The DAKINE Charger Gloves combine a low-profile design with a midweight fleece lining for a park-and-pipe look that takes on the entire mountain. Park gloves would be great if they weren't so freaking cold. DAKINE fixes this eternal dilemma with the insulated Charger Gloves. They also added burly leather palms for excellent durability and grip. Rounding off the features, the Charger Gloves have a hook-and-loop wrist closure to seal out snow without the need for a bulky gauntlet.
Bottom Line: Don't freeze your fingers in too-thin gloves. Get to the mountain with the low-profile but still warm DAKINE Charger Gloves.
this is my second pair of these gloves. have had my first pair for about 5 years and use them every single day and they are still as good as new. got these just to have a second color. great for everyday wear and for riding the mountain. pick a pair up!
While these gloves' low profile is very nice, and they are relatively warm, they get soaked. When they get wet, they freeze, and that is no fun. Decent gloves and great for park, but I wouldn't recommend them for backcountry or extremely cold temps.
I have thick hands which tend to overheat rather than get cold so I grabbed these of steepAndCheap. I keep a super warm pair in my backpack just in case usually. These gloves are tactile enough that I didn't have to take them off when pull out a trail map, zipping up/down my soft shell or hard shell, unzipping the nozzle from my hydration pack strap, undoing my helmet, and tightening my ski boots. The only time I took them off was to take an impromptu whiz in the woods, but I'm not sure I even needed too than.
I snow-shielded the palms for good measure, so I'm not sure how they would repel water without it. Its a standard step for any glove as far as I'm concerned.
