Gloves - UK

[Stumpy 284]

Hey all, I have a friend who has very small hands and is struggling to find some suitable gloves. Does anyone have any ideas and/or names of stockists within the UK? I would be very grateful if anyone can help.

Cheers
Dave

"there are two theories to arguing with women. Neither works"

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[vt1977 0]

I have very small hands too and I found some fantastic winter gloves and silk liners at DZ Sports who are based at Hinton.

I have the thermal silk under gloves and air crew winter gloves – both in extra small. They’re great!

Check out: http://www.dzsports.com/gloves.html

hth!
Vicki

[Stumpy 284]

Cheers for that - whats the surface on the aircrew gloves like, grippy?
Are hinton jumping throughout the winter or are they closed now? I need to refresh and am desperate to get "knees in the breeze" again!!

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[vt1977 0]

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Cheers for that - whats the surface on the aircrew gloves like, grippy?

The aircrew gloves are fleece lined on the inside and leather on the outside – I have no problems gripping anything with them and even when wearing the liners underneath I can feel everything ok.

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Are hinton jumping throughout the winter or are they closed now? I need to refresh and am desperate to get "knees in the breeze" again!!

I don’t know I’m afraid – I haven’t jumped at Hinton for years, I just went there to get gloves – because after having looked everywhere, these are definitely the smallest skydiving gloves that can be bought in the UK! Maybe give them a call and ask.

Have fun!

Vicki

[mr2mk1g 10]

As far as I know, they're jumping right through. I was there at the weekend (dispite the weather) and will be there again this weekend.

[AndyMan 7]

It depends what types of gloves you're looking for.

If you're wanting gloves because of the cold, then a simple trip to your local hiking/outdoor sports store is by far your best bet.

If you're wanting gloves simply because competition rules require them, then I have no idea...

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[TrickyDicky 0]

My friend had this problem (though not with winter gloves, just gloves in general). She went to toys R us or something and found a great pair of action man gloves.

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[CornishChris 5]

Hey.

i jump with Golf gloves and they are pretty good even in the winter in the uk - although I am now in Aus. just goto a golf shop and get one left and one right - they look at you strange but hey. Because Golf gloves are quite thin, yet tacified they work really well.

Tricky - I went to Durham too but did not jump there - what College you in?

CJP

Gods don't kill people. People with Gods kill people

[fergs 0]

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Hey all, I have a friend who has very small hands and is struggling to find some suitable gloves. Does anyone have any ideas and/or names of stockists within the UK? I would be very grateful if anyone can help.

Cheers
Dave

"there are two theories to arguing with women. Neither works"

Dave,

For years I've used scuba gloves in winter - they have thin leather on the palms and made of neoprene. They are fantastic - warm and still have lots of feel.

Before I started using scuba gloves I found best option was from a saddlery shop - you know, where horse people buy stuff. There I found a few good types of both kid leather as well as nylon with little bumps (good for gripping) on the palms.

Life is Great.

Blue Skies,

fergs

[ripper0289 0]

I don't know about the UK, but these are the gloves I use for cold weather, they're police gloves, lined, sensitive enough to (sorry) use all their gear~guns and stuff, I think they'd be good for jumping.
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[BASE813 0]

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Are hinton jumping throughout the winter or are they closed now?

Not sure of the dates but Hinton normally closes for a couple of weeks or so over around the Xmas / New Year period (a more regular club member should be able to confirm this) - Langar I beleive still runs everyday over Xmas / New Year.........

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