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The first thing to settle with tactical gloves is how much finger you want covered. The full finger tactical gloves cover the whole hand, with raised guards over the knuckles and fingertips that work on a phone screen. Open-finger styles leave the tips bare for knots and fine work, and suit driving and cycling. If you can't decide, the mens cycling gloves come in full-finger, two-finger and half-finger versions. Watches, caps and other everyday kit sit in our military accessories.
Next, work out how much protection your knuckles need. The tactical knuckle gloves have a moulded rubber cap, and the fingerless hard knuckle pair adds a hard shell over the knuckles and first finger joints. The padded tactical gloves go softer, with thick pads on the palm and the back of the hand. On a 4WD trip or a work site, they go well with a tactical belt that keeps your tools at your hip.
Palms vary more than you'd expect. The fingerless work gloves carry three honeycomb-textured pads on each palm, the combat pair has a non-slip silicone palm, and the knuckle protection pair uses high-density foam.
For hot days, look for the breathable microfibre on the padded and knuckle protection pairs, or the mesh back on the full finger pair. On cold mornings in the high country, the knitted pair in polyester and cotton keeps your hands warm and leaves your fingertips bare for texting. If you prefer leather, there's a pair cut from 100% cowhide and a faux leather pair that weighs 45 g.
A glove that's too long in the fingers gets in the way. Measure around your palm just below the knuckles, leaving the thumb out, then check the listing. The fingerless grip pair gives palm sizes from 16 cm for S up to 22 cm for XL, and the driving pair fits palms from 19 to 23 cm. Most pairs come in M, L and XL, some start at S, and one runs to XXL. The tactical army gloves have a unisex wrist-length cut and more than a dozen colour options.
Black leads the colours, followed by green and khaki, and a few pairs come in camouflage or yellow. A camo or army green pair sits well with a military cap in the same shade.
