Gloves?!?!

[Pedroski]

We use gloves like those Showa ones in SJH's post. My local hardware store does them cheap for me when I buy 20 pairs at a time (paid just under £2/pair), and they last well. Always have 2 or 3 pairs with me, and I wash them at home - straight in the machine with NO washing powder, then a tumble dry on low setting. The way to wreck them is to use washing powder and conditioner, and tumble drying on hot - it makes the coating go all sticky. They come up clean in the machine without powder. Get a couple of weeks of use out of each pair. Expensive gloves are just a waste.

I used to go without gloves but started getting white-finger through strimming and hedgecutting. Decided it's stupid to store up problems for the future - don't like the thought of being a crippled old man!

[carlos]

We use gloves like those Showa ones in SJH's post. My local hardware store does them cheap for me when I buy 20 pairs at a time (paid just under £2/pair), and they last well. Always have 2 or 3 pairs with me, and I wash them at home - straight in the machine with NO washing powder, then a tumble dry on low setting. The way to wreck them is to use washing powder and conditioner, and tumble drying on hot - it makes the coating go all sticky. They come up clean in the machine without powder. Get a couple of weeks of use out of each pair. Expensive gloves are just a waste.

I used to go without gloves but started getting white-finger through strimming and hedgecutting. Decided it's stupid to store up problems for the future - don't like the thought of being a crippled old man!

 

we use these gloves find them good for most tasks but latley we seem to get through a pair a week i know there cheap but am wondering about somthing simmilar but more durable ??

any suggestions or am i just working too hard:001_tongue:

carl

[WorcsWuss]

I always wear gloves to climb in, use the chainsaw, prune the roses and stack small bales.

I never used to bother and referred to anyone who suggested I wore them as a fairy.

However I was a bit of a tosser back then and I now use ordinary leather saw gloves on the ground and in the garden and Youngstown work gloves when I climb. They're not waterproof though so are pointless in the wet, but on dry days they're brilliant.

Don't last very long but are grippy and quite 'slim fitting' so knotwork is easy...

[Martin B Doyle]

Iv never liked climbing in gloves for many reasons.. opening biners.. getting stuck in your prussic etc.. i then thought id try these..

 

12 Pairs PWS Thermal Safety Work Gloves Winter Warm Latex Grip Builders Size New

 

they arrived next day and im more than happy with them. i now nearly always wear gloves.

 

Hope this helps.

[Martin B Doyle]

12 Pairs PWS Thermal Safety Work Gloves Winter Warm Latex Grip Builders Size New | eBay

[mistahbenn]

I use these SHOWA 451 WINTER WARM THERMO GRIP GLOVES - 9 / LARGE | eBay

 

marlow rope is too shinny and slippy when new it will wear in time.

 

What he said! The guys in Sweden gave me these to use in -23c temps, and they kept me warm! And they give a very good grip.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

12 Pairs PWS Thermal Safety Work Gloves Winter Warm Latex Grip Builders Size New | eBay

 

 

I've used them but found the latex too thick.

 

I've since bought two types from Treeworker. I can't remember how to link but look on the website and see the sticky climbers gloves at the top of the list, they're very comfy and seem to be lasting as long as one would expect.

The other pair are the type described as being unusually grippy in the wet. Seems to be true actually.