I've probably thrown a thousand discs with this glove, seems to be wearing out acceptably. A wild guess would be 5,000 throws before it breaks down, keep in mind I'm old and don't torque the disc very much, 350ft/110m max. I imagine if it wears out in one little spot, you can cut off another part of the glove, say the pinky, and glue it onto the worn area, maybe that will work. You might want to alter your grip or swing motion to lessen any ripping force onto your glove, that will certainly make it last longer and will probably improve your swing as well. As to effectiveness, I am pleased. Again I do not put pro level torque or spin on my disc, but I have had acceptable grip results dry or wet, backhand or forehand. Note that the glove is not waterproof, your hands will be wet-ish in the rain. I threw in 40° rain and was not freezing my hands off, if that means anything for you. It seems like the glove gets wet, but doesn't hold any water in the glove to make your hand overly cold. The main advantage of this glove is that it eliminates for me the necessity of bringing a towel. You pick up your wet disc off the ground, whack off the mud and rain against a tree trunk or rock or shoe etc, then maybe wipe off a little bit of the disc with your off hand and you are ready to go. Should not take more than 5 seconds. No more endless cleaning of your disc, sticking your belongings under an umbrella just right, negotiating different rags, all that nonsense is gone. Maybe you can stick one of those tiny microfiber rags in your pocket, but I don't even need that. Now, all you need to play is some discs, a mini, your glove, a raincoat with a hoodie/hat, good waterproof disc golf shoes, and you are good to go in any weather. Eliminating all this cleaning/drying/maintenance nonsense will take a couple strokes off your game right there, you can concentrate on your game instead of logistics. I read that they now have some surfers wax type of compound you can rub on your discs to make it grip better, I do not know how this rain glove will work in tandem with that. I will give this five stars if it lasts as long as I suspect it will, I can't imagine what the manufacturer could do to improve it except perhaps replaceable fingertips on the first three fingers? Also after 5,000 throws the velcro might start to fail. In ball golf, gloves usually fail on the thumb and the callused palm portion of the hand, usually due to bad swing mechanics.