Manufacturer: TITLE
Cost: $39.99-49.99
Sizes: Regular, Large
Review Criteria:
This review is coming after owning these gloves for two years, with heavy
sustained use often times daily for hours at a time. The criteria for this
review, as with all martial arts products, is based on the following
categories: Durability, Comfort, Protection, and Price. I don’t rate
appearance; beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Each category is scored from 1 to 5 except price, with a total score for the product
at the end of the review, along with a recommendation based on the price.
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| After two years of use. |
Durability:
First and foremost, one of the qualities I need in a glove is that it
will last. With a mid-level price point, I don’t expect perfection but I do
expect that any problems won’t detract from the performance of the product – in
this case, protecting my hands and my partner’s face.
Two years later, the TITLE MMA Ultimate Training Glove has stood up to
the abuse that I have put it through with minimal issue. The stitching has
remained strong, the vinyl has not ripped, the Velcro is strong, and the finger
loops have not torn or loosened considerably.
The only major complaint I have regards the strap. From my first usage,
the black coating on only a single glove has come off, and only gotten worse in
time. However, this has not detracted from the protective qualities of the
glove in any way, nor do I expect it to. You can spot the covering coming off on the left glove in the pictures at the top.
The padding has compressed to a minor extent, but is still more than enough
protection for usage. Based on the current padding, I see these gloves still in
use after two more years if not more.
Durability rating: 3/5
Comfort:
While comfort in a glove isn’t as essential as in a pair of shoes, it is
still important that equipment you wear for possibly hours daily is comfortable
to wear and easy to put on and take off, for training purposes.
Initially these gloves were very stiff. The finger loops were
uncomfortable, especially since I have wide, short fingers. It was even
difficult to close my fist when adding hand wraps. However, this stiffness subsided
within about 2 weeks. I believe this is a necessary period of breaking in any
piece of equipment, and is normal. Past this point, they have been very
comfortable.
Since these are Velcro straps, they are very easy to take on and off. The
Velcro has not loosened in the two years I have used them.
Comfort rating: 5/5
Protection:
Ultimately, this is the most important criteria. Gloves can be cheap,
last forever, and look awesome, but if they don’t protect you and your partner,
they aren’t worth buying.
The padding on the front of the knuckles is thick and covers a good portion
of the fingers when the fist is closed. The thumb padding protects the first
knuckle, but does not extend past the second. I haven’t found gloves with much more
thumb padding, but I do find that if I have any thumb injuries, these gloves do
not provide enough protection and I have to switch to full 16 oz gloves.
The padding could be thicker on the thumb, and on the back of the hand.
TITLE indicates that these gloves have as much padding on the front of the fist as a 16 oz glove, with less than a 3rd of the total weight due to reduced material in all other areas. They allow you to train MMA-style without sacrificing all the protection that full boxing gloves give you.
TITLE indicates that these gloves have as much padding on the front of the fist as a 16 oz glove, with less than a 3rd of the total weight due to reduced material in all other areas. They allow you to train MMA-style without sacrificing all the protection that full boxing gloves give you.
Protection rating: 4/5
Price:
I bought these gloves for $39.99, which is a moderate price for MMA-style
training gloves. Gloves of this style, in my experience, tend to sell from the
lowest at about $20 to a max of around $120. At this price point, I expect to
see a glove that will last with some upkeep – maybe the stitching will come out
and need to be fixed once or twice; the color may fade; the padding with
certainly reduce with time but this should be a slower deterioration.
Based on my experience, I believe this is the proper price point for this
item. After two years of use, these have stood up to my abuse. I highly
recommend these gloves to anyone looking for MMA training gloves, and isn’t
looking to drop $100+ on gloves.
Price Rating: Appropriate
Price Rating: Appropriate
TOTAL Rating: 4/5
After two years of use, these have stood up to my abuse. I highly
recommend these gloves to anyone looking for MMA training gloves, and isn’t
looking to drop $100+ on gloves.
