 05

I’ve heard this type of glove, very popular in NY, referred to as the “smoker’s glove.”

-Matt

Michael Ward 21 Oct 05

And it was only yesterday I was talking about gloves on here…

mike 21 Oct 05

Those are hunting gloves, they’ve been around a LONG time. Free’s up the trigger finger and thumb to cock the gun.

You can find other colors (like camouflage) at you local hunting outfitters.

SH 21 Oct 05

“You can find other colors (like camouflage) at you local hunting outfitters.”

I think a point here is that the gloves are functional and also *look* nice, because I highly doubt there are a lot of women running to their nearest hunting store for a pair of gloves. (Unless they’ve got some camouflage sweater they’re trying to match with…which is wrong. And gross.)

tara 21 Oct 05

Yep, hooded fingertips aren’t new. I’ve had gloves like these for atleast 5 years, and i’m sure they were around before that.

freecia 21 Oct 05

Here’s a slight mod where the middle finger is also revealed-
http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/PATTcigar.html

I’m not so sure hooded fingertips make sense because trying to get the little flap onto your finger probably takes as long as putting the your hand into the glove body. Sounds inefficient for frequent use.

David Patrick 21 Oct 05

You can find other colors (like camouflage) at you local hunting outfitters.

I went looking for those very gloves. But i couldn’t find them!

Thank you very much, I’m here all week…… :-D

David Merwin 24 Oct 05

They are old school. The new hunting gloves are made with thinner materials so that you do not need to “fold over” the top.

They also make a Mitten that the entire top folds over, exposing the fingers.

Maurice 26 Oct 05

Well, I was looking out for a nice pair of gloves but didn’t found as the one I desire.

Eric 21 Aug 06

Well, these comments were from a while ago… almost a year, but I wanted to show you all something that is completely different than what you have seen. There is a new glove called the CZiP, from Vaughn Outdoor in SLC, Utah. This glove (mittens too!) has a strategically placed zipper on the back of the glove/mitten which when unzipped, allows the wearer to completely remove their hand from the glove, but still have the glove attached to the wrist. You save TONS of time, you can’t drop/lose your gloves, hand temperature regulation, short drying time due to the open design, and as stated before, you can get them in gloves and mittens. If you use these gloves, you won’t want to go back to a regular glove, I promise! Check them out: www.vaughnoutdoor.com

Or you can watch this little clip that shows a great demonstration of the glove at the end:

http://vaughnoutdoor.com/videos/small_video_1.htm

Lemme know what ya think!

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