I use both gel padded gloves, gloves with no padding and just a leather palm and no gloves at all. None really make a difference for rides of anything more than 45 minutes. Longer than that, and the numbness will be there anyway because the real issue is how you hold your hands and wrists. If your wrists are bent, then that's an issue from the very start. Also other factors of your fit to the bike might have you putting too much weight on your wrists or the angles of your arms might cause your hands and shoulders to bear too much of the road forces of bumps and sway.