Dainese Desert Poon D1 Gloves

I bought these knowing they don't offer too much protection. No reinforced armor parts; palm side is a very thin suede feel material with extra layer between the index finger and thumb area on the palm. Back of hand and fingers have mesh and allows for a lot of airflow. All but the index and thumb fingers have mesh at the knuckles to allow for easier bend. Index finger has large patch for touch screen usage (works better than most gloves I have on my Google Pixel phone). The cuff is a nice slim fit with some spandex foam padded feel. The pinky has a small gray reflective stripe about half inch along the length of the finger and quarter inch thick (don't see the point of it). After first day of riding it does seem like the gloves won't last all that long as after 3 hours of riding in 55 degree (F) the fabric on the tips of the fingers seem to fray slightly already; but for the price I can't complain too much.

If you need gloves for protection this is not it. I bought these purely for daily summer rides not going crazy on the bike and mainly handle fatigue on my hands from wind and controls. That being said the comfort is great; the size you may want a size larger than the sizing chart. I measured just about 1/4 inch smaller than 9 inches around my hand as in the diagram which translates to a size Large; I normally wear a large for gloves but these are snug to finger tip (the instructions specifically state it shouldn't be tight and finger tips shouldn't touch the ends) I can wear with w/o pulling them all the way down and get by.

The design is just as in most Dainese products; looks great... I ended up with a black/black pair as Revzilla couldn't get inventory for the black/gray that I pre-ordered. And when I checked their site after waiting 4 weeks after their initial release date I found they were shipping the black/black and some black/red (which they didn't have my size). The black/black looks pretty plain at distance I would definitely suggest getting one of the other colors with the accent colors.

I'm torn between a 3 and 4 star rating but because I didn't expect it to be a protection glove for crashes and knew what I was getting I gave it a 4.

These are comfortable, as it's a very basic glove... no real protection, but that's obvious.

Those globes are pretty cool but are expensive and the protection is almost null. If you want style in place of protection those are for you.

Seems to be a theme with newer dainese gloves. Feels and looks cheap like something you can buy at walmart for gardening. The overall fit was spot on and the thumbs felt fine but all the other fingertips have too much seam material on the inside that digs into your fingers and inbetween finger nails. I found myself constantly readjusting them to trying to stretch the finger tips out. Even then it was still too distracting and uncomfortable to the point I rode without them. The dainese double down gloves looked and felt sooooo much better