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Stoic built upon the Forge Glove's already-powerful weather protection by extending the wrist closure to fit over the sleeve, thus creating the flexible and burly Forge Gauntlet Glove. The dexterous softshell and goat leather shell, a waterproof bladder shuns wet snow and weather during in-bounds lift laps or out-the-gate ski touring. Slide your hand inside this wool-lined winter armor, cinch down the elastic-pull gauntlet, and charge into the deepest storm-cycle days without heed.
Softshell and goat leather shell allows for superior dexterity, without sacrificing rugged durability
Wool liner insulates and retains its warmth even when soggy, coastal snowpack threatens to soak you to the bone
Internal Sympatex waterproof bladder stops further wetness from reaching your hand
Gauntlet closure pulls over the cuffs of your sleeves and cinch down in order to lock out snow with absolute certainty
Backcountry.com is the exclusive US distributor for Stoic products
Bottom Line:
Take up the gauntlet in spite of winter's foul ways.
Great gloves for my kind of work, up on a roof in the cold. The index finger of my righthand glove was a bit misshapen, but I chalked it up to perhaps my feelings, not the factory production. So unfortunately, the gloves now each hold a 5 pound dumbell and rest on a subwoofer in my basement training area, so as to deaden the resonant buzz that comes from the sub at certain frequencies. The texture and padding of the gloves does a great job at that task. But, it wasn't finger friendly for me. The gloves sound great!
revising my answer. I would never trust these gloves above 10k'. I consider them 'in between gloves' which are very useful here in the PNW where we get cold, wet days in the 20s. My hands tend to run cold.
There is only wool here. It is unbelievably comfortable for wool, I don't even think about or notice it compared to my synthetic fill gloves. They are more impervious to dampness with the wool than primaloft.
Got a set of these today, in the white/orange. They seem to be super sweet, fit true (XL, I have big hands. A little tight but I think they'll wear in just right) and the feel of the wool is awesome. As other reviews have noted, dexterity is amazing- I'm drinking from a crystal wine glass effortlessly with them on right now.
The orange is actually has a touch more brown/gold in it than they look like in the pictures here. IMO they look better IRL than in the pics.
Without having used them yet, they seem like an excellent glove. For $140, competition with these gloves is very steep. There are excellent choices from First Ascent, MH, BD, OR, etc, I'm hoping these Stoics live up to that price- but I'll bet you can get them on sale here or at S&C for quite a bit less.
-I do wish the gauntlet bit went further up my arm- I'd say its on the smaller/mediumish size of the 'gauntlet' class. -No dummy straps or loops, which is kinda lame. -There is a 2 stage cinch strap system, which you can just barely see in the stock photos. One cinch is where you'd expect, at the very base of the gauntlet. The other does a boa-wrap kinda thing further towards your wrist. I don't know why they don't advertise this, its a really great feature.
I will update when I use them to destroy some of this La Nina, however S&C sent me TWO RIGHT GLOVES, so I'll have to wait until they can fix that little boo-boo which I'm sure will be soon.
I have now skied a variety of conditions in these gloves. They are very nice for the 20-30 degree range, with some wetness. The wool liner is amazingly comfortable, absolutely zero wool itchyness, maintains warmth even when absolutely soaked through.
Dexterity is a little above average. Not great, but good for sure.
Overall, I would give these gloves a thumbs up, but probably not for full msrp. Get them on S&C.
I do wish they had dummy straps, so I could at least choose to use them if I wanted. Yes, gloves on dummy straps collect more snow than a creek hole with a floundering snowboarder in it. Yes, you can just not be a tard and drop your gloves. But sometimes on ski lifts it gets a little hard.
Pretty sweet gloves. One thing the description doesn't mention is there are flexible stiffeners in the gauntlet that make it real easy to get over your sleeve. After an hour skiing in the rain at Snoqualmie water was moving from the gauntlet up into the palm, but hey, who wants to ski in the rain? They look cool, they're pretty bomber, not super warm but ok.
I don't know if these have the same finger cut as last years design. The finger tip dexterity of these gloves is my favorite feature. They are not quite warm enough for me, but I have cold hands. Very functional design and materials although the goat leather took a beating over a long winter.
If you have warm hands and want a glove thats good for a workload in the backcountry, check these out.
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