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sweetk30

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i am not a normal glove guy but in towing line of work I need to keep hands clean of grease for paper work filling out . also free of steel cable slivers . and I also haul lots of cut up scrap car's from the local fire academy school training .

I don't rely want to have super thick / bulky cheep gloves .

I tried a pair of mechanix brand gloves and I spent 30 bucks on a good beefy pair . well less than 1 month there dead / falling apart / Velcro wrist tabs wont hold anymore .

went to there web site and didn't find much help or warranty info . hell only way to contact them is call only .

so what do you guys like and use that holds up good. :dunno::popcorn:
 
No suh thing as a durable glove. I think I have tried averything out there. I don't like the ubber thick gloves when metal working. So I try to stay with thinner glove. Deer hide seems to work the best, and there seems to be different thick nesses for deer hide. I can destroy a pair in 40 hours doing metal work. The biggest issue I have is the threads burn out in the fingers. I have to mend the fingers after a couple of days.
 
Get a couple pairs of good leather gloves. They're the best for handling steel cable. The wire strands will poke right through any type of cloth glove. Get them a little big so they're easier on/ off when you have to write. Get some unlined for warmer weather and lined for the cold. And, get them in either deer or pig skin. You're bound to get them wet and cow hide gets too stiff after it dries.

I keep these in the truck for when I have to handle the winch.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbrande...loves-in-Large-5137-06/203465922?N=5yc1vZc260
 
i work at a fab shop and have tried lots of different gloves. tillman premium Tig welding gloves are by far the best for comfort and durability
 
The problem is no glove is going to last unless its thick and bulky. I can't get a month out of mechanix gloves so why bother spending that much.

Pig skins from tractor supply or even Walmart are decent for a non thick glove.
 
I have given up on finding one glove for all purposes, and have different types for different jobs.

When it comes to "mechanic" style gloves, I have found the expensive name brand ones don't last long enough to justify the price difference. I usually buy two or three pairs of the Harbor Freight brand, or the 3 for 9.99 packs at Home Depot and run them till they are dead.
 
I don't have a good answer for you. Have the same problem. Spend alot on gloves every year. If they are thin enough to have the dexterity they don't last. Thick enough to take the abuse, you can't do anything intricate at all.

I have alot of glove samples heading my way and if I find one that does it all, i'll post up.

For right now, i'm thinking a guy really needs several pairs of gloves for the different jobs.

I do a bit of everything, from tig welding to torching heavier steel and scrapping big sharp steel chunks. Some gloves i've tried will last 2-3 days before the finger stitching blows out. Some of the heavier ones, well, they'll last forever because they are so thick I can't wear them for anything really.
 
I like the soft leather tillmans for general assembly/ work. I've had a pair for a while now and they are still going strong.
 
The really cheap harbor freight ones are the way to go.

$2 or so a pair for the thicker dipped ones for big stuff.

$3 or so for the thinner black ones for more intricate stuff.
 
sweetk30 said:
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I tried a pair of mechanix brand gloves and I spent 30 bucks on a good beefy pair . well less than 1 month there dead / falling apart / Velcro wrist tabs wont hold anymore .
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Yep! Those stupid velcro straps hardly worked from day 1 on a pair I recently bought. Its a shame because I found them to be pretty decent for average work / nothing heavy but I'm stuck having to use grey tape to keep the damn things closed now! :haha:



Zane M said:
I have given up on finding one glove for all purposes, and have different types for different jobs.

When it comes to "mechanic" style gloves, I have found the expensive name brand ones don't last long enough to justify the price difference. I usually buy two or three pairs of the Harbor Freight brand, or the 3 for 9.99 packs at Home Depot and run them till they are dead.
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This is exactly what I do. There just is no good one glove for all jobs, and sometimes just throwing out the worn ones quickly is the easiest thing to do.
 
my old job (huge factory) spent $200,000+ in gloves a year. had a lot of different ones and they settled on the Truefit ones shown earlier (tillman link) they seemed to go through less of them than all the others. I personally don't wear gloves unless its a dire NEED. cant stand them and they've actually caused one of my worst hand injuries.

I keep a bottle of gojo hand cleaner around when im working because you don't need water to wash your hands for quick things. just wash em with that and towel it off.:waytogo:
 
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