KUIU's New Gloves

[LJ Buck]

What you guys think? Besides the whole anti KUIU thing who makes compairable gloves?

 

[bowtech3dhunter]

You know I've never really treated myself to a good set of gloves. I've always just used cheap jersey type gloves for hunting but last year I bought a pair of the Kuiu Guide gloves and was really impressed. I have no doubt Kuiu's new gloves will be awesome.

 

[idig4au]

I have their merino, guide, Yukon gloves and now I just ordered a pair of the Kenai gloves as those look to exactly what I've been searching for. Well, I don't really need another set of gloves, but then again, why not.

 

[jlsteel]

I've been looking a pair good insulated gloves or mitts for this season. Almost bought some north face mitts for 250. Yikes. Now I'm leaning towards the Northstar gloves

 

[Yellowknife]

The OutDry thing is licensed from Mountain Hardwear somehow and has been around for a year or so.

http://www.mountainhardwear.com/OutDry.html

I've used a couple pairs. Basically the concept is really simple. They build the outer glove shell, and then insert a thin continuous membrane liner that looks a lot like the "one-time-use" plastic gloves the guy building your Subway sandwich wears. Then they put the insulation inside of that.

Few things worth mentioning. First off they will have a slightly funny feel to them because of the basically plastic liner. It flexes, but not all that much. They also breath very poorly compared to a regular non-waterproof glove. The good thing is that they ARE waterproof, unlike traditional gore-tex type gloves that have lots of seams.

Another thing... DO NOT GET THEM HOT! The liner will melt/shrink. Air dry only!

The MH ones I bought were complete junk, but that had everything to do with the stitching and fabric. They warrantied them twice in three months before I gave up. The good thing about the stitching coming apart was that I got to see how they were built. Hopefully KUIU is using a different factory.

Yk

 

[muleman]

Great info YK.

 

[Yellowknife]

The OutDry thing is licensed from Mountain Hardwear somehow and has been around for a year or so.

http://www.mountainhardwear.com/OutDry.html

Yk

Let me recant that statement. Mountain Hardwear used it first, but it appears they may have licensed it from someone else? Looks like the concept is going to be readily available from a number of companies.

http://www.outdry.com/ENG_partners.html

Looks like even Browning makes OutDry gloves now. http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/clothing/detail.asp?fid=A006&cid=307&tid=800

Yk

 

[Obi-wanshinobi]

I want to try the Northstar gloves. They may be perfect for rainy November when hunting whitetails.

 

[ScottP]

All of my cold weather and/or waterproof gloves are from Black Diamond. Great stuff, just not camo.

 

[conhawa]

I have a pair of Mountain Hardwear gloves wtih Outdry, and I love them. I wore them hunting in an all day downpour last year and my hands stayed completely dry. The outer fabric doesn't soak up the moisture like other gloves. I also have a pair of tennis shoes with Outdry. The waterproof/breathable membrane is bonded to the outer fabric instead of being inserted as a separate layer. This eliminates the dead space in between that can get saturated.

 

[Ross]

I've ordered the north star so will give a report come the end of season. Been looking for a waterproof glove for oct/nov when it is a mix of snow/rain and cold the hands are always an issue keeping warm this time of year getting soaked in the nasty brush

 

[Backpack Hunter]

I'm all for top quality gear, but I'm having a hard time justifying $90-$100 on a pair of gloves.
I think I will wait to hear some reviews before deciding on these.

 

[TXCO]

I ordered all 3 to take a look at and then return what I dont like or feel I wont use. Ive run into serious problems with cold wet hands and have gotten to the point I almost overcompensate for it because of problems in the past. I duck and deer hunt in addition to backpacking so Im always looking for good late season gloves. I got the kuiu gloves over the weekend and have been able to play around a little.

First off, the kenai and denali ran a little larger in size. I ordered medium in all 3 and had extra room in all fingers. They werent that bulky and Im not sure how well the insulation will work over time only because I havent been able to really test it. They felt like ski gloves with different levels of insulation. I liked the cinch in the denali over the velcro in kenai. I really liked the leather palm. They should stay waterproof and not soak through the leather. I think the denali is a good glove and will be returning the kenai. Not sure how they might compare directly to ski/snowboard glove and will try to do that comparison here pretty soon.

The mittens are very very warm. My hands would sweat in 30-60 seconds in 75 degrees in the house. They were big as well and didnt compress down as small as you would think. There is extra material to keep the structure in place. I think my superdown jacket would compress to about the size of the gloves compressed. It feels like theyre overfilled it with down. I dont glass much late season (all my hunting is early archery) but my friends and I were contemplating how they gloves would be good for tree stand whitetail/muley archery hunting during the rut or late season. They are nice to just throw on but still have the nylon shell so could be a little noisy. With practice it would be easy to keep your hands warms and pull off the mitten and shooting my bow with no glove which is what I prefer. I think they would have a purpose anytime youre sitting for a long time either glassing or on stand. Theyre definitely more a luxury item in my opinion.

 

[2ski]

I'm all for top quality gear, but I'm having a hard time justifying $90-$100 on a pair of gloves.
I think I will wait to hear some reviews before deciding on these.

Agreed. Some of these heavy weight cold weather camo gloves are ridiculous in price. What's the point of paying a bunch of money for cold weather camo gloves? You're in snow so we're talking rifle season and hunters orange so the camo doesn't matter. At that point I could find gloves for $40 that will work just as well. I have a hard time justifying paying that much for ski gloves and I'm in way colder weather skiing. I'm sure some people are seeing weather to justify gloves like that (Alaska), but most people I don't see it.

 

[TXCO]

I compare these to high quality ski gloves which run $100-$300 even on outlet places like backcountry.com.

 

[cuerro viejo]

The OutDry thing is licensed from Mountain Hardwear somehow and has been around for a year or so.

http://www.mountainhardwear.com/OutDry.html

I've used a couple pairs. Basically the concept is really simple. They build the outer glove shell, and then insert a thin continuous membrane liner that looks a lot like the "one-time-use" plastic gloves the guy building your Subway sandwich wears. Then they put the insulation inside of that.

Few things worth mentioning. First off they will have a slightly funny feel to them because of the basically plastic liner. It flexes, but not all that much. They also breath very poorly compared to a regular non-waterproof glove. The good thing is that they ARE waterproof, unlike traditional gore-tex type gloves that have lots of seams.

Another thing... DO NOT GET THEM HOT! The liner will melt/shrink. Air dry only!

The MH ones I bought were complete junk, but that had everything to do with the stitching and fabric. They warrantied them twice in three months before I gave up. The good thing about the stitching coming apart was that I got to see how they were built. Hopefully KUIU is using a different factory.

Yk

Plastic liner..lol.. they are a very far cry from that.


Outdry is its own company. They are Italian. The are now owned by columbia, that also owns mountain hardware, montrail and praga.
All the columbia companies operate separately.

Out dry is a construction solution for water proof breathable materials. There is no longer a bootie or glove liner like with goretex, its a direct bond to face fabric. There for when your dwr fails you don't get water trapped between face fabric and bootie/liner. ..so a) you stay warmer and b) your gloves or boots dont get really heavy like with gortex booties.

Outdry is a great company. Americans are just now starting to see it because Goretex has tried hard to keep a better completing technology out of their US market. Gore tried to shut outdry down in Europe in courts, and lost.

Once columbia bought them, goretex couldn't bully mfg's. Now the that Gore tex is under federal investigation for its businesses practices we will start seeing a lot more great technology reach us.


Imy first experience with outdry was in 09 when I bought a pair of gronell boots.

I now only wear outdry gloves. All my boots are outdry except one pair of zamberlins. If I could find a dealer in the us for gronell I would ditch the zamberlains

 

[cuerro viejo]

I'm all for top quality gear, but I'm having a hard time justifying $90-$100 on a pair of gloves.
I think I will wait to hear some reviews before deciding on these.

Check out the nilas down mitts by mountain hardware

 

[Ross]

Initial take on these gloves is they will serve me well. I stuck them in a bucket of water for an hour and they were bone dry....will give a full review after I use them in the wet jungles of nidaho and mt this fall

 

[rodney482]

Any idea how long the northstar will be backordered

 

[WestDan]

They have the northstars in verde in stock (I just got them last week). Not sure about vias