gloves
EXTREMITIES Multisport GTX (£65)
The Multisport GTX is a slightly scaled down version of Extremities’ slightly more expensive Multisport Pro. It drops high-end mountaineering features such as a draw-cord wrist closure (a shame) and karabiner finger-loop but still offers plenty of protection.
BERGHAUS Out There Glove (£50)
An all-round winter glove that offers a long protective cuff and a unique (among the gloves here) webbing strap closure across the back of the wrists as well as a hem drawcord.
BERGHAUS Windygripper Glove (£28)
Not sure what to make of these windproof softshell gloves. They have external protruding seams, as if they were sewn inside out. That differs from the product displayed on Berghaus’s website and from the image provided.
CRAGHOPPERS Microfleece Glove (£12)
Probably the smartest (as in formal) glove on these pages, the lightweight Microfleece Glove is a simple design given a touch of class by trim along the back of the hand. Features come down to wrist elastication front and back, and a connecting clip (already snapped).
EXTREMITIES Sticky Thicky (£22)
This is the kind of glove I like to carry year-round. It’s little more than a hand-warming polyester-knit model – like a heavier duty version of Smartwool’s Training glove – with a comfortable elasticated cuff and a grippy silicon print across palms and fingers.
EXTREMITIES Super Windy (£40)
Made from windproof Gore Windstopper fleece, the Super Windy has pretentions to full mountaineering use, with its wee karabiner loop on the index finger but, lacking a proper cuff closure to prevent spindrift entering, is probably happier in slightly less extreme conditions.
KATHMANDU Fleece Gloves (£14.99)
A very simple glove at a reasonable price, that’s warmer than some other year-round fleeces here but not all. Despite the reasonable price, the quality is okay for a glove that you might leave in your pack year-round just in case the weather turns unexpectedly.
KATHMANDU Fliptop Mitt (£14.99)
This seems to solve the issue of mitts offering more warmth than gloves but less dexterity: it’s basically a fingerless glove with a flip-on-or-off mitt top, so you can keep your hands warm until you need to use your fingers, when the top can be pulled back and secured out of the way on a Velcro-style tab.
KATHMANDU Polyproylene Gloves (£6.99)
Thin knitted liners offer great dexterity; as proof, I’m typing in these gloves and making no more mistakes than usuak.
KATHMANDU Snow Sport Glove (£24.99)
They might not sit at the top end of the winter mountaineering category, but mountaineers (not climbers) might be able to get a season or two out of these well-priced gloves.
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