Cool new gloves (Vaughn Outdoor C-zips)

I saw these at a tradeshow in SLC and was able to get my hands on a pair. Overall I thought it was a pretty cool concept and have been stoked on the gloves so far. There's a zipper that runs across the back of your hand just back from the knuckles. Instead of taking your gloves off for taking pictures or grabbing something out of a pocket you just unzip the knuckle zipper and all your fingers are free quickly and you can stash them quickly again as well (shooters stay warm, gapers don't drop their gloves off the lift).

Here's the URL: www.vogloves.com

Unfortunately the site is all flashed out and ridiculous. It's a moderately cool site, but doesn't do a very good job of showing the gloves. I think the site tries to be the hero and the gloves are an after thought. Too bad, hopefully they'll fix it soon. The gloves are sweet. Definitely awesome for anybody who shoots a lot.

That's the worst website I've ever seen.

fucking flash...

to bad im at work and cant download flash right now. oh well, im still getting paid for this!

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Originally Posted by workinforturns

to bad im at work and cant download flash right now. oh well, im still getting paid for this!

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really, that paragraph was better than the whole site.

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Originally Posted by bossass

That's the worst website I've ever seen.

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I'm feeling a little motion-sick after looking at that.

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Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas

I'm feeling a little motion-sick after looking at that.

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Yeah, I've never wanted to not buy gloves so much in my life.

These gloves are sick. The quality is top-notch, and the c-zip just makes sense.

wow, my life seem so calm now that that site is no longer filling my whole screen. damn!

the gloves look like a good idea tho.

wasted 5 mins of my life trying to navigate to the products page only to find the picture there didnt show the c-zip in action. I quit.

I had a mild seizure.

Yeah, the agency behind that site needs to be shot. They thought their design was cooler than the product they were selling and forgot all about it.
I wanted to pimp these guys on here earlier, but just couldn't bring myself to due to the site. You can't really even show off the product to someone by linking to their site. And lord knows that site wasn't cheap.

I should forward this thread to the creator of the glove. I told him the same thing. I think he's heard it 1000 times, but unfortunately he has a marketing director that's in-charge of this stuff. I guess a re-do is in the works.

Anywho, the gloves are sick and the site is suck.

ya got the site to work (figured out my works access password) and sort of wish i hadnt. that hurt my head.

Unreal! I left the website pissed and frustrated. Was there ANY market research done before granting the web design to an 8th grade geek?

Wow, the website sucks, but I didn't know it sucked that bad... Oh well, I appreciate the feedback and we are definitely in the process of making some major changes/making a completely new site.

So, I would like to turn some attention from our horrid site to our awesome gloves. Since the website does not really explain the gloves I will attempt to do so now.

Benefits:

-Save some time not having to break the seal between your coat sleeves and gloves everytime you need your hands for access to your stuff
-No more dropped gloves (off the lift... or into your pee stream during your backcountry break [not necessarily applicable to the ladies out there... well I guess it could])
-Hand temperature regulation: unzip those suckers and pull your hands out while waiting in the line, riding the lift or while hiking up the hill
-Quick dry: leave them unzipped at the end of the day for a more quick, thorough drying of your gloves so you don't have that "sweet" smell towards the end of the season
-Gloves OR Mittens: Whatever your preference we got you covered

So, don't take my word for it, test them out yourself or see what the dudes at Gear Trends/SNEWS had to say:

http://snewsnet.com/cgi-bin/snews/08175.html

We entered the ISPO Brandnew Awards comp last year for new products/companies. Out of 171 entries from 25 countries, we were one of the 7 winners and won the Sportswear Accessories award:

http://www.ispo-brandnew.com/english...ank/index.html

AND, for a better demonstration of how the gloves work, click here, or copy and paste... whatever:

http://a914.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...6cd8016819.gif

Thank you for allowing me to explain what the CZiP gloves are all about. Now, please let me know how I can make them better. Your input will be used for future modifications so we can offer better gloves.

Thanks for the info and sorry to hammer on you, but that was really bad.

You've got a great concept going for you and once you get the website user-friendly I wish you the best.

is taking your gloves off that difficult?
most gloves that go over the cuff have a wrist lanyard you can use so you can just take your gloves off and they stay attached\dangle from your arm.

not really a new concept so much as it is a slightly more high tech execution of these types of gloves
http://www.needlesports.com/acatalog...ip_convert.gif
some people also make wool ones that are more commonly marketed to the outdoor hunting\fishing crowd.

the drying benefit seems to be pretty cool though

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Originally Posted by pechelman

is taking your gloves off that difficult?
most gloves that go over the cuff have a wrist lanyard you can use so you can just take your gloves off and they stay attached\dangle from your arm.

not really a new concept so much as it is a slightly more high tech execution of these types of gloves
http://www.needlesports.com/acatalog...ip_convert.gif
some people also make wool ones that are more commonly marketed to the outdoor hunting\fishing crowd.

the drying benefit seems to be pretty cool though

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While it's not so much hi tech I think that the big difference is that you won't get snow between your palm and fingers and there won't be a zipper between your palm and pole grip or whatever. Pretty key differences IMHO.

I love my Hestras but really wish they had the wrist lanyard thingy :(

No worries on the fact that the website got hammered, if it sucks, it sucks.

Okay, so the gloves that hang around your wrist when you take them, comparable to the current website...

The gloves that fold up on the back of your hand... well, I don't ever see those made especially for snow applications, but you are not able to gain access to your entire hand, just finger tips... not as convenient for me but yes, a similar concept. If you put a zipper for that type of opening you will have a zipper right in the middle of your palm... then we would post those proudly on the current website because the level of sucking would be the same.

We are going to make gloves for a number of different industries:

Hunting & Fishing
Construction
Military
Police
Motorcycle Riders
I use mine for snowboarding and snowmobiling myself

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Originally Posted by urban_hailer

http://a914.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...6cd8016819.gif

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this is fucking sweet! except how can i afford them? i only wear mittens and like taking pictures with my 35mm. this glove would solve a lot of the pains of mittens, but not on my payroll. ill deal with freezing my fingers for a few more years, sorry.

cool design. i hope you've filed a patent.

Glad to see you made it over here. I'm stoked to hear you'll be moving into other fields as well. Makes perfect sense. I've done plenty of quasi-construction work in the cold to wish I had something along those lines.

http://a914.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...6cd8016819.gif

And I figured I might as well post your gif right here since it's something that finally shows what I was trying to describe in the first post.

BTW, if you spend much time here at all you're going to find yourself hooked. :D Tons of great info for conditions, gear, etc.. Not to mention trip reports and photos.

The very first thing I did after cutting open an old glove and stitching in a zipper was have a patent search done. The design is patent pending in the US and internationally.

Well I was going to try and figure out how to post my pic of the hand out of glove on the page but meatdrink9 has taken care of that - thank you very much.

good to hear it. lots of individual inventors aren't savvy enough to file before they shop the idea around. now that i've braved your site i see that you've already got funding, etc. good luck with the climb from 'pending' to issued. despite the 'bad patents' you hear about in software, the examiners can be pretty picky with mechanical stuff.

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Originally Posted by urban_hailer

The very first thing I did after cutting open an old glove and stitching in a zipper was have a patent search done. The design is patent pending in the US and internationally.

Well I was going to try and figure out how to post my pic of the hand out of glove on the page but meatdrink9 has taken care of that - thank you very much.

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Great idea. Please do a trigger mitt.

very cool. looks like a great idea for photographers.

Yes, photographers, skiers, snowboarders, snowlerbladers, snowmobilers, pretty much anyone with hands can find a use for these gloves. I have given a bunch of gloves to different photographers and they like them a lot and say they are very useful, the best gloves they have used for shooting.

There was actually a photographer who saw them being used by a gear tester with Gear Trends. He borrowed the gloves and you can see what he had to say in the review:

http://snewsnet.com/cgi-bin/snews/08175.html

Also, it was mentioned putting a trigger finger on some mittens, I will have to throw that suggestion into the hat and see what we can do.

We are planning on adding some pockets on the mittens for heater packs to go over the fingers. The sky is the limit on the different stuff you can do with this simple zipper function.

I am stuck here in Denver at a rep show talking to buyers about the gloves and they are diggin them, but it just dumped in Utah where I ride and I am thinking I really need to get back home and do some "product testing" because you can never be too sure and/or you can never get enough of the white stuff from the sky.

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Originally Posted by urban_hailer

I am stuck here in Denver at a rep show talking to buyers about the gloves and they are diggin them, but it just dumped in Utah where I ride and I am thinking I really need to get back home and do some "product testing" because you can never be too sure and/or you can never get enough of the white stuff from the sky.

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Heh. You are a natural maggot.
Welcome, Jong.

May I suggest some sick guerrilla marketing steeze by offering discounted gloves for a limited time end-of-season deal to the folks on this website.
1) you would sell a few dozen pairs at the end of a season
2) they would be stoked and excited and tell their friends
3) word of mouth business will increase significantly.

It has worked before.
Just ask "Melanie" about her "dextrous as fuck" campaign(hey, she didn't get fired, did she?)

FYI, you can avoid a seizure and/or bringing your computer to its knees by going straight to the storefront purchase section

http://vogloves.com/store/

It is much, much easier to see the product this way.

BTW - $160 for the Darth Vader leather gloves? wow.

Yeah, good call on the link directly to the store... yet again, it kind of sucks and doesn't really show the gloves like I would like them to be shown. I guess I got some work to do... in the backcountry and think about that one.

End-of-year deals, huh... I see where you are goin with this one. Well, I think you are right. Everybody should be able to test out some of these gloves or mittens. Um, I will have to find out the best way and what price. Of course I would like to give them away because apparently you guys/gals are maggots and jongs.... still have not caught onto those yet but cool, I like being a maggot consuming all the powder I can as I slither down the mountain, something like that. The JONG part, um, guessing I will learn in time.

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Originally Posted by bossass

That's the worst website I've ever seen.

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Apparently you have not yet seen this one:

http://liwa.funtigo.com

after reading everyone's glowing reviews of the website, I'm now actually curious to check it out:tongue:

Confirmed - ten seconds later I know that is the worst website I have ever been to.

OK, so I bought a pair of these mittens and got them in the mail today (thanks Eric!).

Ya their website sucks, there going to fix it I'm sure. But let me talk about the mittens;

At the risk of sounding over the top; I think these are one of the nicest, most comfortable, and best designed mittens I have EVER worn! The zipper option is ridiculously useful! I love how the mittens have the finger slots in the top half of the glove. Very nice leather palm and thumb. I'm going to go test these babies out tomorrow skiing and get back to all of you.

*bump*

Anyone know where I can still get gloves like these?

I Bought 2 pairs from salty's 3 years ago. 1 pair I hosed working on mountain and the second pair's zipper finally gave up the ghost the other day.

The guys at Saltys told me they bought the whole inventory when this company (VO) went outta business (for a whopping $3 a pair :eek:), but it appears that Saltys has sold out all of their large sizes... :( Wish someone would bring this idea back! I'm a photographer and these gloves are awesome for winter photography.

Doubt you'll find any if Salty's doesn't have them. I called the dude who actually owns CZip or whatever a couple years ago looking for a backup to my pair. He said they'd been long gone. I ONLY use mine when out shooting skiing now, which is unfortuantly almost never.

I did, however, just drop my pair on the desk of the glove product manager at BD, so hopefully something can spring back to life in the next couple years.

Absolutely the best gloves (functionality wise and pretty good in all other respects) I've ever used. The CZip is such a no-brainer and could be easily incorporated into most gloves.

Indeed great gloves. I still have a few pairs kicking around. I put them in front of Salomon a couple of years back, but it didn't go anywhere.

It sounds like Eric had to give up too large a share of the company to get the funding required to actually manufacture the gloves. It sounded like the majority owners decided the patent technology was worth more than actually making the gloves themselves and abandoned making the gloves in the hopes of licensing the technology to other glove manufacturers. :( I do think they'd be willing sell out of the business now though. It's been quiet for a long time.