Olympia is straightforward about their gloves their website provides only basic and minimal specifications on each glove without a lot of marketing hype. These are fairly generic winter gloves, all leather on the outside, but with a bit of a modern twist because they do include a waterproof and breathable membrane. There’s not much I can say about technology here. So let’s take a look at the Olympia Ultima I gloves… The Ultima I gloves really do look and feel and even function very similar to the Held Freezer gloves from Part 2 of our Winter 2008 (and now 200) comparison review.Įxcept the Helds cost about $30.00 more, which may or may not be a factor, depending on your point of view. The Ultima I gloves seemed like the most basic style of heavy-duty winter motorcycle glove that Olympia (and just about every other motorcycle glove manufacturer) has been making for eons.īesides, the price is right, and I thought it would be interesting to see how they compared to the similar Held Freezer gloves. We already reviewed the Olympia 4150 Gore-Tex gloves last year, and the Olympia Commander gloves before that. The truth of the matter is that I suggested the Ultima I gloves pretty much on a whim. And as sure as you’re reading this, someone will send an email asking why we didn’t review the Olympia “Cold Throttle” or “Weatherking” or “Prima” or some other selection from Olympia’s Gore-Tex, All-Season or Winter categories. Like these Ultima I gloves, which are listed for both snowmobile and motorcycle use. The company has been around forever and they do have a reputation to maintain, so the gloves should do the job and last longer than many of the no-name brands.īesides motorcycling, Olympia also makes gloves for snowmobiling, ATV use and even skiing - although some of the glove models show up in more than one category. Olympia’s niche is what I’d sum up as “lots of decent gloves at bargain prices”. An exaggeration, of course, but not by much. You could probably wear a new pair of Olympia gloves every day for the next year without working your way through their product line.Īnd by time you did, they’d probably have a completely new assortment ready and waiting. They’ll keep you warm and dry, but they’re pretty bulky. I know I said I'm sour and I am, but I'm also thinking about the up and comers and how crushing of a blow it would be to lose your equipment in this manner.The bargain of the bunch at a street price of $68.00, the Olympia Ultima I gloves are similar in many ways to the Held Freezer gloves. In the end I have tons of ingots and am otherwise financially well off. I don't get squat out of it anymore and I used to get pulls of ten or more val on a regular basis. I'm talking I kill them in one minute or less which is a big deal because I swear to jesus that verite vein outside my has been nerfed or something. Valorite eles go down in a hurry to dexers, whereas it takes two tamers 30 minutes to kill one. I often times use prospectors tools and garg pixes in conjunction with one another (which was the +3 incident) but even if I'm hitting a verite vein I actually want to use a garg pick to spawn a valorite elemental so that I may get an easy 25 extra valorite out of the deal (+5 incident). Also there isn't a town one screen from my house.ģ. Mining in town is not an option for a number of reasons, chiefly that there aren't many good veins in town. +5 gloves were also at full repair when they were destroyed. I had never received one single hp of damage with my +3 gloves and they were destroyed the very first hit. Ore elementals can destroy fully repaired armor/weapons in one shot.
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