Review on Petzl K52 CORDEX Lightweight Medium by Charles Julian

. with something that fits like a glove? In all seriousness, while I cannot comment on the usefulness of these gloves in their climbing market context, I CAN comment on their usefulness from the perspective of a paraplegic who needs to protect his hands from the daily abuses of trekking. through the streets (and hills) of San Francisco in a manual wheelchair. In terms of durability I've been using them extensively for a little over four months and in the past my gloves have started to sag in six months to a year so far they've held up pretty well with double stitching and layering in areas that will tend to more stressed when climbing: which happen to overlap with areas stressed when pressure is applied to manually brake your wheels. , let's not forget comfort and fit! As is usual with skin, they definitely took some time to adjust: quite stiff (and a little uncomfortable) at first, they softened and adapted better to my hand shape after about two weeks of heavy use (about 15). pushing miles). When broken, the fingers fit fairly well, although the palms are a little swollen due to the loose fit, leading to a dilemma: the middle one is probably too tight around the fingers, and the large one is too big around the palms. Even with large sizes, the fingers give a little (which may also be due to the looser fit of the palm), which unfortunately leads to an unpleasant pinching of my index fingers when rolling frequently. So not perfect but pretty good and definitely worth the premium I paid over the regular 3 pack gardening gloves I used to buy from Costco!