quality gardening/diy gloves

jcr · 23 Jul 2020 at 11:09

can anybody recommend gloves of good quality for gardening/diy. my latest pair lasted about ten hours before the fingers fell to pieces. they didnt like the heat from burning the garden waste. and most are not to good when pulling up brambles.

Andrew_McP · 23 Jul 2020 at 11:18

I use Aldi, rubber coated work gloves, which seem are a bit more robust than their gardening gloves, but heat and brambles will test any gloves to destruction unless you like wearing the clumsy, thick gauntlet type monstrosities (which do protect better; mine are from B&Q).

Looking on the Aldi website the ones they've sold recently look a little different to the ones I stocked up on last year. And of course you have to wait for them to be available again, which isn't much help now. But I'd try them again even if the style changes, I've wasted a lot of money on far worse in the past.

sovietspybob · 23 Jul 2020 at 11:29

I tend to leather work gloves for most stuff, they look like these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canadian...300618?hash=item4dae36ad0a:g:HcMAAOSw0Yxe9Jbe otherwise i like the dipped gloves you can get from the likes of Aldi too for light jobs where its mostly for keeping your hands clean or getting a bit more grip.

cheesyboy · 23 Jul 2020 at 12:10

I use some like these for handling brambles. They're great for that job. Mine were £1 from Poundland, though

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-Pair-M...902289?hash=item4b7de7fb11:g:VlcAAOSwP35fFK2z

Can't speak for their performance for garden burn-ups. Suspect they wouldn't be great.

nst68 · 23 Jul 2020 at 12:37

I use bog standard Screwfix gloves for most jobs https://www.screwfix.com/p/site-kf470-latex-gripper-gloves-red-black-large/198fr

If you're going to be doing a lot of work with roses or brambles then it's worth getting something more substantial https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LB3I...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

jcr · 23 Jul 2020 at 21:38

thanks for the recommendations guys.

NickK · 24 Jul 2020 at 17:36

+1 for the leather gauntlets. We have rambling roses that have thrones 1.5cm long. They are my goto when clearing stuff in the garage with brown spiders and false widows.

Blackjack Davy · 27 Jul 2020 at 15:03

jcr said:
can anybody recommend gloves of good quality for gardening/diy. my latest pair lasted about ten hours before the fingers fell to pieces. they didnt like the heat from burning the garden waste. and most are not to good when pulling up brambles.

Rigger type suede gloves for cheapness, all leather for quality/expense. Don't bother with fabric/dipped rubber/whatever other nonsense they come out with they're useless at anything other than decoration. Well maybe they'll keep your fingers warm in winter but thats it.