Wet weather gloves.

[Midnight]

Hi,

just wondering if these are any good, or if any one can suggest anything else. Reason I am asking is that I played today in really crappy weather, completley wet through, and found that by hole 6 I was unable to grip the club proper.

Someone mentioned these gloves to me and before wasting money I thought I would get your views.

Cheers

Midnight...

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Get yourself the Footjoy wet glove. It actually grips better the wetter it gets and it is a permanent feature in my bag just in case the notorious British weather suddenly turns nasty while I'm out.

I do also sometimes take 4 or 5 spare gloves in a small plastic bag and if the rain is only a persistant drizzle and not throwing it down, and use them for three or four holes making sure it only comes on and off to play the shot. I keep it in my waterproofs or under my umbrella. I tend to do this more in competitions where I feel I get a better feel than with a rain glove

 

[Midnight]

Cheers for the advice Homer.

Midnight...

 

[OldWindy]

If it's any help, I've been using MacWets (Glenmuir) for a while and they are very good (stress 'they' as they're paired). Best thing is they're thin enough to retain feel and wearing two when it's persisting down is a godsend. Not the cheapest out there (£20-£25), mind and not sure how long they'd last outright; these were a pressie so can't complain on this occasion!

 

[thomas1981]

Good shout just asked about these in the winter glove thread.

 

[nicksampo]

Yeah, another vote for the macwets. A godsend in the rain, useless in the dry but theres no need for two gloves in the dry anyways! And it feels fine wearing two gloves. Its better than feeling your gripping a greasy pole with your right hand! However, just to let you know they're not waterproof, not meant to be either, but I impulse bought them thinking they where and was slightly annoyed but soon realised how damn grippy they get when they get wet. Buy them!

 

[USER1999]

If they aren't waterproof, doesn't that make them cold? Or are they wetsuit type material?

 

[Ken_A]

I have a pair of Callaway wet gloves (£15- had them 2 years and use them regularly. Also have a single Footjoy GTX - all weather glove which is good too.

 

[Ken_A]

If they aren't waterproof, doesn't that make them cold? Or are they wetsuit type material?

They absorb water and hold it, I find they are warm enough as the body heat obviously heats the retained water. Slight draw back is the white wrinkly fingers - to stop this I take them off and wring them out.

BTW I played a few weeks ago and weather was soo bad only a dozen players finished in a comp of over 200 players. My Goretex even started to let the rain in, however, contact with the clubs as great.

 

[USER1999]

Bonkers.

 

[TonyN]

Invest in some multi-compound grips from golf pride, these coupled with rain gloves should work alot better than standard grip standard glove.

 

[big_russ]

I use a full cord golf pride grip and a quality Mizuno all weather glove and never have any problem.

 

[RGuk]

BREAKING NEWS - SPORTS WORLD SHOCKER.

Sports World have finaly bowed to public demand and are stocking gloves made by Top-Flite!

They have about 26,789 in my local store. WERE £29.99 NOW about 2 quid!!!

I bought 3 of them (in Medium), washed the car with one on an then tried to swing a golf club.....(as an experiment, of course) and the result....not too bad.

There you go.....miracles do happen.
NO Dunlop AND a product that might be of some use!! HOORAY

 

[viscount17]

BREAKING NEWS - SPORTS WORLD SHOCKER.

Sports World have finaly bowed to public demand and are stocking gloves made by Top-Flite!

They have about 26,789 in my local store. WERE £29.99 NOW about 2 quid!!!

I bought 3 of them (in Medium), washed the car with one on an then tried to swing a golf club.....(as an experiment, of course) and the result....not too bad.

There you go.....miracles do happen.
NO Dunlop AND a product that might be of some use!! HOORAY

wow! I'm off to camp outside Sports World!

 

[viscount17]

If they aren't waterproof, doesn't that make them cold? Or are they wetsuit type material?

They absorb water and hold it, I find they are warm enough as the body heat obviously heats the retained water. Slight draw back is the white wrinkly fingers - to stop this I take them off and wring them out.

that doesn't sound clever at all. anyone who has been around hypothermia (pre-arctic training and a lot else) knows that the heat is withdrawn from the extremities first. wet feet/wet hands - low temperatures, high winds - sorry these are not good companions.
(and yes, I know hypothermia isn't just caused by weather)

 

[Ken_A]

that doesn't sound clever at all. anyone who has been around hypothermia (pre-arctic training and a lot else) knows that the heat is withdrawn from the extremities first. wet feet/wet hands - low temperatures, high winds - sorry these are not good companions.
(and yes, I know hypothermia isn't just caused by weather)

~You can actually remove the gloves if required

So far I have never been close to hyperthermia - tho' I am a well insulated fella.

 

[AliB]

Macwets
I think they're made of a kind of cotton. they do grip extremely well - no need to worry about wet grips at all -Also lessens the need for all that faffing with towels. Recently won a match in a downpour because Mr B and I both had macwets and played on unperturbed. Wet and cold hands obviously a different matter, but I never felt trad winter gloves were much good when it gets v. cold as they have to be tight for grip - hence less warmth.

AliB

 

[billyg]

I can't really work out the best route with this one.

When my hands get wet they get cold- if they get cold I can't concentrate and start thinking about a nice warm bath instead.

So, if the wet weather gloves improve grip in the wet but become saturated in the process to obtain this grip (thus wet and cold) then I can't see them being that useful overall.

I might try the mits route or I might go with a liquid fuel version of the handwarmer this year - solid fuel rods and chemical heaters having proved inadequate for the task.

Mits I can see being just another bit of kit to faff about with and loose (like a putter sock).

A dry, lightweigh handtowel (perhaps one of those micro travel towels) combined with a liquid fuel heater both kept in a pocket in the bag or jacket seems the way to go for me this year.

While were at it - ive got a great hat that keeps me warm but is not waterproof (an M&S beany) and a great waterproof hat (GG Ant hat) that doesn't keep me warm but is bulletproof in the rain as it's made of Goretex paclite.

Why doesn't someone come up with something like an Ant Hat with a removable Thinsulate lining? Warm , rain proof and breathable?

I want one.

Bill

 

[RGuk]

I should of course have added that the top-flite gloves were WET gloves. They had some dry (normal) as well.

t.b.h. unless it a total rain disaster (in which case I'm probably not bothering to play anyway) I tend to just take 3 or 4 old footjoys in a plastic freezer bag.