^Pretty much above.
I thought I'd really like the RB11 after reading reviews, also thought I'd be glad to put in the work to break them in. But in reality the first time using them, they injured my knuckles on both hands within an hour, they were the most uncomfortable gloves I had ever tried in terms of making a fist when new, it wasn't just the padding being hard like I expected, the whole gloves was like concrete solid, so stiff I couldn't even lock the right hand wrist strap in properly when I have my left gloves on. Whenever I tried to close my hands, it felt like my fists were being squeezed by concrete heavy wooden board to break my fists. (A little exaggeration, but it was terrible in terms of comfort.)
I mean I am a "gear slave", I collect and put a lot of money and time into gear. But at the end, it was just not worth it. It was not enjoyable to break in something that uncomfortable, it even costed and affected my training for weeks. There are too many great gloves out there, compare to everything at that price, all other gloves provide you with enjoyments in training, they are all like fantastic products to serve your purpose. RB11 just make me feel like I am literally a slave serving the gloves and torturing myself so I can break them in. Just no point.
Plus the gloves did not look as nice as on photos. RS11V are just so much better in terms of everything.
