I have had these gloves for some time time now, which has given me plenty of time to test it out and find every little detail about the gloves. My gloves are 14 oz because i have rather small hands and they vary a bit in size.
When you first get these gloves the padding, like with every other glove, pretty compact and hard. After some bagwork/mits and use they become rather soft.
The gloves are made of rather thin leather which after some time becomes a little lose on top of the padding and loses some of the print. Also the strip that tightens the glove has after about half a year started cracking, what is really annoying is that the velcro is broken so that i either have to tape them or risk giving your sparring partners a nasty rash.
The gloves are quite comfortable, but they are rather large which does not give you the best protection. The thumb is not stuck to glove with a little strip but that does not mean that you thumb is protected and i have lost count on how many times i have injured my thumb.
My gloves are the 14oz which isn't the most padded version of the glove, for most gloves 14oz is good protection but like many other thai gloves a lot of the padding is on the back of the glove. That does not leave much padding for protecting your partner at you could wish for.
Being a rather flexible glove, the clinch and takedown ability of these gloves a good, and get even better if you cut the strip that tie you thumb to the rest of the glove.
The price of the gloves is around £60 at http://www.jabb.se/
Quality and durability: 5/10
Comfort: 6/10
Protection and support of the hand: 5/10
Protection to Partner: 5/10
Clinch and takedown: 7/10
Looks: 6/10
Value: 4/10
Overall: 5/10
Conclusion
The prices of this glove is rather high compared to what you get. It is not gloves that lasts forever and they wear out pretty quick. This glove is not suited hardcore sparring.
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