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   mallardmillwork | Aug 03, 2006 07:16pm | #1

   I was about to start a new thread asking just about the same thing. My last two pairs have been Mechanix. I'm not sure of the style, but they were like $25 at Lowes.  As far as dexterity, there great, but I wear the finger tips out pretty quick. (i.e. 2 weeks).  Ive just ended up cutting the tips off of them. I wish I could find a pair that were that comfortable, but held up better. I'm not sure I've got $50 a month in the glove budget. I've also tried another brand from HD that looked like the mechanix, but had deerskin palms instead. Not quite as dextrous, but lasted a little longer. Ayone else have any recommendations? 

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   xxPaulCPxx | Aug 03, 2006 08:26pm | #2

   Harbor Freight has Mechanix style gloves for only $12, and they hold up at least as well.Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA

   Also a CRX fanatic!

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   RippySkippy | Aug 03, 2006 09:32pm | #3

   I just bought these from Dluth Trading Co. -- <http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/sale/sale_viewall/99811.aspx?feature=Product_74> they have some with fin'er tips and some with out. The ones I've been wearing latey are with tips.This is the first pair of these types of gloves I've tried, I got tired of tossing leather gloves out after a few days. So far, I've enjoyed them, and since they're on sale, only $13 - $15 per.Rip

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   ANDYSZ2 | Aug 03, 2006 10:15pm | #4

   I like weight lifting gloves at walmart for around 6$ a pair and they have a tery cloth back for wiping my brow.

   ANDYSZ2WHY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT BEING A SOLE PROPRIETOR IS A REAL JOB?

   REMODELER/PUNCHOUT SPECIALIST

    

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   JohnSprung | Aug 04, 2006 01:38am | #5

   You might also check a specialty welding supply place. They generally have heavier duty type gloves. 

    

   -- J.S.

    

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   blue_eyed_devil | Aug 04, 2006 02:35am | #7

   I use white knit gloves with black dots. I've used them for the last 7 years or so. I pay .59 per pair and throw them out when the first hole appears.

   I can pick up a dime with them on.

   blue 

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   peteshlagor | Aug 04, 2006 02:34am | #6

   Good thread.

   I'm a freak about gloves.  Gone thru most all.

   The ones I've recently fallen in love with are $6 at Home Desperate and/or decent greenhouses - simply called garden gloves.  (Menards only seemed to carry them in gurls sizes, as well as pastels.)

   They're somewhat like the blue latex dipped cotton cheepo's, but made out of a spandex/cotton mix, somewhat tight fitting and dipped in nitrile.  Not rubber or latex - Nitrile.  Come in different colors.  Can easily pick up a dime or dial a cell phone with them.  Sweet, really sweet.

   Just finished 3 weeks of wrassling 80 lb concrete retaining wall blocks using up one pair.

   Far superior to leather gloves and I believe even the Mechanix you mention. Totally washable without shrinking or getting out of shape.  I washed mine every day for those three weeks and they still looked new, although they did get a few small holes in the finger tips.

   I'll never pizz away money on anything else (unless it's for horribly cold weather).  Best value I've found in gloves.

   Here's an overpriced example:

   http://www.cleanairgardening.com/nitrile.html

    

    

    

   
   

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   Edited 8/3/2006 7:38 pm ET by peteshlagor

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   jhausch | Aug 04, 2006 01:42pm | #18

   It's hard to tell exactly from the picture, but are these knit gloves with a rubber (or nitrile) coating only on the "palm side" (no rubber over the knit on the backs of hands or fingers? 

   Those are what I use, too.  I think less than $5/pair at Menards.  I like that the grip and "knit-fit" is so good that you don't have to apply a lot of "clamping pressure" with your digits to lift things.

   They don't last forever, but they do take a couple of washings.  My only complaint is that when it is really hot they really make my hands sweat a lot.  Feels like I'm getting "trench hand".

   http://jhausch.blogspot.comAdventures in Home BuildingAn online journal covering the preparation and construction of our new home.

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   peteshlagor | Aug 04, 2006 04:09pm | #19

   They're not knit.  These fit nice and snug due to the spandex component.  But you do make a great point about the grip.  They really grip!

   Here's a better picture:

   http://www.dahlias.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=295

   I like this Atlas brand.  For you guys worried about them being cut thru, do a google on "nitrile garden gloves" and click on the "Atlas Gloves" choice a few selections down.  They have other choices using a Kevlar based glove dipped in the nitrile that are cut proof.

    

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   PeteDraganic | Aug 04, 2006 05:39pm | #20

   I wear mittens... and I can pick up a dime too... with some effort.

   Just kidding, I don;t wear gloves too often.  Every now and then I throw on a pair for moving materials, but even that tends to be short-lived.  It is not a habit I am accustomed to.

   The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. -Albert Einstein

   http://www.peteforgovernor.com

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   zak | Aug 04, 2006 06:53pm | #21

   I usually wear those Atlas Nitrile gloves too.  They're good gloves, but in my opinion, they're not really up to tearing off a roof, or other rough work.  When I use them hard, they last less than a week.

   Then again, I bought some $15 CLC gloves from the despot a month or two ago.  They had holes in the fingers after about a week too.  I'm still using them, even though they have multiple holes in most fingers.  The atlas gloves are probably a better deal.zak

   "so it goes"

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   hfhcarp10 | Aug 04, 2006 02:59am | #8

   I've tried quite a few of the gloves out there but none can compare to the Makita gloves.  They're thick enough yet fit so well and don't impede articulation.  My test:  I can change blades on utility knife while donning the Mak gloves. 

   Strongly  recommend.

    

   regards, Carl

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   Stilletto | Aug 04, 2006 03:02am | #9

   What are you guys a bunch of doctors?   What in the world would you need gloves for? 

   I work outside in Michigan winters without gloves.  And splinters don't bother me anymore either.  What's wrong with me?  I could ask you the exact same thing.

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   peteshlagor | Aug 04, 2006 03:11am | #10

   Cause when my wife wants me to tend to her needs, she don't want it to feel like I'm using 40 grit sanding blocks.  ;>)

    

    

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   dustinf | Aug 04, 2006 03:16am | #11

   View ImageIn the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.

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   Stilletto | Aug 04, 2006 03:16am | #12

   ?????????What's wrong with me?  I could ask you the exact same thing.

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   dustinf | Aug 04, 2006 03:18am | #13

   It's not funny if I have to explain it(not that it ever really was funny).

   Click the picture.In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.

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   peteshlagor | Aug 04, 2006 06:47am | #14

   Well, this DID have the making of a good thread...

    

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   IMERC | Aug 04, 2006 06:50am | #15

   welcome to the norm....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

   WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   maddog3 | Aug 04, 2006 09:33pm | #22

   aahhh .......yuck.

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   hfhcarp10 | Aug 04, 2006 07:04am | #16

   I also work the brutal Michigan winter.  But  I don't wear gloves to protect my meat hooks, I wear 'em because they look cool!

    

   Carl

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   Stilletto | Aug 04, 2006 01:15pm | #17

   Thats a different story if you wear them to look cool.   What's wrong with me?  I could ask you the exact same thing.

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   maddog3 | Aug 04, 2006 09:50pm | #23

   just picked up my first pair of Mechanix ¯ FastFit ¯ at Fastenal this morning and they were only $11, for my wife, but I have no idea how well they wear.

   I have never tried them, besides, I am currently working maintenance in an foundry ..... and I think they would probably melt

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   JonE | Aug 04, 2006 11:36pm | #24

   I really like my original Mechanix but they tend to wear out way too fast for the price you pay.  I don't get six months out of a pair before the seams split.   I buy cheap Wells-Lamont gloves for six or eight bucks and get a few years out of a pair.

   Mechanix are great for if you are needing dexterity.  For moving materials around, or firewood and lumber mill operations (what I do in winter), the cheapies are better and much more durable.