reviewsbymo's Full Review: Boss Mfg Company No. 8440m Atlas Med Gdn Glove
I’ve gone through lots of garden gloves. When we got our first house, I actually used old ski gloves. They were tough (I could even pull up wild strawberry bushes without getting poked!), but they were way too heavy duty for summer! (And our neighbors probably thought I was pretty weird--and/or clueless!)
I’ve tried all sorts of brands and materials since then. None were as tough as my old ski gloves. Some worked all right for a time. My biggest pet peeve is while mulching and weeding around my trees and garden beds, most gloves have a big, gaping wrist. So, small bits of mulch and dirt get inside them--not comfy. And it’s hard to get the stuff back out!
For a while I actually used vinyl dish washing gloves. They were pretty cheap, but with the recommended cotton liner underneath (for my skin), they were so bulky, they weren’t comfy at all. Without the liner, my hands sweat too much. with the liner, it was hard to grip things! I couldn’t win. Those gloves had high wrists, but once again, mulch would get inside the baggy wrists.
This is not a problem with these nitrile (non-latex), gloves! The wrists are stretchy and fitted! And the backside is made of breathable nylon, so your hands don’t sweat quite so much. These gloves are actually comfy!
The fingers and palms, the gripping surfaces, are made of nitrile--tough stuff! How tough? I’ve even fingered the needles of a Colordao blue spruce tree with these gloves on--without getting poked! (I think I actually wore them decorating the Christmas tree one year. In the winter my hands get so dry and cracked, and sometimes the only living Christmas trees that Hubby can more easily lift into and out of the house, root ball and all, are spruces. Those pointy needles hurt!)
These gloves come in two-tone purple (I got 2), pink, green, blue, or black; the nitrile part of all colors is gray.
They’re thin gloves, too. No where near as bulky as my old ski gloves, but almost as tough--and lots more comfy!
These gloves are not waterproof. Having once again misplaced our hose nozzle, I was wearing them the other day while the kids and I watered our veggie beds. Since the back is breathable, water can get in there, too.
The only way I can work in the garden is wearing gloves. I’m just not that fond of dirt and bugs and stuff. So, good gloves, these gloves, make my gardening time much more pleasant!
It pays to shop around. I got a discount for buying two pairs, but just now I found them for about half the price I paid (ouch.) My spare pair is still unused. So, these gloves last, too. They’re even washable--and pretty!
Epinions.com periodically updates pricing and product information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. You should confirm all information before relying on it.
- Add to My Yahoo!: 
- Add to Google Homepage: 
© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc.