Angus
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When it comes to using any chemical, I always make sure to protect my skin/eyes/lungs from prolonged exposure. Wearing gloves also helps to minimize the amount of hand washing/ scrubbing I need to do at the end of the day. And because of that, I’m always on the lookout for the perfect pair of disposable gloves. And I think I’ve finally found them: Gloveworks’ HD Orange Nitrile Powder Free Industrial Gloves.
For the last year, I’ve been using Gloveworks’ HD gloves for all sorts of detailing/yardwork/homeowner projects and I can honestly say these are hands down the best gloves I’ve ever used. In fact, if you look closely at any of my 2016 detailing pictures you’ll see these orange gloves making appearances over and over again.
What makes these gloves so great? To start with they’re super tough at 8 mils thick! The most annoying thing about thinner disposable gloves is when they tear or puncture. I get so annoyed when a glove tears when I’m first putting them on OR mid-way through a project. It’s a waste of time, money, and potentially exposes your skin hazardous substance. Of the last 100 gloves I’ve used, maybe 5% have torn after prolonged use. These gloves last over and over again.
What else makes these gloves great? Diamonds. Each glove has over 3,000 raised diamond bumps to help enhance your grip by providing 60% more surface (vs normal gloves) contact.
Why is this important? Take a look at this photo of traditional detailing clay I’m holding:
Notice the diamond imprints in the clay? Yup, that’s right - the diamond texture “bites” into the clay making it considerable easier to hold while wet with slippery clay lubricants. This results in less clay slipping out of your hands while trying to remove embedded surface contaminates, landing on the ground, and needing to be tossed!!
Inside the gloves, the diamonds also play another role: keeping air circulating so your hands stay drier and easier to remove.
Dexterity
Even though these are thick gloves I haven’t noticed a decreased sense of touch or sensation while wearing them. AMMEX claims these gloves have the sensitivity of a 7mil glove but the durability of a 10mil one.
Sizing
Available in M-XXL. I have normal size hand and using size xl has been perfect. However, I’ve seen others complaining about the gloves being too tight /running ½ size too small. Being 8 Mils thick doesn’t allow for too much stretching so keep this in mind if you decide to order a box. Personally, I don’t like tight fitting gloves. Lengthwise the gloves reaches just beyond the wrist - a hair longer would be nice.
Color
High-vis orange gloves are hard to miss. And if you`re working in a crowded area keeping your hands easy to spot is an undeniable benefit. These gloves also come in high-vis green too if orange isn’t your color.
Cost
AG sells these gloves in a boxes of 20 for $7.99 and 100 for $18.99. That works out to $.19 and $.39 per glove respectively. A lot of $ when there isn’t a sale going on. Are they still worth it? Well, that’s up to you to decide. But for me? Yes is it, consider how many times I can re-use a single pair of gloves the saving are there.
Cons.
There aren’t many. But this is one - the box is too big to fit into a standard wall-mounted glove dispenser:
Can you tell I had to force that box into the holder??? As a result, the gloves spill out all over the place Instead, I’ve been using an empty box from an old set of gloves and fill it with Gloveworks gloves.
Easy peasy.
So if you`re in the market for disposable gloves...
http://www.autogeek.net/orange-nitrile-gloves.html
Hope this review was helpful!
For the last year, I’ve been using Gloveworks’ HD gloves for all sorts of detailing/yardwork/homeowner projects and I can honestly say these are hands down the best gloves I’ve ever used. In fact, if you look closely at any of my 2016 detailing pictures you’ll see these orange gloves making appearances over and over again.
What makes these gloves so great? To start with they’re super tough at 8 mils thick! The most annoying thing about thinner disposable gloves is when they tear or puncture. I get so annoyed when a glove tears when I’m first putting them on OR mid-way through a project. It’s a waste of time, money, and potentially exposes your skin hazardous substance. Of the last 100 gloves I’ve used, maybe 5% have torn after prolonged use. These gloves last over and over again.
What else makes these gloves great? Diamonds. Each glove has over 3,000 raised diamond bumps to help enhance your grip by providing 60% more surface (vs normal gloves) contact.
Why is this important? Take a look at this photo of traditional detailing clay I’m holding:
Notice the diamond imprints in the clay? Yup, that’s right - the diamond texture “bites” into the clay making it considerable easier to hold while wet with slippery clay lubricants. This results in less clay slipping out of your hands while trying to remove embedded surface contaminates, landing on the ground, and needing to be tossed!!
Inside the gloves, the diamonds also play another role: keeping air circulating so your hands stay drier and easier to remove.
Dexterity
Even though these are thick gloves I haven’t noticed a decreased sense of touch or sensation while wearing them. AMMEX claims these gloves have the sensitivity of a 7mil glove but the durability of a 10mil one.
Sizing
Available in M-XXL. I have normal size hand and using size xl has been perfect. However, I’ve seen others complaining about the gloves being too tight /running ½ size too small. Being 8 Mils thick doesn’t allow for too much stretching so keep this in mind if you decide to order a box. Personally, I don’t like tight fitting gloves. Lengthwise the gloves reaches just beyond the wrist - a hair longer would be nice.
Color
High-vis orange gloves are hard to miss. And if you`re working in a crowded area keeping your hands easy to spot is an undeniable benefit. These gloves also come in high-vis green too if orange isn’t your color.
Cost
AG sells these gloves in a boxes of 20 for $7.99 and 100 for $18.99. That works out to $.19 and $.39 per glove respectively. A lot of $ when there isn’t a sale going on. Are they still worth it? Well, that’s up to you to decide. But for me? Yes is it, consider how many times I can re-use a single pair of gloves the saving are there.
Cons.
There aren’t many. But this is one - the box is too big to fit into a standard wall-mounted glove dispenser:
Can you tell I had to force that box into the holder??? As a result, the gloves spill out all over the place Instead, I’ve been using an empty box from an old set of gloves and fill it with Gloveworks gloves.
Easy peasy.
So if you`re in the market for disposable gloves...
http://www.autogeek.net/orange-nitrile-gloves.html
Hope this review was helpful!
rops: I am that confident in your findings that I will be checking to see if I can find these gloves down here in NZ. I wont hold my breath but ya never know. 
