Actually I was JUST going to post on this about the new gloves I just bought which will be my primary gloves now. Let's review what I have used so far; I wore a pair of Teknics that I went down in the Esse's at Mid O at a decent pace, slid a bit on the palm and they were TOAST, as in no repairs, nothing. I did get a little rash from the palm tearing too. Now these were just IP gloves, not real racing gloves, but were about 89.99. I don't think they make that style exactly anymore as they did not have hard knuckle protectors. I have been wearing SP-1's 2009 model since 2009, have 2 pairs(one is wrong size, for sale on Wera, Smalls), and LOVE THEM. Was going to buy another pair but found something else cheaper. I paid 150 for them, and feel that in a wreck they would really wear well, and possibly hold up, but at least for sure protect my hands. The kunckle protection is there, the palm is super reinforced with padding etc. For the price I think they are fine for what we all do. Now if I was racing like KTM, or Gixxie I would most likely step up a level, maybe 2. But for the 8-12 track days, and a few races I will be running, they are fine. I did however just buy a set of Taichi GP Evo's for less than 1/2 the price, granted they were worn one day, but whatever. These things are SICK. They have knox sliders in the lower palm where you would normally slide in a wreck. The armor on these things are just unreal, they have 2 layers accross the palm, and everything aobut them is just amazing. But I will be using the Taichi's for my primary glove now and my SP-1's for by backups. Hopefully I won't be needing to "use" them anytime soon but if for some reason it does happen I feel the gloves I have will hold up to the test.