I bought these back in the Spring, and though it took a while for them to grow on me, I wear them every day, now.
MARSEE Summer Performance Glove The reason I did not care for them was that it was still early enough in the season that I was still wearing my Triumph Mesh Raptor jacket, and I felt the Marsee gloves were a bit of a bother with the narrow sleeve cuffs of that jacket, and they felt "thick", as in no "feel". Now in the Summer I wear no jacket at all, maybe the Raptor at night for the reflectivity on occassion, but the Marsees I wear on every ride.
They broke in a bit, and the "feel" is there, and yes, I have worn them in pouring rain - and they work great. And they dry fairly quickly, too. I got them soaked through last Saturday morning, and then rode them on a night ride Saturday night - though still wet when I pulled them on, I figured better to let them "blow-dry" on the road than to sit on a shelf in my garage. They were dry by the time I got home, but even damp they felt just as good - not at all "squishy", and had at least normal grip. (Now the boots were a different story.
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Though the Marsees don't have the "feel" that my Triumph Highway Gloves do, I do like the style - no wrist strap to fasten, and just long enough to cover the wrist. I guess the gel does it's job - for what little vibration we have to put up with.
Overall, they are a very sturdy glove with a lot of protective features that I feel safer wearing instead of my $20 MOTOBOSS mesh gloves that are only a paper-thin leather palm with a mesh nylon back.
I can't wait to get back into my Highway Gloves, but the weather needs to cool down enough to justify the longer gauntlets.
I keep looking at other "summer gloves", but I have to admit - I have grown to like these a lot.
