Comments on: Five Days of Black Diamond — Day 4 — Gloves http://www.wildsnow.com/1756/five-days-of-black-diamond-day-4-gloves/ Backcountry Skiing Snowboard Telemark Snowsports Information News Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:15:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1756/five-days-of-black-diamond-day-4-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-15212 Lou Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:46:24 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1756#comment-15212 For what it's worth, we do have something brief about gear reviews: http://www.wildsnow.com/review_policy.html Kinda meager, but that's by intent. For what it’s worth, we do have something brief about gear reviews:

http://www.wildsnow.com/review_policy.html

Kinda meager, but that’s by intent.

]]> By: Sierra Journal http://www.wildsnow.com/1756/five-days-of-black-diamond-day-4-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-15211 Sierra Journal Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:29:20 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1756#comment-15211 Got it thanks for the reply. Good policy. Me thinks I'll drop the over-the-top disclosure copy from now on and go on rep alone. I do have a policy posted on my About page. That oughta do it. Thanks! Got it thanks for the reply. Good policy. Me thinks I’ll drop the over-the-top disclosure copy from now on and go on rep alone. I do have a policy posted on my About page. That oughta do it. Thanks!

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1756/five-days-of-black-diamond-day-4-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-15210 Lou Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:09:40 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1756#comment-15210 Sierra, even though we do a lot of gear reviews we're not really a gear review website, we're just a blog, which is biased opinion by nature. Thus, I don't feel any big need to tell people what gear we keep and what gets sent back. Besides, some stuff is on long term loan, some short term, some we think we're keeping then it gets asked for back, and so on. Way too much work to write about all that back office stuff. Our policy here at WildSnow is that we usually only review what we like or are at least neutral on. Way too much junk out there to be spending time doing negative reviews then getting raked over the coals by PR people for doing so. Conversely, so much excellent gear exists I could sit here and keyboard about it 10 hours a day and never finish. Perhaps most importantly, I go on my reputation of giving good information based on vast experience. My readers know that's what they're getting, and that's way more important than printing all sorts of disclosures and such, in my opinion anyhow. Sierra, even though we do a lot of gear reviews we’re not really a gear review website, we’re just a blog, which is biased opinion by nature. Thus, I don’t feel any big need to tell people what gear we keep and what gets sent back. Besides, some stuff is on long term loan, some short term, some we think we’re keeping then it gets asked for back, and so on. Way too much work to write about all that back office stuff. Our policy here at WildSnow is that we usually only review what we like or are at least neutral on. Way too much junk out there to be spending time doing negative reviews then getting raked over the coals by PR people for doing so. Conversely, so much excellent gear exists I could sit here and keyboard about it 10 hours a day and never finish. Perhaps most importantly, I go on my reputation of giving good information based on vast experience. My readers know that’s what they’re getting, and that’s way more important than printing all sorts of disclosures and such, in my opinion anyhow.

]]> By: Sierra Journal http://www.wildsnow.com/1756/five-days-of-black-diamond-day-4-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-15207 Sierra Journal Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1756#comment-15207 Hey Lou. Great post. I definitely adhere to the less is more philosophy in the backcountry. My hands just get so warm while skinning that a light fleece glove is usually all that is necessary. And even then they often end up on the tops of my poles with my hands bare. Unless it's really cold and I break out the mitts. Inside baseball question: I've been getting requests from brands and PR firms to review gear over at Sierra Journal. See here. I went out of my way (prob overboard) to post a clear disclosure that the product was provided for free in return for a review. <a href="http://www.sierrajournal.com/2009/03/gear-review-swany-xchange-ii-gloves-.html" rel="nofollow">See here</a> Question: how do you deal with this question if at all? And do you, or the community here, find this level of disclosure necessary? Or is it totally overboard? Curious as to everyone's thoughts... Hey Lou. Great post. I definitely adhere to the less is more philosophy in the backcountry. My hands just get so warm while skinning that a light fleece glove is usually all that is necessary. And even then they often end up on the tops of my poles with my hands bare. Unless it’s really cold and I break out the mitts.

Inside baseball question: I’ve been getting requests from brands and PR firms to review gear over at Sierra Journal. See here. I went out of my way (prob overboard) to post a clear disclosure that the product was provided for free in return for a review. See here

Question: how do you deal with this question if at all? And do you, or the community here, find this level of disclosure necessary? Or is it totally overboard? Curious as to everyone’s thoughts…

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1756/five-days-of-black-diamond-day-4-gloves/comment-page-1/#comment-15113 Lou Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:37:29 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1756#comment-15113 Bar, that's basically the packing technique I use. The lightweight glove most of the time, then a pair of burly gloves stowed in the pack. I've found that since my big gloves only get occasional use, I can get away with a pair that is built mostly with a nylon shell and fairly minimal palm protection, that way they're light and pack small. As Plinko said above: "a pair of “technical” gloves that have the dexterity of a cloven-hooved cow! All those seams’ stitching, and the fabric overlaps, seam taping; layer after layer of trash, getting in the way." Shoot, a pair of those things weighs more than my down jacket! Bar, that’s basically the packing technique I use. The lightweight glove most of the time, then a pair of burly gloves stowed in the pack. I’ve found that since my big gloves only get occasional use, I can get away with a pair that is built mostly with a nylon shell and fairly minimal palm protection, that way they’re light and pack small.

As Plinko said above: “a pair of “technical” gloves that have the dexterity of a cloven-hooved cow! All those seams’ stitching, and the fabric overlaps, seam taping; layer after layer of trash, getting in the way.” Shoot, a pair of those things weighs more than my down jacket!

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