 I think they mean "to match a typical digital anatomy"... Not that that's a bad thing, but let's not get carried away thinking that though my wife and I usually take the same glove size our different shapes of hand will be perfectly reconciled with Arc'teryx gloves! Pete.
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 I hate overpriced and overengineered gear and marketing shite. HOWEVER... These look like art. Am impressed. Really impressed. £100+ I'd reckon and for once probably deserving. Well done Arc'Teryx
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As someone who has tried these gloves - they are a whole step change above anything else I have tried as outdoor gloves. The close feeling, but with decent padding & insulation, they are above what is offered already on the market. The ease of taking the gloves on & off, plus secure fit when in place is in excess of what I have experienced in all glove systems (except for washing-up gloves, but they have no insulation & little durability). the system has been built in mind that the inners can be easily changed when wet for a dryer pair. The price is very high - but you need someone to push the envelope of design
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 I have to admit, I'm kind of fascinated by these. In theory, for example, when climbing ice, you should be able to do pretty much everything with your gloves on, all of which is fine in theory, but most winter gloves are simply too clumsy and bulky to make that feasible, so you end up, at some point, with gloves dangling awkwardly from your wrists and so on. Not good... Arc'teryx have always been at the bleeding edge of outdoor clothing and equipment design - a lot of the stuff we now take for granted on clothing started life on a Canadian designer's notepad. Climbing in washing-up gloves sucks, but it's been done. Stevie Haston, I seem to remember, on the crux of some mixed horror 
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I've been very impressed with the ME Randonees for dexterity. Shoelaces done peroperly is quite possible, as is getting a key out of my pocket, locking the bike and getting it back on the D-ring. But I don't think they'd be enough for a wet winter climb as regards keeping my hands sufficiently warm. The Arcs do look very good, I especially like the idea of the seam reduction around the fingertips. My bijou-gripelet is the way marketing about anatomical design always assumes because they've modelled it on someone than it must be equally perfectly matched to me. And that's a gripe about the marketing, not the product. Pete.
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 Yeah, these gloves look ace. I've used a lot of glove/mitt combinations and thought I had it sorted until I started ice climbing. Then you really do have trouble, because, as Jon says, you have to do everything with gloves on. Liner gloves aren't really an option because then you'll get hot aches! I've used nitrile gloves as liners before as they are super-dextrous and waterproof. They are awful. Haston is a nutter, so I'm not surprised he's tried it. I've tried recently to get hold of a pair of cut-proof gloves that we use at work. They allow excellent dexterity and are completely ice-axe proof but their downfall is breathability.
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 They do look nice. I can't help wondering how anyone managed to get up anything before the advent of hundred poond plus ultimate dexterity GLXi gloves, though....
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 They do look nice. I can't help wondering how anyone managed to get up anything before the advent of hundred poond plus ultimate dexterity GLXi gloves, though....
Dachstein Mitts.
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Nonsense, Mike. Not possible 
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I've got a pair that must be over 20 years old. There probably hasn't really been anything better for winter climbing that will last more than 1/2 a season. Horribly itchy though.
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 Just seen these turn up on their website. 100 seems to have been something of a notable underestimate!
Not quite sure how they'll try to justify >> than say Hestra who've been making gloves for ever. Still anyone looking into keeping hands happy in cold is doing good work and maybe there's some reason :)
Removable liners not at all novel of course, if not as common as they really should be. So it'll be down to the fit/feel to try and sell them. Which I'd think must be at least partially double edged.
(hands come in all sorts of sizes. I tried sundry Hestra bits (come in tons of sizes of course) last winter out of curiosity and really didn't feel right in any size. Explained when I found a sizing board in Tamarack! My hands just the wrong overall shape :))
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I tried on a pair of these this week. They do feel much better than most gloves - far more dexterous. No way I'd spend all that money though ...
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David, I presume you want the envelope of glove design to progress; in which case you should support brands doing new stuff like this (which will eventually filter down to ME & Rab). Don't worry if you can not afford them - there are people who can & those customers will give the Arc'teryx design crew the return-of-investment that they need
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I just did support them - I gave them a bit more publicity! Do you know what the Arcteryx ROCE is?
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 i lost my gloves on wednesday. glad i didn't spend £200 on them.
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