I have had these gloves for about 6 months and have been really happy yes the threads will come loose if you press your thumb to the ground but other wise they are amazing they will give you a slight stain though if you gloves get wet from sweat,rain,or whatever the **** else was on your hands

First thing I have to say, is that the pucks absolutely suck on sector 9 gloves, they will last you maybe a month of long hands-down slides. But that isn't a big deal since you should only have to replace the palm puck (FYI the finger pucks are just to help your confidence, sliding with your fingers on the ground is a bad habit, so focus on not using them). These gloves are comfortable on your hands, the fit tightly and feel very secure. The main advantage that these gloves have over other slide gloves is that these feel much more safe since they are a thick leather so they boost your confidence when you are just getting into sliding. They also look pretty good also. The problem with these gloves is that after about a year of using them (in my experience at least)they start to rip apart, not from contact with the ground, just from getting sweaty and then drying off in really hot weather over and over again. Mine have almost completely torn under the fingers and under the palm puck. All in all I think they are worth the money, they just fall apart after about a year and they get a little bit hot during the summer but the advantages of having nice thick gloves that you feel comfortable doing hands down slides at high speeds with outweighs the cons.

Needs a thumb puck, seams rip after a few weeks, palm pucks grind down fast.

i have the all black 2010 version i havent used them in the rain so i didn't have issues with staining yet. the leather is nice my thumbs drag sometimes when i slide so i had to wrap mine in duct tape haha, the protective extra layer of leather on the thumbs started to come off. the pucks are pretty nice, but i do wish the palm puck velcro was lower. currently its smack dab in the center of my palm, i generally like it a bit lower centered over my wrist more. i originally bought these because they had finger pucks which i almost never use anymore because with them on it's nearly impossible to hold anything. lastly the pucks seem to wear through pretty fast, but i think they're delrin as opposed to the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene that is also popular....all in all a good buy with minor downsides.

Living in New England, it gets cold and these gloves keep me warm. The pucks are pretty durable, and I think that the placement is great. The leather is durable, but the stitching on the thumbs is coming apart. Overall, a great glove that fits... like a glove! I am glad that I purchased these because they will be better than any slide glove I can make.