For any of you who have had HELD gloves- question for you- PICS INSIDE

[Lxpony]

I got these gloves from Motomarket last spring. They are Held Phantoms and were all black. As you can see half the glove has faded to shit. Has anyone had this problem? It looks like the leather that faded wasn't treated as the other half of the glove is perfectly fine. They have seen 14 track days and about 10k street miles. Never ridden in the rain and never washed.

I am gonna send these photos to Held USA in the hopes they can do something for me. Other then the fade and one of the straps being frayed they are great gloves...





New they looked like this:

[ff36buell]

happened to mine almost the exact same place.... I've now worn the palm stitching and two finger tips out of mine. I keep stalling on new gloves because these were to comfortable. Honestly? If it isn't affecting the performance of them then why bother?

Nick

[Lxpony]

happened to mine almost the exact same place.... I've now worn the palm stitching and two finger tips out of mine. I keep stalling on new gloves because these were to comfortable. Honestly? If it isn't affecting the performance of them then why bother?

Nick

Because it looks like they are defective if half the black leather is faded and the other half isnt and because I spent $285 on them and dont expect such problems after 15 months of ownership.

[Jim]

Fading color from the sunlight is not defective. Your hands are still protected in the same way new as with faded leather.

[NobodySpecific]

Fading color from the sunlight is not defective. Your hands are still protected in the same way new as with faded leather.

I have to agree. My current gloves are the nicest gloves I've ever had, yet they are the first pair to have started to fade (in a similar fashion, I might add). It doesn't change my opinion of them one bit, and I feel like it is a badge of honor almost. You have to earn faded gloves by wearing them all the time. I noticed it after my 16 day trip, most of which were spent in the blazing sun all day, which certainly explains the accelerated fade (probably about 12 months or so).

[Chippertheripper]

They're probably two different types of leather. Obviously the stuff that's still black is way thinner...I wouldn't call this a defect at all, more like built in street cred.

[Garandman]

I suspect it may be because they are split Kangaroo skin [seriously] which is much stronger than split cowhide.

Two minutes with a good leather dye and they'd look like new. Or Held may square you away.

[OreoGaborio]

15 months? That's a good amount of use. They look better than mine after 15 months.

Hit em with some shoe polish.

[DucDave]

15 months? I'd say you're well past any reasonable expectation for compensation. If Held does anything at all I'd consider it above and beyond.

(Have you treated the leather at any point? Leather is an organic material whose qualities naturally change over time and exposer to the elements. That's why than make leather treatment and polish. Would you have been happier if all the leather faded? As pointed out earlier, different leather and thickness will respond differently.)

[dhawks]

LX,

I have the same gloves in the same color with the same result. For what it's worth, I'm at year 3 with mine, and they've been down twice, with no noticeable difference in crash-wear between the faded and non-faded leathers.

[Jim]

you could always bring them to Roberto and have them dyed again.
his contact thread is in Denno's "need leather work done" thread.

[Lxpony]

Thanks guys- I was just curious if they were just my gloves or if other's had the same experience.... I might get them dyed...

[Degsy]

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I have the same gloves and they look exactly the same as yours. I have 4 or 5 crashes in mine and they have no damage.

[Jim]

Thanks guys- I was just curious if they were just my gloves or if other's had the same experience.... I might get them dyed...

i have the same gloves, just different colors.
i'm pretty sure they're part cowhide and part kangaroo. the cowhide leather is most likely what has faded.

[Wanderer]

Ditto to all the above - same gloves, same fade, but seems to be as robust as ever. Occasionally I hit them up with the Dianese leather cleaning kit

[Garandman]

I use Feibing's Leather Dye. Dyed all kinds of leather black with it.

[03Worc9R]

I'll give you $50. For those piece of shits and you can just go buy new one's.

["Dangerous" Dan K]

I'll give you $50. For those piece of shits and you can just go buy new one's.

$75

[Lxpony]

I'll give you $50. For those piece of shits and you can just go buy new one's.

I was just gonna put them in one of those United Way drop off boxes at my local grocery store parking lot but I guess I donate them to you since you shop at thrift stores anyway for you and your kid's clothes..

[Jim]

$75.01

["Dangerous" Dan K]

$75.01

$60! $30!! $3.19!! $74.19!

[03Worc9R]

I was just gonna put them in one of those United Way drop off boxes at my local grocery store parking lot but I guess I donate them to you since you shop at thrift stores anyway for you and your kid's clothes..

How else can I afford to go to the track!

[eboos]

Dude, those look awesome. All British and shit.

Seriously, if that is the only issue you've had with a set of gloves that lasted 15 months, they you are lucky. I blew up a pair of A* GP Techs in one day at the track and a total of 3 weeks of ownership. My Phantoms lasted me from 2007 until now with only the thumb being blown out a bit in the left hand. These gloves survived 3 crashes at Loudon and at least one good one running supermoto at Boxshop.

[DynoTune]

just got a pair...one was smaller than the other...sucked..you could see the stiching is in the wrong palce... I got them wet, streached the crap out of them.... much better now... still kinda hard to get on and off when hot...they stick to your skin

[SAB]

My Held Akira's are 4 years old and don't have any fading on them. Try using a conditioner with UV protection like Lexol.