Digging gloves

tamarmole

Active member
Can anyone recommend a really solid pair of digging gloves as I seem to be going through gloves at an alarming rate of knots.
 

georgenorth

Active member
These are worth a look: https://www.safetygloves.co.uk/maxicut-oil-resistant-level-3-palm-coated-grip-gloves-34-304.html

Obviously no gloves last that long, but these seem good...
 

Pie Muncher

Member
Tell us what you currently use and what's the price?
I get a pack of 10 Blue Builders style gloves off ebay which works out under ?2.00 a pair.
Washed after every trip in the (digging) washing machine and they last 3 - 6 months.
Out 3-4 times a week.
 

Graigwen

Active member
Blimey!

People wash gloves?

And they last six months?

This is a completely new view of digging for me. I thought more than three weeks was OK.



 

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tamarmole

Active member
Pie Muncher said:
Tell us what you currently use and what's the price?
I get a pack of 10 Blue Builders style gloves off ebay which works out under ?2.00 a pair.
Washed after every trip in the (digging) washing machine and they last 3 - 6 months.
Out 3-4 times a week.

Typically I have been using the yellow ones with a rubberised diamond mesh on them.  I used to get them free from work but due to the lurgy I am not working at the moment so my source of free gloves has dried up.  I was getting about 3 to 4 digging sessions out of them. 
 

Fulk

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Blimey!

People wash gloves?

I wash mine after ordinary caving trips ? not so much because I mind them being mucky, but because they soon start to smell.
 

PeteHall

Moderator
I usually use thes:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/site-kf400-pvc-16-gauntlets-red-large/474fr

With a pair of these under:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/site-kf120-pu-palm-dip-gloves-black-large/458fr

You can remove the outer gloves for less filthy tasks like handling a drill etc. And with the two layed approach, it doesn't matter if the tough outer gloves get pretty holey.

You can also rinse the inner ones much easier and not worry about cleaning the outer gloves so much and still feel like you are wearing fresh gloves every session.

Not sure I've ever got 6 months out of a pair, but they seem to last a lot better than me the knitted sort which go through on the knuckles within a trip or two...
 

tamarmole

Active member
Just ordered three pairs of generic, coated builders gloves at ?1.99 a pair.  That said it would still be nice to find out if there is one digging glove to rule them all.
 

A_Northerner

Active member
Huge said:
Always preferred gauntlets to thinner or knitted gloves for caving/digging but those red gauntlets (whatever make, they all seem to be the same) are a terrible fit, the fingers are way too short! I use these, seem really good -

https://www.screwfix.com/p/showa-660-chemical-hazard-gauntlets-blue-large/84543

Those gloves last approximately 0.5 dry abseils, or a trip's worth of abseils on wet rope. I'd recommend them for digging but not if your dig is down several pitches!
 

Goydenman

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A_Northerner said:
Huge said:
Always preferred gauntlets to thinner or knitted gloves for caving/digging but those red gauntlets (whatever make, they all seem to be the same) are a terrible fit, the fingers are way too short! I use these, seem really good -

https://www.screwfix.com/p/showa-660-chemical-hazard-gauntlets-blue-large/84543

Those gloves last approximately 0.5 dry abseils, or a trip's worth of abseils on wet rope. I'd recommend them for digging but not if your dig is down several pitches!

I use these too ??..find them good for digging
 

Rob

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I use Showa Thermo gloves:
https://www.thesafetysupplycompany.co.uk/p/1061035/showa-451-thermo-latex-grip-glove---conforms-to-en388-2241-en511-010---pair---gl-sho4512.html

Good for digging and for abseiling. 10-15 trips max though, so would be interested to hear of more resistant variants that aren't too bulky
 

AR

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I tend to use Skytec Argon gloves these days - they're about a fiver a pair and I use them a lot over winter for feeding and mucking out our ponies. Once a pair's started to leak a bit they get retired and used underground. Not sure quite how much digging they'll stand before giving up.
They also do a lighter-weight type (Aria) which are rather like the ones Rob recommended, and around ?3 a pair when bought by the dozen.
 

pwhole

Well-known member
I can vouch for those - I did four months of pointing river walls over winter using them, and although they're bulkier than regular gloves, they're still pretty flexible. My only gripe was that the lining isn't bonded into the fingers, so if you're hands are slightly damp you have to be really careful taking them off or you can turn the lining inside out - and you will never, ever get it perfectly back into each fingertip again.
 

SamT

Moderator
Rob said:
I use Showa Thermo gloves:
https://www.thesafetysupplycompany.co.uk/p/1061035/showa-451-thermo-latex-grip-glove---conforms-to-en388-2241-en511-010---pair---gl-sho4512.html

Good for digging and for abseiling. 10-15 trips max though, so would be interested to hear of more resistant variants that aren't too bulky

2nd for Showa Thermos.  Seem to last reasonably long, warm, washable.  Any glove, if not made of leather, is not going to last that long if abseiling, especially on long gritty abs.  I tend to take off my right hand break rope glove, stuff it down my suit, whilst abbing, then put it back on.  Makes them last a lot longer.
 

Wardy

Active member
Nice tip Sam
Good to hear that rather than protecting your hands from gritty ropes whilst abseiling using a glove you have come up with the cunning plan to protect the gloves as hands are way more expendable.
Next time we meet I would like to shake your hand for that one, but only if there's enough left.

Sorry couldn't resist!!!!
 

Leclused

Active member
Hi,

I use TOWA or656 gloves

http://towagloves.com/products/or/or656/

They last a few months up to half year depending of what kind of digging I'm doing. When capping, rocks are sharp and the fingertips are sometimes slit open while filling bucktes. Also when using a crowbar in a circular movement in the palm of the glove  they sometimes are cut open in the palm of the hand.

I mostly have 3 pairs in use. They wash easily in the washing machine and I put them in the dryer too.

They also exists with a kevlar coating http://towagloves.com/products/or/or656-kev/  but I can't get them in my hardwarestore. :(

BR



 
Cut resistant gloves are pretty handy...
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9wBe_yIdytmUGdEQll3dGxJVms
On Page 21 of CPC's Record Jan 2016 /No 121 there is a little article which includes an outline of the standards (EN388)
 
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