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Apparel
Publisher: Columbia
Department: mens
Sales Rank in Apparel: #961628
Product Review
Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company has grown from a small family-owned hat distributor to one of the world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of ski-wear in the United States. Columbia's extensive product line includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories. Columbia specializes in developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish and offer great value. Eighty-year-old matriarch Gert Boyle, Chairman of the Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and CEO, lead the company.
Columbia's history starts with Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom, when they fled Germany in 1937. They bought a small hat distributorship in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia Hat Company, after the river bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor deliveries from suppliers, the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products themselves. In 1948, Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal suddenly died of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim, then a college senior. After that, it wasn't long before business really started to take off. Columbia was one of the first companies to make jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. They introduced the breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System, in which a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early 1980s, then 60-year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in Columbia's successful and popular advertising campaign.
The company went public in 1998 and moved into a new era as a world leader in the active outdoor apparel industry. Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to more than 12,000 retailers internationally.
Product Features
Made of 100% nylon Bergundtal clcth with 100% polyester MTR (Maximum Thermal Retention) fleece lining
Omni-Tech waterproof, breathable bladder
Polyurethane grip palm, wrapped fingers, and nose wipe
Features elastic wrist with one-hand adjustment, articulated fit
Clinton F. Jones "jonesy" (Provo, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Columbia Men's Freedom Glove (Apparel)
This is a good-looking, quality-made glove. The glove is waterproof and very adjustible, keeping snow out of the cuff. My hands have never gotten wet wearing these gloves, making them breathable as well as waterproof. The one possible downside of the glove is its amount of insulation. Though it keeps my hands dry, my fingers have gotten cold while skiing, though I am sure that this is because skiing doesn't involve a whole lot of hand motion.
4 wheeling in the snow, February 11, 2007
Pooter (Utah) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Columbia Men's Freedom Glove (Apparel)
Very satisfied with these gloves. I like the wrist string so I can take them off to use my fingers then they are right there when your ready to put them back on. They also fit over your jacket sleeve. Fingers stay warm. Thumb on the right hand got a little cold due to pushing the 4 wheeler throttle for so long.
A good glove, stays warm when wet, February 27, 2006
Osbert Ponder "Independent thinker" (Turlock, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Columbia Men's Freedom Glove (Apparel)
However, I was a little off-put when the gloves went on sale the week after for 25% less than I had paid.
(3 customer reviews) 
Quality Glove, February 28, 2006 