Thanks. Pooling the order seemed to be cool with Wiley X when I mentioned it. I'll poll my other pilots and see if anyone is interested. I have a feeling they won't be, unfortunately.
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Wiley X Fingerless Gloves discount?
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Thanks. Pooling the order seemed to be cool with Wiley X when I mentioned it. I'll poll my other pilots and see if anyone is interested. I have a feeling they won't be, unfortunately.
My Wiley X gloves made it through Primary and half of helo Advanced before falling apart to the point that I was afraid of getting downed, plus they smelled like ass even after washing. I got a set of the Outdoor Research Overlord gloves (http://military.outdoorresearch.com/gov/or-gear/fingerless-overlord-gloves.html) and they are MUCH more robust. The material is a lot thicker and I was afraid they'd be a little too stiff but they broke in nicely. If you register here with a .mil email you get half off. http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/vip
Yikes, for $170 (or even $85), they better be good. That said, thanks for the link. I registered so we'll see what happens. Since it looks like you're still in the HTs, the best I can ask you is how do they work with the KLN-900? Not quite the same as a keyset or track ball, but curious what your take is.
I haven't had any problems at all with the gloves. Well, except one time a sim instructor stopped training for a good 10 minutes to tell me how I was going to burn my hands off someday.
Why were you wearing gloves in a sim?
We have to wear them in the P-3 sim too.
I have a pair of the OR gloves and they are sturdy as hell. Lose some tactile feel but solid gloves.
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More than standard issue Nomex or about the same? I can live with standard issue feel.
Stiffer than issue new, broken in they are pretty much the same. I prefer the Wiley x personally as the leather is much thinner but in terms of durability I've worn the OR gloves doing house remodeling stuff and yardwork and they still are holding together great.
I flew T-6s. I only had 1 sim instructor ever say anything to me about wearing gloves in there.
When I checked in last year we were told they were required and I didn't see anyone not wear their gloves.
Well that's awesome. Just circumvent them by wearing the fingerless ones. Once you go wiley X, you can't go back. I have some of the camelbak gloves right now that I converted to fingerless. They're ok for the time being. Probably going to invest in those OR gloves. They look legit.