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Just like the Powerlocks, I purchased these Sabas mainly because I saw the interest others had in them. After looking through all of Sabas' gloves, I decided the black and silver lace ups were for me. Sadly I waited too long and they sold out. I dont own many, actually at all, blue gloves and i love silver so the blue and silver gloves were just howling my name.
Look
As I said the main reason I got these were to test and review them for my fellow Sherdoggers. The look of many of them caught my attention instantly though. Every glove Ive seen from Sabas have incredible color combinations. For example, some of their newest gloves are black and purple, i'm not a fan of purple but the thought of picking those up has crossed my mind several times. They also have these dark red with white piping gloves, absolutely beautiful. They'll probably be my next buy. The only other stock gloves were I've wanted to own almost every color have been the C17s and Winnings. Every other glove i've usually only liked one, sometimes two stock colors. Sabas on the other hand, i want 90% of their gloves, excellent color combinations and a wide selection.
As for my blue and silvers. I liked the look on the Sabas website. I didnt truly appreciate it until I got them in the mail though. I actually found myself trying them on several times throughout the next couple days. They just looked incredible. The blue is very nice lighter than my Winning blue but still looking great especially with the contrast of silver. The silver is dull, its not very shiny but it looks amazing. I was told that Sabas used this dull silver because it was more durable than the shiny silver, excellent choice in my opinion.
The overall look is very compact and reminiscent of Grant. Now Ive never used grants those things are too overpriced but i can assure you these arent clones, these arent replicas, these arent what the C17s are to Winnings. They do have that look and style though from the compact nature to the split thumb, to even the angled knuckles. Some of the color combinations are even extremely similar to Grants as well. These gloves remind me of the TU Death Adders, similar to Grants yet they have their own style. My black, red, and white Velcro gloves look extremely similar to Grants due to the color combination.
These truly are just beautiful gloves. When it comes to looks they are probably my second or third best looking stock gloves behind Winnings and maybe the C17s. Ive never put on a glove so many times before. I got these around the same time as the Powerlocks and I was more excited about these than them. I actually had to force myself to use the Powerlocks first because I wanted to post that review before this one.
Quality/Construction/Padding
Quality and construction, my first gloves the straight cuffs had a couple issues. For example there was one spot with popped stitching, there are other areas with loose ends, my padding also has various bumps, theres also an issue with the weight. Besides that though the gloves are holding up just fine. I was scared these issues were the, "norm," with Sabas but customer service assured me they weren't. To test that out i ordered the Velcro gloves and they were excellent quality. In some aspects they're even better quality than my C17s.
The stitching, the leather, the padding, all is high quality. The overall construction of my velcros is amazing and while the Lace ups did have issues they never hurt the performance.
Both gloves use the same layered padding. My lace ups were more soft and easier to break in. That being said though the Velcros were broken in very easily as well, by hand even. They were more firm though but that's probably due to the more padding used as they are 16oz as opposed to my 14oz lace ups.
The padding is very protective, not equal to Winning but they hold their own against the C17s. Ive punched through C17s before, i havent punched through either Sabas. That being said though the gloves are viewed as punchers gloves by Sabas. I sort of agree with that, they definitely have more feedback than Winning or the C17s but they're also protective and you definitely won't end up with sore knuckles. They are a good mix of Reyes and Winnings, half protection, half feedback. Overall this is my second favorite padding after Winnings.
The only issue i have with padding is the palm side padding. They used a very, "puffy," foam for the palm side. Because of this the wrist compartment is small. An example is that for every glove I use I wrap my knuckles with one gauze-like Le Roy wrap and then i use a regular, "cloth," hand wrap like R2C, Sabas, Ringside, etc, for my wrist. I can't do that with the Sabas though, I have to use two Le Roy wraps or else the glove is too tight and the wrist opens up too much.
Liner/Ventilation/Comfort
The liner of the glove is fine, its not one of my favorites but its fine and does its job. For whatever reason though the gloves have two different types of liners. The top of the wrist, the back hand and fist use one type of liner while the palm side liner is something more similar to the liner used in the Everlast Powerlocks. Overall both are comfortable but if the palm side liner could be used as the one and only liner i think it would feel better that way.
Ventilation wise these gloves have vent holes on the thumb but none on the palm. I wish some were included on the palm as well but it's better than nothing. Either way these gloves dont heat up like crazy.
Overall the gloves are very comfortable especially after breaking them in. The hand compartment is on the smaller side, similar in size to the 12oz C17s. The C17s might actually be a little wider though especially in the wrist, the wrist size is significantly better. The hand compartment though is very similar to the 12oz C17s, both the 14oz and 16oz Sabas. If you have very big hands, specifically very wide hands you might want to think twice about Sabas. My hands are very small. 12oz C17s or 14oz Winnings are ideal for me and they're both considered small. The wrist compartment is extremely small, like I mentioned I had to change my wrapping method just so the wrist wouldnt open up too much. That being said though this was my experience, I prefer bigger hand compartments, there are people with much bigger hands than me who use Sabas and enjoy them.
Sabas also uses a straight thumb which is absolutely ideal. It feels great and its my second favorite thumb after Winning. You can make a really great fist in these gloves. The comfort these gloves offers is one of the best, the only complaint is the hand compartment but I found a way around it. Ive let other people use the gloves and they've all liked them as well, no complaints. I know some people love their gloves to fit tight too so keep these in mind if you prefer that
Look
As I said the main reason I got these were to test and review them for my fellow Sherdoggers. The look of many of them caught my attention instantly though. Every glove Ive seen from Sabas have incredible color combinations. For example, some of their newest gloves are black and purple, i'm not a fan of purple but the thought of picking those up has crossed my mind several times. They also have these dark red with white piping gloves, absolutely beautiful. They'll probably be my next buy. The only other stock gloves were I've wanted to own almost every color have been the C17s and Winnings. Every other glove i've usually only liked one, sometimes two stock colors. Sabas on the other hand, i want 90% of their gloves, excellent color combinations and a wide selection.
As for my blue and silvers. I liked the look on the Sabas website. I didnt truly appreciate it until I got them in the mail though. I actually found myself trying them on several times throughout the next couple days. They just looked incredible. The blue is very nice lighter than my Winning blue but still looking great especially with the contrast of silver. The silver is dull, its not very shiny but it looks amazing. I was told that Sabas used this dull silver because it was more durable than the shiny silver, excellent choice in my opinion.
The overall look is very compact and reminiscent of Grant. Now Ive never used grants those things are too overpriced but i can assure you these arent clones, these arent replicas, these arent what the C17s are to Winnings. They do have that look and style though from the compact nature to the split thumb, to even the angled knuckles. Some of the color combinations are even extremely similar to Grants as well. These gloves remind me of the TU Death Adders, similar to Grants yet they have their own style. My black, red, and white Velcro gloves look extremely similar to Grants due to the color combination.
These truly are just beautiful gloves. When it comes to looks they are probably my second or third best looking stock gloves behind Winnings and maybe the C17s. Ive never put on a glove so many times before. I got these around the same time as the Powerlocks and I was more excited about these than them. I actually had to force myself to use the Powerlocks first because I wanted to post that review before this one.
Quality/Construction/Padding
Quality and construction, my first gloves the straight cuffs had a couple issues. For example there was one spot with popped stitching, there are other areas with loose ends, my padding also has various bumps, theres also an issue with the weight. Besides that though the gloves are holding up just fine. I was scared these issues were the, "norm," with Sabas but customer service assured me they weren't. To test that out i ordered the Velcro gloves and they were excellent quality. In some aspects they're even better quality than my C17s.
The stitching, the leather, the padding, all is high quality. The overall construction of my velcros is amazing and while the Lace ups did have issues they never hurt the performance.
Both gloves use the same layered padding. My lace ups were more soft and easier to break in. That being said though the Velcros were broken in very easily as well, by hand even. They were more firm though but that's probably due to the more padding used as they are 16oz as opposed to my 14oz lace ups.
The padding is very protective, not equal to Winning but they hold their own against the C17s. Ive punched through C17s before, i havent punched through either Sabas. That being said though the gloves are viewed as punchers gloves by Sabas. I sort of agree with that, they definitely have more feedback than Winning or the C17s but they're also protective and you definitely won't end up with sore knuckles. They are a good mix of Reyes and Winnings, half protection, half feedback. Overall this is my second favorite padding after Winnings.
The only issue i have with padding is the palm side padding. They used a very, "puffy," foam for the palm side. Because of this the wrist compartment is small. An example is that for every glove I use I wrap my knuckles with one gauze-like Le Roy wrap and then i use a regular, "cloth," hand wrap like R2C, Sabas, Ringside, etc, for my wrist. I can't do that with the Sabas though, I have to use two Le Roy wraps or else the glove is too tight and the wrist opens up too much.
Liner/Ventilation/Comfort
The liner of the glove is fine, its not one of my favorites but its fine and does its job. For whatever reason though the gloves have two different types of liners. The top of the wrist, the back hand and fist use one type of liner while the palm side liner is something more similar to the liner used in the Everlast Powerlocks. Overall both are comfortable but if the palm side liner could be used as the one and only liner i think it would feel better that way.
Ventilation wise these gloves have vent holes on the thumb but none on the palm. I wish some were included on the palm as well but it's better than nothing. Either way these gloves dont heat up like crazy.
Overall the gloves are very comfortable especially after breaking them in. The hand compartment is on the smaller side, similar in size to the 12oz C17s. The C17s might actually be a little wider though especially in the wrist, the wrist size is significantly better. The hand compartment though is very similar to the 12oz C17s, both the 14oz and 16oz Sabas. If you have very big hands, specifically very wide hands you might want to think twice about Sabas. My hands are very small. 12oz C17s or 14oz Winnings are ideal for me and they're both considered small. The wrist compartment is extremely small, like I mentioned I had to change my wrapping method just so the wrist wouldnt open up too much. That being said though this was my experience, I prefer bigger hand compartments, there are people with much bigger hands than me who use Sabas and enjoy them.
Sabas also uses a straight thumb which is absolutely ideal. It feels great and its my second favorite thumb after Winning. You can make a really great fist in these gloves. The comfort these gloves offers is one of the best, the only complaint is the hand compartment but I found a way around it. Ive let other people use the gloves and they've all liked them as well, no complaints. I know some people love their gloves to fit tight too so keep these in mind if you prefer that
