Mechanix Wear: M-Pact Durahide Leather Work Gloves with Secure Fit, Work Gloves with Impact Protection and Vibration Absorption, Safety Gloves for Men (Brown, Large)

$$$ but cheaper than having your fingers reattached. I love these heavy weight gloves, they are the only thing I wear for heavy work like logging/chainsaw-ing. Fit great and offer a good level of hand protection. I have 5 levels of glove in my truck, these are the top level of impact protection and hold up to the job.

Great compression fit. Break in period was quick. They fit and perform as expecred. .

These are the best pair of gardening gloves ever, for several reasons. First, I have large (for a woman) hands and slender wrists. These have adjustable velcro-type wrist bands so they stay put on my hands. Second, they have long enough fingers to fit with a little room to spare. Third, the palms are padded enough to have a firm tool on a shovel or rake that I'm no longer getting blisters. Even though they're pricey for garden gloves, they easily outlast any other pair I've ever tried. This is my second pair...I think my old ones lasted three or four years.

I bought these as a replacement for my regular pair of mpact gloves, the grey/black ones. as the velcro had long departed and they had developed holes in the fingers. I had great expectations for these gloves as my previous pair had held up for over 2 years of near constant use and abuse. the company I work for does everything from the roof to the foundation, so I have a rather harsh work environment for these. I wear a size medium if that means anything to you.now here's the list of small things I don't like about these gloves:-the leather: it's not "leather" but it's not "pleather" either, it's somewhere inbetween regular work glove leather and that material used in the regular mpact gloves. the issue is that if it gets wet it stays wet, for like 16 hours. if you handle a water hose (ie: concrete guys) look elsewhere.-padding/material used: the D3O on the palm is nice, but it's far too thin, and doesn't extend to cover the thumb/forefinger well, where you hold most vibration inducing power tools, so it's basically useless. however it's nice to have. The knuckle padding is nice, saves me from obliterating my knuckles when my atrocious cheap ratchet decides to cam out with my entire bodyweight behind it. Your hands will get SWEATY, and fast, on top of that they're not too insulated in the winter. I find putting on a pair of surgical gloves under these works wonders for insulation. The nice little strip of microfiber(?) cloth that extends from the back of your thumb to the wrist area on the regular pair of mpact gloves is for some reason absent on these, just why? the material there is akin to that of the shell on a carhartt coat, it took me weeks to figure out that I can't wipe the sweat from my face with that part anymore.-the velcro: expect it to clock out after about 2 months. every single pair of velcro closure gloves I've ever owned has had this happen to it, I come to expect it, and haven't found a sensible way to prevent it. I just seam ripper the velcro part off and replace it with some off of a roll, it works reasonably well. the female(?) part of the velcro on the tail end looking thing eventually wears out, and you'll need to replace the gloves entirely at that point, but that doesn't usually happen till every other part of the glove is beyond repair as well. if that doesn't sound like your cup of tea, get the fastfit pair.comfort: not as comfortable as the regular mpact gloves. I don't know why, I can't exactly place it, the inside is of a far different material, it just feels rougher, and the stitching at the ends of the fingers on the inside of the gloves is rather rough/sharp, and likes to position itself to jab under your fingernailsusability: I give it a 10/10, takes some acclimation to the dexterity (or lack thereof) and the inability to reasonably use pockets with them on, but I find that a non-issue because I'm wearing pouches and a toolbelt literally 24/7.

These impact gloves are better than most medium dexterity gloves at being able to grip small objects as well as carrying wood or any work where your hands might get banged up a bit. I was a carpenter for many years when I was younger and these gloves might have worked but there would have been a problem getting nails out of the pouch because of the bulky padding on the back. Oh sure, they would have felt wonderful; warm, soft (once they break in) I always bought gloves as tight as I could stand it (I got medium in this glove) so that they would break in to fit very snuggly. I had to dig around in nail bags and pull tools out by feel, so it was hard to find gloves that were both warm and nimble enough. But if your looking for gloves to handle large metal tools or swing an axe in? these are perfect. The leather palms feels good and grips fairly well. The only thing con I could see would be the fact that the leather would not stay dry in wet sloppy conditions. And I've used gloves with the soft leather palms like these before framing houses (which is torture on gloves) and I'm pretty sure that I would have worn the finger tips through fairly quickly.. But, I wore through all gloves, no matter how tuff, and I wore them to the point that they were just rags anyway. Even worn out they helped keep from beating my hands up so bad. Go ahead and get these. well worth the price. On a different note, they would make a good cold weather tactical glove as well.

Comfortable to wear

Great fit. But I only give it 3 stars for durability. Used for less than a month and they tore inside the thumb. For reference I do underground locating for an engineering company. Not the heaviest of physical labor but it can be harsh at times. These don’t hold up well but for general use or possibly the range they’re solid.

These things stand up to use and abuse. I have used them in an industrial setting and they hold up to everything except when grinding the bendy fabric for the fingers will melt when hit with sparks. But they stand up to welding, grease, excessive use, so if you use them for anything less they will last you so much longer than they did me!