We knew making the best damn leather gloves ever would be a tall order, requiring lots of testing and refinement. We spent almost two years on the task. During that time, we used our 4-Season Give’r Glove prototypes in 42 different situations ... some absurd, some practical and most of them fun! The final glove we created excels at each one of these 42 tasks, and we're excited to keep on testing. How will you Give'r in your 4-Season Gloves?
Around the House:
1) Clearing snow/scraping ice off car
2) Walking dog
3) Grabbing a burning log
4) Yard work such as gardening, raking leafs, shoveling, mowing, landscaping, clearing brush
5) Making snowmen, building snow forts, snowball fighting
6) S’more roasting
Sports/Recreation:
7) Pond hockey
8) Snow shoeing
9) Skiing and backcountry touring
10) Sledding
11) Backpacking/camping
12) Cross-country skiing
13) Snowboarding
14) River float trips
15) Fly fishing
16) Spin fishing
17) Ice Fishing
18) Running outboard boats in frigid temps
19) Hunting, decoy setting, field dressing and pack-out (elk and deer in Wyoming and Ohio; ducks in Wyoming and Ontario, Canada; pheasant in Ohio; antelope in Wyoming; bear in Idaho)
20) Horseback riding
21) Skijoring
22) Rock climbing
23) Handling fry pan over open fire (fish fry)
24) Snowmobiling
Manual Labor:
25) Chopping firewood
26) Cutting down trees/ general lumberjacking
27) Bonfire adjustments
28) Grabbing a fire grate over open fire
29) Welding, cutting and general metalworking
30) Shoveling snow
31) Trail clearing
32) Airport ramp operations (baggage handling, snow clearing, equipment operation, de-icing and anti-icing planes in an open bucket at Jackson Hole Airport). This includes exposure to jet fuel, diesel, petrol, glycol (de-ice fluid) and oil.
Experimenting:
33) Wearing gloves and submerging in boiling pot of water
34) Handling red hot metal post welding
35) Submerging into ice fishing hole
36) Covered in lighter fluid and lit on fire
37) Coldest temp use case -35 F while working outside at airport during January 2015
38) Highest temp exposure – flames/burning objects in fire
39) 20-inch powder day skiing/touring
40) Handling dry ice
41) Run over gloves with vehicle on gravel road
42) Abrasion testing on thorn bushes, jagged rocks, ropes, cables, wire and chains
