KastKing Sol Armis UPF50+ Sun Protection Gloves

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I bought these gloves for fishing to protect my hands from the sun, and they have been a great addition to my gear. They’re a nice pair of gloves, especially good for lure fishing. However, when bait fishing, I have to take them off and put them back on because I don’t want to stain them with bait juice.

As for the UPF50+ rating, I’m not sure what metric they use, but the gloves seem to provide better protection than cotton. They are made of about 50% polyester, which I believe helps in blocking UV rays more effectively. Unlike cotton, which is porous and still led to sunburns for me, these gloves offer significantly better protection.

I bought these gloves to use when I’m out in the sun. They fit to size. They are comfortable and protect my hands and wrists from the elements. They are perfect for running as well. They are not thick like yard work gloves are. They are also not thin and wimpy. The fit well.

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Bought L/XL. Great.

I’m 6’4″, and the XL fits me well. The wife is 5’9, and at a measured L, she was happy with these enough to buy her a set of L/XL. See measurements on the photos.

Rating is for packaging, design, comfortability, and perceived quality. I will update in a week or 2 after actual boat wear. Sure, these are “fishing” gloves, but we will be doing some of that from our new to us ‘classic wakeboat.’ Review will consist of fishing-geared activities, but emphasis on UV and around the boat wear also included. One could argue boating is a complementary activity.

I have vitiligo, so instead of gooing up my boat interior with sun screen, we’ve opted for UPF light clothing on the boat, plus less chemicals for the kids.

Comfortable around the house for an hour. The wrist tab is an easy pull on the glove, we’ll see how long it lasts.
I don’t know how long the palm side stitching will last, or the fabric above the stitching that gets pulled.

Pulling of the middle finger pull tab removes the glove, albeit with the thumb sucking into the glove (which is easily popped back out when redonning). This puts similar stretch on the stitching between finger and palm area (base of finger, both sides). We’ll see how that lasts.

I didn’t overheat in the house. Comfortable. A little pressure, but not tight. A little bit looser than a compression shirt from, say, Under Armour. A bit thicker material, though, perhaps estimating… double thickness from UA style fabric?

I imagine the padding will protect wearing surfaces from foam and such on fishing poles. Thumbpad and the area across all 4 palm points under the fingers (opposite knuckles [metacarpal to phalanges]) is your supporting position for things like poles, are covered in the felty/synthetic leather stuff, kind of like cheap gardening gloves. It won’t protect much from puncture, but repetitive rubbing shouldn’t be a problem.

Cuff length is ok, see photo. Articulating the wrist, there is an overlap that develops a fold about 1/8″, but doesn’t seem to bother anything. This occurs mostly on the outside of the hand (ulnar side), but in the photo you can see it on both sides. A quick tug on the pull tab straightens it out. Wondering if I’ll notice it more, or less, while out doing my activities. We’ll report back.

The pattern between the two gloves is an identical mirror between left and right. I think a random pattern would be neater, but, perhaps that’s a way to keep material cost down. Perhaps they’ll update it later for randomness. It is camouflage, after all.

Label specifies wash inside out. Also, Made in CHINA. 90% poly 10% spandex.

Item had that made in china plastic smell when first opening the package, but I let it air out overnight and its now inoffensive.

What else… I’ll be looking at pilling, like this style fabric can do. Stitching is nice and uniform, no hanging threads… so far.

Stay tuned. I’ll update in a couple weeks.