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A lot of you guys know that I am involved with the company. This being said I want to make a few comments regarding the Aquaskinz Black Thunder Gloves.
They are not supposed to be waterproof. They are designed to trap a layer of water between your skin and the glove, Then your body heat warms the water, just like a wetsuit. When you come out of the water, just like a wet suit, air and wind temp will effect how cold your hands get. A trick with the skinz gloves is that if you make a tight fist you will squeeze the layer of water out and your hands will not get as cold.
The gloves are designed to be worn for most of the fishing season. they are an all purpose sports glove, designed to be used Spring Summer and Fall. I personally never had my hands get too cold this past Spring. I also wore them all Summer. In the last week or two, there have been nights where my hands got too cold wearing the gloves. The temperatures on these nights was 35 degrees and below. If anyone thinks that they are going to get any glove that will be comfortable, allow you to submerge your hand, safely grab rocks etc, tie knots, and cast and then come out of the water in literally freezing temperatures without getting cold hands they are not being realistic. Will these gloves let you fish in cold weather? Absolutely. Will they let you fish in freexing weather without getting cold hands?
Probably not. There are limits to anything.
As far as the comparisons to Glaciers, which I also own and use in certain circumstances, including shoveling snow with my Aquaskinz Hurricane Dry Top. Here are a few points. Wear the Glaciers whlie wading out to the rocks, getting them submerged on the way. Reach down into the water to land and hopefully release a fish. After doing so with my Glaciers on, my hands are then wet and the water can not evaporate and dry as Galiciers are not breathable, not to mention the glove slips when I have a tight grip on something. You can tie knots wearing the Aqaskinz gloves, easily. With my Glaciers I can not. You can cast both spinning and conventional reels while wearing Aquaskinz gloves. With my Glaciers, I have difficulty. You can grab rocks, covered with barnacles or not and get a grip tight enough to maneuver without the fear of the exterior grip slipping off the held surface AND without the fear of your hand slipping inside the glove. IF you have done any climbing with Galciers on, you know what I mean.
John2465, I have been fishing these gloves at least 4 trips a week for the last month and more than that for most of the Summer. My finger tip shows very little wear and no signs of failure. I have heard someone else make the same accusation but to date I have not seen a pair that is worn in the manner that you describe. Please make sure to call 1-800-dry-tops and talk to Kadir. He is committed to product quality and keeping a reputaion of top-notch customer assistance. We really do look forward to seeing your gloves and adressing any problems discovered.
In the interest of full disclosure. Early on, a very few gloves had a stitching issue with the wrist strap and that issue was immediately adressed and a design improvement added. This is how Aquaskinz adressed problems, this is what our customers expect.
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