Factory Pilots started life as Mountain Bike/extreme sports gloves. They SHOULD cost less than £40. Chain Reaction have the black ones for £22.50 currently but apparently wanting them in a ..."tactical colour" means you have to get them from a "tactical" supplier who all want at least £10 more. Now granted that's still less than £40 BUT THEY'RE THE SAME GLOVES! They're not nomex or kevlar or anything else military specific so WHAT the ACTUAL...
I got them for the look as much as anything, it would be debatable if they are as durable as Mechanix gloves though which are cheaper. The finish is a bit gash for the price too, bits of thread poking out where the stiching ends and all the finger tips had this weird fluffyness over them. I melted it all away with a lighter, but still.
I still like them, but for instance pro airsoft were selling some gloves they recommended for around a tenner. Guess it's like "Airsoft"...
I want a pair because the Mechanix gloves I have (M-PACT) don't really have any padding across the knuckles so being a mostly CQB player I'm getting fed up of constantly getting shot in the knuckles! The Mechanix ones with hard knuckles just feel weird. Plus not many people stock XXL gloves (which I need on account of having hands like a bear).