Jump with gloves?

[Magistr8 0]

I went to sport mart yesterday and they actually had a pair of tackified gloves there in sale for 45 CND. After trying these on I fll in love instantly. I will have to try on more gloves before I commit to buying something but these babies I was looking at had these little grips on the finger that would make it realy easy to grab abd pull.
Whoever said comming down from a high was bad, never tried this.
Peter

[sumadoggie 0]

Dude. May next jump will be AFF Level 6 and I've made every jump but one with gloves. PRCTs make perfect! I haven't missed at pull time yet and I don't intend to. I just use a pair of full finger but thin leather gloves I also use for MTB and X-C Skiing which are lined with Thinsulate. I think they're "Gordinis".

[coconutmonkey 0]

The bigest thing with buying gloves is that you can feel (and pull) all of your hackeys, pillows and rings without impediment. Next would be how much insulation you need for the weather conditions. Leather is great because it blocks wind and suede grips well. Tacified gloves give exceptional gripping and usually are thin enough to feel your way around. If you can, try the gloves on with your rig (might get some strange looks in a department store) or take a hackey in with you and tuck it in your back pocket and see if you can feel it through the gloves. If it feels good, go with it (just in regards to grabbing the hackey, other stuff might get even stranger looks... or a call from the cops).
Personaly, I have summer and winter weight gloves and rarely jump without them (sand spurs in the Carolinas encourage protection for that off zone landing).

[Iflyme 0]

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I swear by my Nike football gloves 3 seasons of the year

I wear those during warm weather, and winter cycling gloves when it's cold up there.
"There's nothing new under the sun"

[Deuce 1]

A couple of months ago a jumper just off of student status, jumping rental gear, took a reserve ride because she wasn't wearing gloves. In Northern California it can be mild on the ground and below freezing at altitude. She did a four way with some friends and then couldn't feel anything with her hands when she reached for the hackey. Smart, though, after a bad decision (jumping w/o gloves), she made two passes for the BOC and then went to silver. I jump with regular Neumann's with polypro liners by Mountain Hardwear when it's cold. Buying the gloves is cheaper than paying for a repack, or worse.

[Magistr8 0]

After trying on the Neumans at sport mart the other day the only question I was left with is how well will they hold up in the cold. Yes they have great grip and they have great flexibility ( I mean really good on both fronts here ) I am still worried that -10 at alt might leave me a little cold. Great gloves on the whole. I like the full palm tackified grip that leaves me conforted on the fact that by brushing up again the pull cord the grip is enough to dislodge it and cause it come out and make the pull.
Whoever said comming down from a high was bad, never tried this.
Peter