Lightweight SPF Glove Recommendations?

[Haggis57]

I've used these gloves for the last couple of years. They're holding up well and are usually dry by the time I get home.

 

[Northern]

I've posted this before, but after trying Buff and a couple other name brand fishing gloves, I always go back to these. With "fishing" gloves, I hate the thickness of cloth on the palm, or with stitching between the fingers, and often wish that the finger sleeve was cut longer on my stripping finger.

Either Gorilla Glove or Hardy mechanic's gloves (not the heavy duty work gloves)- the super thin ones with lightly nitrile coated fingers & palms. Super thin, synthetic for fast dry, nitrile coat is grippy but rubberlike so as to not remove slime coat from the fish. You can cut the fingers to whatever length you like, and they do NOT unravel, even after many machine washings. Also, they're $3-4 per pair, so I have several and don't worry about losing them. I've had them outlast Buff gloves, tear-wise.
No brand bling to be gained, tho, if you're label conscious

 

[Buzzy]

I've posted this before, but after trying Buff and a couple other name brand fishing gloves, I always go back to these. With "fishing" gloves, I hate the thickness of cloth on the palm, or with stitching between the fingers, and often wish that the finger sleeve was cut longer on my stripping finger.

Either Gorilla Glove or Hardy mechanic's gloves (not the heavy duty work gloves)- the super thin ones with lightly nitrile coated fingers & palms. Super thin, synthetic for fast dry, nitrile coat is grippy but rubberlike so as to not remove slime coat from the fish. You can cut the fingers to whatever length you like, and they do NOT unravel, even after many machine washings. Also, they're $3-4 per pair, so I have several and don't worry about losing them. I've had them outlast Buff gloves, tear-wise.
No brand bling to be gained, tho, if you're label conscious

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I was waitin' for your post! ;-)

 

[Dogsnfish]

Dean, I assume you are already wearing a Buff and a long sleeved fishing shirt designed for high sun exposure. You also need a hat that covers the neck and ears. I just purchased a Columbia hat called Schooner Bank Cachalot for $28 on Amazon. It replaces my decades old Cabelas flats hat and is a real improvement. A lot of these hats look alike but there are subtle differences that distinguish them. The Columbia hat is more comfortable than the old one and it's design seems to suppress the tendency for the flap to blow up in the wind.

I have 4 different pairs of sun gloves, some years old. My newest pair are from Buff and are my favorites. They have traction micro dots on the gripping surface that help when the glove is wet. I like those. The good news is that almost all of them work and do a good job of preventing the back of the hands from developing liver spots and ultimately skin cancer.

Neutrogena Ultra Sheer is the best over the counter sunscreen I have found, it isn't messy and greasy plus it does a better job than most of the goos.

I had skin cancer back in the 80's and still bear the scars. I'm damned careful now.

Great advice, thanks! I had the left side of my face get the "face lift" as my cancer surgeon called it a couple of years ago. Another brand of hats that I really like is Shelta. They have a hard brim in front so the wind does not blow it up like soft-brimmed hats. It also has a shade attachment for the back that completely covers your neck and ears. +1 on the Neutrogena, that is what I use. I have not been using gloves, but really need to as I learned getting skin cancer not only affected me, but also my family. It just scared the hell out of all of us.

 

[SurfnFish]

Been wearing Glacier Gloves for coupla decades...comfortable, longer finger coverage...always fish with either Tilley Airlo hat or cap under sun hoody.
Sunscreen...and more sunscreen. Slop on No-Ad when surfing, Neutrogena Hydro Boost my daily. Count myself lucky, lifetime spent in the sun, mom had Melanoma twice, have only had a basil cell to deal with...been going to the skin doc every 6 months for decades, however, so they can freeze of the barnacles they always find atached to my hull...

 

[Old406Kid]

Thanks to all that responded, I went with the Buff Solar gloves for starters.
They appear to be lightweight with shorter fingers than some, both being features that appeal to me.
I also ordered some of the Neutrogena Beach Defense 50...thanks to those that recommended it.