I tried out the Fox Pawtector gloves recently, was very pleased. Had been using el cheapo gloves, whatever I could find for $20 or less, for the last 10 years, and constantly had to do preventative band-aid jobs on my thumbs and use Palm Savers (same company that makes the neoprene Seal Savers). Last Sunday I forgot to put on band-aids or Palm Savers at the start of the national enduro in Missouri, didn't even think about it until just before the halfway point when I felt a little bit of a blister coming on. The other gloves I'd been using would have made me blister up much more quickly. Threw on my usual set of band-aids and Palm Savers for the second half of the race and had no problems whatsoever - about 5.5 hours on the bike. That's pretty much convinced me that you get what you pay for in gloves - the Pawtector's are $10-12 more than the Dirt Paws, but I think it's worth it.