I received my Apis Tactical PRO gloves at the end of January, in Wisconsin so my time using them has been limited to a couple quick checks to see how the girls were doing and to add some extra sugar. I'm looking forward to putting them through their paces in the spring. Even with the little use that I have gotten out of them so far, I do have some early thoughts. The gloves are comfortable and fit well. I was able to try them on at the Midwest Honey Bee Expo before I purchased them so I knew what size to order. I went with the PRO because of they offer more dexterity that the other options they had. I'm a little concerned about the cuff length. If you're not paying attention, it may be easy for your sleeve to ride up and expose your wrist. There is Velcro on the underside of the glove cuff, so adding some Velcro to my jacket sleeve to hold it in place may help to solve that problem. Something else that I noticed, that is not an issue, but just different, is that the Velcro closure on the cuff is set up the opposite way of what I'm use to seeing on work gloves. Again, this is not an issue, but something I noticed. When opening up some hives I did have an issue with small nails that were sticking out of the hive bodies, or top covers getting caught in the mesh on the back of the gloves. Nothing ripped, but I can see that happening pretty easily. So far the gloves have worked well and we will see how they hold up once spring gets here.
