It’s been a while since we’ve had a product on test that’s quite so “yay or nay” as Scratchguardz. If you regularly ride little-travelled trails and are plagued by spiky undergrowth, you’ll wonder how you ever managed without them. If you usually ride well-maintained trails that are mostly clear of foliage, you’ll wonder what the point of them is. They do what they claim (which is what we usually rate products against – if your specific conditions don’t demand the level of protection offered by Scratchguardz then clearly your personal rating would be somewhat lower) and for the price of a pair of gloves they’re pretty good value (if you need them).