Need a work glove recommendation

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JohnDolz said:
I bought these expecting them to be disposable, I have been amazed with how they have held up!
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200621787_200621787
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Awesome price and it's good to know they are durable. I was so excited to get a bunch until I saw they are those darn "one size fits all". Huge disappointment for those of us with hands that fall outside the 90% norm. I can't stand it when the fingers aren't long enough, makes me feel like aquaman with webbed fingers and limited finger dexterity and exposed wrists.

If I had normal sized hands I'd be all over these!
 
Oww My Back Hurts said:
Yep I go through gloves quicker than I can believe. I've tried everything from pretty expensive leather, kevlar, etc and it seems like everything lasts about the same amount of time, regardless of price. So I've been using the cheapest I could find, the nitrile coated gloves from costco, around $1/pair. I go through the right hand gloves about 5 times as fast as the left hand ones. If anyone out there is left handed and wants to trade a bunch of righties for a bunch of lefties let me know! :)
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Nice idea! If I were a lefty, I'd want your new ones if I were to trade. I sweat a lot in my gloves. Still would be a good deal.
 
I like the black ones from HF. The yellow ones I get next to no mileage out of.
 
I find that Kinco unlined pigskin work gloves work well for me; inexpensive ($8.50 ea) in a 6 pack, wear 2x better as well as being more flexible than cowhide, and don't stiffen up after being wet. I keep one pair of the same glove in a lined version for really cold weather.

I use them for handling a few thousand bales of hay in the summer, as well 10 plus cord of wood ; I wear out 2-3 pair a year.
 
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Got a pack of the black and yellow harbor freight gloves in my stocking this year, but can't recommend them. Shredded three pair so far. The next grade up, grey multi pack from home depot etc seem to hold up a lot longer.
 
ED 3000 said:
I get 5 packs from harbor freight for $5-$6 per pack. Leather on the business areas, canvas everywhere else. Not awesome, but I found, like you have, that I wear out even the expensive ones too fast.

A bonus when you go in that direction is it makes it much less painful to wear out one glove. Sometimes the right one wears out, sometimes the left, and you can just hang onto the remaining good one and match them up. That said, I do seem to wear out the right one about three times as often as the left.
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My last pack of those all failed in the same place... Blown out seam on the pinky. Some of them lasted less than an hour. Harbor freight... Russian roulette of the tool world!
 
bfitz3 said:
My last pack of those all failed in the same place... Blown out seam on the pinky. Some of them lasted less than an hour. Harbor freight... Russian roulette of the tool world!
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I've had that sort of thing happen. I just get out the old needle and thread and fix it.

Anyway, what were you doing getting your pinky so involved with the work of the real fingers and thumbs?
 
I start with new all leather work gloves and duct tape twice around the fingers before hand. Yes new gloves with duct tape. They last a lot longer. The duct tape shreds and I retape. These are strictly my splitting, stacking only gloves. It works!
 
Paulywalnut said:
I start with new all leather work gloves and duct tape twice around the fingers before hand. Yes new gloves with duct tape. They last a lot longer. The duct tape shreds and I retape. These are strictly my splitting, stacking only gloves. It works!
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What kind of duct tape do you like? Doesn't it make it hard to bend your fingers?
 
ED 3000 said:
What kind of duct tape do you like? Doesn't it make it hard to bend your fingers?
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I use gorilla black tape. It is initially a bit hard to bend the fingers,but it soon breaks in from all the wood handled. I don't even notice anymore. It's purely for handling the tough splitting and stacking.
 
Paulywalnut said:
I use gorilla black tape. It is initially a bit hard to bend the fingers,but it soon breaks in from all the wood handled. I don't even notice anymore. It's purely for handling the tough splitting and stacking.
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I'm definitely giving this a try. I love the idea of keeping a pair of gloves around for a little longer.
 
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ED 3000 said:
I was skeptical, all canvas gloves, at 8 bucks a pair? Then I saw that they use the fourchette pattern. Count me in!
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I don't know if you are are being sarcastic or not...but they are a good durable glove...I have spent much more and got a lot less for my money..
 
Tar12 said:
I don't know if you are are being sarcastic or not...but they are a good durable glove...I have spent much more and got a lot less for my money..
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Yes, Tar, I was kidding, but only about the write-up by the marketing folks at the link, which is funny. Take another read if you missed it, for kicks.

I have no doubt that they are good gloves and appreciate the tip. I'll try them if I run across them.
 
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ED 3000 said:
Yes, Tar, I was kidding, but only about the write-up by the marketing folks at the link, which is funny. Take another read if you missed it, for kicks.

I have no doubt that they are good gloves and appreciate the tip. I'll try them if I run across them.
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If they realized how stupid they sound they would rethink the description! A lot of marketing hype defies logic...
 
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jaoneill said:
I find that Kinco unlined pigskin work gloves work well for me; inexpensive ($8.50 ea) in a 6 pack, wear 2x better as well as being more flexible than cowhide, and don't stiffen up after being wet. I keep one pair of the same glove in a lined version for really cold weather.

I use them for handling a few thousand bales of hay in the summer, as well 10 plus cord of wood ; I wear out 2-3 pair a year.
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We use the kinco pigskin's at work. I take home my "old" ones (we usually get a pair a year, stand up well to jet fuel and handling luggage) and they usually get me through 6- 7 bundles of slabwood a year.

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