{"id":2439,"date":"2013-02-28T21:49:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T02:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2013-12-15T15:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T20:40:55","slug":"product-review-saucony-ulti-mitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2013\/product-review-saucony-ulti-mitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: Saucony Ulti-Mitt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saucony ViZiPro Utili-Mitt (Photo credit: crossn81)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve been wearing the Saucony Ulti-Mitt<\/a> for over 3 years now. I initially got a pair to review for Saucony and have been a little late in doing so!! I posted a picture on 11\/11\/10<\/a>\u00a03 days before my daughter was born!! \u00a0I got the orange vizi-pro ulti-mitts to review.<\/p>\n

Oddly, for the past three years I’ve been calling them the wrong name! I kept calling them the Utili-Mitt. \u00a0They have many uses and I thought utility<\/strong> was a good descriptor, but ulti(mate)<\/strong> is also a fitting descriptor. \u00a0Over the last 3 years I’ve worn them quite a bit in a variety of conditions, including below zero temps and windchill up into the 40’s.<\/p>\n

The glove itself doesn’t feel much thicker than a nice liner glove, but the glove has kept me plenty warm. \u00a0The wind shield\/mitten adds to the versatility helping keep the hand\/fingers warmer at even lower temperatures. \u00a0It is hard to believe that such a thin piece of wind resistant fabric can keep you so warm. \u00a0At the start of the run you can wear the mitten and has you warm up you can pull the mitten part off. \u00a0I tend to let it flap in the wind because more often than not I’ll put it back on. \u00a0However, you can easily tuck it into the little pocket and pull it back out later if you want.<\/p>\n

In March of 2011 one of the finger seams split which was disappointing but at that point in the season wasn’t a big deal. \u00a0I had worn them on pretty much every run since I had gotten them, washed them several times, wore them on the bike, and more. \u00a0I continued to wear them even in the winter of 2011. \u00a0We had gone home to visit family over the holidays and some how the bright orange glove got lost. \u00a0I came back to MN with only one glove!!<\/p>\n

I really needed gloves and found a pair of Pearl Izumi Shine Wind Mitt\u00a0that were similar to the ulit-mitt but were on sale. \u00a0I bought them in January of 2012. That was a big mistake. \u00a0They were a different fabric and not as comfortable. \u00a0The New Balance windscreen was much tighter and while they were pitched as an “electronics friendly” glove they didn’t work consistently well. \u00a0The Ulti-Mitt allows you to easily pull your thumb and index finger out of the glove to quickly manipulate your device keeping the rest of your hand toasty warm! \u00a0I bought a second pair of the Saucony Ulti-Mitt in April 2012.<\/p>\n

The one thing that I never really used was the USB light. \u00a0I understand their intent with the Vizi-Pro line of making you as visible as possible and adding a small flashlight to one of the gloves was a good idea of adding visibility. \u00a0Unfortunately, the light wasn’t super bright. \u00a0It definitely couldn’t be used to illuminate the path ahead of you so I doubt it really added much visibility of you. \u00a0The gloves have a reflective Saucony logo on the mitten and the bright orange. \u00a0I didn’t feel like the light held its charge for very long and I never remembered to charge it back up. \u00a0I think I still have the light but never use it!<\/p>\n

They don’t work super well on the bike as there is more wind at the colder temperatures, but in the moderate temps (above 40) when you need a glove they worked great. \u00a0I did like the high visibility that they provided for signaling turns etc. \u00a0They don’t provide any padding for the bike either!<\/p>\n

One other random note about these is that the shell material for the mitt doesn’t absorb liquid so they make great snot wipers!<\/p>\n

I wore these gloves this past week for a run in -11 windchill and my fingers stayed toasty warm. \u00a0I will say that I can’t remember having taken them on a run longer than 5 or 6 miles in that temperature. \u00a0I would highly recommend these gloves!<\/p>\n

These gloves are between $35-45 and worth every penny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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