The Petzl Aquila is lightweight and packed with features, making it attractive for a wide range of climbers. Sport climbers will appreciate the comfort, easy movement and smooth buckles. Traditional climbers will enjoy the easy to access gear loops and durable tie-in points.go to full review

The Vibram Montagna sole does what it was intended to do: Kick good platforms in snow to provide climbers with traction when not wearing crampons while resisting abuse. The traditional lacing of the outer boot is nothing special, however the patented speed lace system on the inner boot is a great addition. This feature allows working with the inner boot while wearing big gloves in cold weather. Baruntse is not the boot you want to take to Ouray, Colorado, for ice climbing but it will take..." go to full review

The Vibram Dolent sole does what it was intended to do, kick good platforms in snow to provide the climber with traction when not wearing crampons and be extremely durable. The lacing system of the inner boot and shell are adequate and reliable. This boot is a better performance boot when compared to traditional plastic double boots.go to full review

Overall the Singing Rock Craggy may seem like a wide aficionado’s dream glove, and something to avoid for anyone with dreams of perfect hands, but that is only part of the story. This glove fits so strangely and feels so different from the rest of the gloves we’ve tried that it can be difficult to recommend without knowing more about a person’s experience and measurements. While traveling around crags and giving folks opportunities to choose any brand they like, it was rare to see people..." go to full review

When it comes to time spent on rock, the Splitter from Outdoor Research did ok, but for the most part left us wanting a bit more out of the glove. Thin hands and parallel cracks definitely benefit on rock types that break cleanly like sandstone and granite, but when the shape of the crack requires any protection or padding against sharp edges, irregular sides, or knobby protrusions, the Splitter lacks the heft and left our hands bruised and sore. Worn undersized, they definitely felt more..." go to full review

When comparing to all other gloves on the the thin/flexible side of the market, the Jamrock definitely stands out as a chunkier, more padded and stiffer glove. They’re tough to size correctly, though sizing down a bit hasn’t produced too many issues for our testers. Durability of the finger loops is a bit of a question mark, though we haven’t personally witnessed any blowouts, so those expecting to really wrench and abuse a pair of crack gloves should be wary. Overall we’ve found them to be..." go to full review

At first this grippyness seems like it would at least be nice to have on slippery rock types, and to some extent that is true. These gloves definitely grab soapy overclimbed limestone and polished granite better than any other we’ve tried, but the unfortunate poor performance of every other aspect of them greatly outweighs this. It doesn’t matter how sticky a glove is if you can’t get it in the crack, move it in the crack, or trust it in the crack.go to full review

The G7 Hand Jam are a good option for those who aren’t looking for sticky rubber, padding or structure. Like all crack gloves, they are way easier to deal with than removing all you knuckle hair or for those with allergies to tape; those needing more than skin coverage from a glove might do better with a bit more structured glove.go to full review

We’ve found the performance of the Grivel Star Crack Gloves to be fairly good in most areas we’ve tested them. They do struggle from an ironic twist that their very sticky rubber backing makes them difficult to use in thinner scenarios, but we have found ourselves reaching for them often when climbing in areas of heavy travel where jams can be more polished. These gloves feel very different on the hand than every other glove we’ve tried and we think that is because they are not made to be a..." go to full review

Overall the performance of the BD glove on various rock was fairly consistent with what we found for most of the gloves we’ve tested. The key takeaways with where this glove performed best had to do with the consistency of the inside of the crack and its shape. They have felt the most secure and natural on softer sandstone and in splitter, even cracks. Once the shape of the crack starts to flare out (where the crack is wider on the outside than the inside) their thinner materials lack the..." go to full review