Showa temres glove stench

These gloves develop a stink and I can’t get it out with soap and water. Anybody else have experience with this and success at eliminating the smell? 

I had great success eliminating the smell by discontinuing use of these gloves. Conveniently I have baby fingers and these fingers are way too long for me anyways. But I've tried these gloves with the liners (stank) and with cutting out the liners and they still stank.

You live in a moist climate so that doesn't help. I would buy new pairs since they're cheap and then make sure you dry them out thoroughly between climbing days.

I was gonna upsize and try liners but now that you say that….

It is moist here. And the gloves do get moist. I do my best to anti-moist them thoroughly by the fire each night. And it works. In the morning they are not moist. But they still stink. 

ali64 510 wrote:

I do my best to anti-moist them thoroughly by the fire each night. And it works. In the morning they are not moist. But they still stink. 

Try rotating so that they dry for 3 days before you use them again. Try an antifungal cream or spray too.

I just set them on fire and throw them into my neighbors yard whom I hate...

Jake woo wrote:

I had great success eliminating the smell by discontinuing use of these gloves. Conveniently I have baby fingers and these fingers are way too long for me anyways. But I've tried these gloves with the liners (stank) and with cutting out the liners and they still stank.

I also have baby fingers with the same problem. What gloves are you using now? Sorry for the derail 

Blake Bolton wrote:

I also have baby fingers with the same problem. What gloves are you using now? Sorry for the derail 

To continue the derailment, I finally realized I have women's sized hands. Just buy the women's version in your size. The hand width might be tight,but it will stretch. Meanwhile my fingers now touch the tips of the gloves and clipping ropes and carabiners is a dream. OR extraverts, Carhartts, etc. 

Usually by the time they stink enough to draw attention they've also worn holes through fingers or abraded to the point of replacement, about every season or two, which is as much as I ever got out of any glove that costs 10x. I always dry them fully between uses.

Don't stick your nose in the glove...

Yeah usually one pair of gloves either gets worn through rappelling or develops the stench every season for me. I just replace them. No need to preserve when they're that cheap.

use a  thin liner , it helps 

Some of you all must be the kind of folks who put your nose in your climbing shoes and take a big wiff just to confirm that they smell bad.. 

No it's pretty obvious when the stank stays on your hands and follows you around after climbing lol

But on the topic of boots, having 2 pairs and rotating them helps prevent stench buildup from climbing in less than fully dry boots. My 12 year old Lowas agree. Not sure that principle would help these gloves much.

My hands don't sweat much so I have never experienced the Showa stank problem, but my Showas also basically live on a similar dryer like this one when not in use:

https://a.co/d/aHnDEfU

Perfect timing.  I got new ones this season and only used them for 10 days and religiously dry them with a dryer Doug mentioned. 

Mine started having a putrid smell but it seems not from the inside whereas my old blues ones that I've had for years are still fine.

The only thing I can think of is my friend offered to put in front of a heater with a fan when I crashed at his place.  Who knows maybe it got too hot and did something to the glove

Is the stank you folks talk about coming from the inside?

Disappointed in mine.

Definitely from the inside. Makes my hands stink so bad my partners don’t want to ride in the same car. 

ali64 510 wrote:

These gloves develop a stink and I can’t get it out with soap and water. Anybody else have experience with this and success at eliminating the smell? 

They suck. Colin haley said “i use japanese fishing gloves” and then suddenly everyone had to have a pair. 

They are very good for winter logging and trail work. I don't use them for climbing. Be careful working in them however if you are using power drills/drivers. the rubber is sticky and if you are holding a screw the gloves will stick to the screw and it will spin your finger into the screw really fast and powerfully. I suspect this could happen with other machinery that's even more dangerous. 

DeLa Cruce wrote:

They suck. Colin haley said “i use japanese fishing gloves” and then suddenly everyone had to have a pair. 

These gloves do not suck lol.