Scullers - Rowing Gloves for Sculling, Sweep Rowing, Indoor Rowing, Kayaking, Canoeing, SUP, Watersports - Lightweight, Breathable, Open Back, Snug Fit, Silicone Grip, Quick Drying

I wore these for the first time on the water tonight for a 10K row. Before I get into my review, a little about myself. I am 47 years old, relatively new to the sport, I row recreationally for fitness and enjoyment and have never rowed competitively. I am also well aware of the stigma around wearing any sort of glove while rowing. Not to share too much or be disgusting, but I tend to perspire quite a bit while rowing or doing anything active really. My hands are not excluded from this perspiration and usually midway through my row I am stopping to wipe my hands regularly and struggling to maintain control of my oars. Not until rowing with these gloves this evening did I realize just how much energy I was expending struggling with my sweaty oar handles! Wearing these gloves, despite being sweaty, my last stroke was just as controlled as my first. I was able to enjoy the entire row, not just the first half. To the glove hater's out there, you can say what you want and make fun of me if you want to. I've heard all the "You just need proper technique!" and "You just need to toughen your hands up!" comments. Hogwash! No amount of blisters and callouses nor any improvements to my technique are going to stop me from sweating. Besides, even wearing these gloves I developed a nice puffy blister on my right hand this evening. Blisters don't bother me, and I welcome the callouses. Wearing these gloves was all about having a sure grip and maintaining proper control of my oars, and for that these gloves worked amazingly well! They seem to be well constructed and made of sturdy materials. I will do my best to try and update this at a later date with how they are holding up. UPDATE!!! Two months in and I still love these gloves! I still do not find that they prevent any blisters but rather protect my blisters so that they form properly into the callouses necessary to toughen up my hands. The materials are still holding up quite well and my oar grip and control has never been better! Great product!

I just completed Seventy48 (70 miles open salty water race) on a rowing scull with those gloves with relatively unseasoned and my hands don't have any chaffing or hot spot. They work magic and are pretty much set and forget. They seem tight at first but they ease after the first few use. After 18h straight rowing the gloves look like new. Great quality! I wish I could say I'll buy them again but it sounds like they gonna last for quite a bit.

I've been rowing (in a boat) for exercise and these gloves have been protecting my hands well and holding up nicely. I have used both bare wood handled and coated handle oar, and they work well with both. My only grevience... I am a 6' tall female with long, meaty hands. I find the gloves are too short to reach my wrist. I have to pull the glove on so far that the finger straps cut into the skin between my fingers. If you have long, meaty hands, I suggest you consider going up a size, to account for the length of your hands. My hand width is 8.5, so I ordered Large. I should have ordered the X-Large.

These gloves have been great protecting my hands. I recently started indoor rowing and new my hands would need some protection as get at it. I typically wear large gloves and order the large version of this. They were snug to start but did stretch out within a few uses to really fit comfortably. I'm about 200k meters rowed and the gloves are still in great shape. The grip surface on the palm of the gloves helps when you are really rowing hard or the hands get a little sweaty, haven't lost ahold of the row handle yet because of it. The photo is of the used gloves (about 200k meters in). The open back design is really nice, let's my hands breath. The lack of pinky (little finger) cover has not impacted me at all. When rowing that finger does not really play a factor in the process.

I was skeptical about how these would work based off my previous experience with gloves for the concept 2 rower. I sweat a lot rowing and my hands slip plus I don’t want beat up rough hands. Fitting recommendations was spot on! Feel and look high quality! Have put a total of about 3 hours on them and will be buying another pair!

I was dealing with grip fatigue sweeping in the heat and having slick hand sweat making the oar slip. These glove fit great and saved my hands by increasing the grip adhesion without getting soggy and deformed. They vecro on my wrist and also on my backpack straps to quickly dry out between sessions. They're a bit fussy with the elastic flipping around when I take them off but I love the minimalism of not having full fingers. I'm super happy with the extra small size for my comedy size hands. I usually have trouble finding gloves to fit. Must have for female crew dispite taking some ribbing from the old farts. They're jealous they didn't think of it first!

Best gloves out there, and I’ve tried a few… now realizing any (even the best) gloves give you false perception of the oar grip. I use them as needed but never during the race.

Works well if you take care of it. Be gentle when putting on and taking off. You will develop calluses in a better way without ripping or tearing. You still need to develop a light grip, as it won't help you if you are gripping the oar handle too tightly.