I wear 2 pair simultaneiously. The first is a super this polypro liner. I have some made by marmot, some patagonia and some REI and some mountain hardware. The REI were crap, but the rest were all good. I wear the atlas smurf gloves over the liners. The liners keep my hands drier longer.

I have a pair of IronClad Box Handlers. They have a spider-web patterned grippy coating on the palm that is....BREATHABLE!!! These are my favorite to wear, but there is 1 drawback. The grippy coating is silicon, and it is slippery compared to the smurf rubber. They don't help much on a long ascent. I've toyed with using the smurfys on the ascent, then switching to the breathables for the rest of the climb.

Ironclad is headquartered very close to where I live. I got to go down once and see the distribution center. Here are the gloves I have now: https://www.ironclad.com/www/productDetail.jsp?prodID=129&catID=69

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I don't use gloves on DRT. I will put a pair on for SRT. I'm using the Sears knock-off to Atlas just to see what happens.

I started with leather and they were good but hot in the summer. Then I went with a nylon weave that had rubber stripes or small rubber nobs on them. The cloves could be worn on either hand (REVERSEABLE) so I got double the life. Home Depot has them most of the time. They are really cheap so to replace them is reasonable. They can be washed but I have found the older they are the better they work. The rubber in the weave really works to enhance the grip on the rope. I recently found a cotton pair that has the same rubber surface and they work well also. I like a glove thats light but functional. Since I take stuff(pills) for health my skin is thin and gloves are the answer for me.

I can't seem to shake the habit of climbing bare-handed, even in the winter. None of the other helpful things about gloves really seem to trump my preference to feel what's happening on the rope. The only exception is when I want to rapp down a longish way, then I'll slip a leather glove on the hand the rope is sliding through.