Protect your hands.  That may sound like an incredibly obvious and unnecessary statement but it is the truth.  Your hands are amazing tools and they are pretty tough but they are also highly prone to injury.  Especially cold injury.  They are also great heat radiators and very important to good ventilation when you are working hard in the boonies.  From rope rescue work to shooting to mountaineering, good gloves are the answer to many problems and in my opinion, you can never have enough of the good ones.

Here is my list of recommended gloves.

Hanz Flame Resistant Gloves (simply the best all-around glove I have ever used)
Outdoor Research Alti Gloves
Outdoor Research Alti Mitts
Outdoor Research Mutant Mitts (government sales only)
Outdoor Research Poseidon Gloves (government sales only)
Mechanix Wear Original Gloves (in Coyote)
Mechanix Wear Original Vent Gloves (in Covert)
Cloudveil Troller Glove
Mountain Hardwear Habanero Glove
Black Diamond Guide Glove
Cabelas Gore-Tex Thinsulate Deluxe Shooting Gloves
Cabelas Gore-Tex MTO50 Whitetail Extreme Shooting Gloves
Camelbak Max Grip NT
Camelbak Combat
Camelbak Friction Fighter NT
Blackhawk Python Advanced Light Rappel Gloves
CMC Rescue Riggers Gloves
CMC Air Rescue Gloves
CMC Rescue Rappel Gloves
Fingerless Industrial Weight Kevlar Knit Gloves (for rope rigging) 

Currently under consideration

Hestra Army Leather Gloves
Hestra Heli 3 Finger Gloves
Hestra XCR 3 Finger Gloves
Hestra Soft Shell Short Gloves
Hestra Primaloft Extreme Liners
Black Diamond Patrol Gloves 
Grandoe Logan Mountaineering Glove
Cabelas Grandoe Strata Gore-Tex Gloves
Cabelas Grandoe Makalu Extreme Condition Gore-Tex Mittens
Outdoor Research Arete Gloves
Outdoor Research Firebrand Gloves


 Thanks.
 
Wade Nelson
Editor

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