Drake Off Road Tools 400 Welding Gloves Lined Leather, Blue - 14"

I've had the same pair of these gloves for about 3.5 years now, using them a few times a week. They take a little breaking in, but they're the best pair of welding gloves I've ever had. I didn't have any of the fitment problems that other people have had, but I guess that's just the luck of your hand size. Like another reviewer said, they're designed to be able to flick off easily if they get too hot. Now having said that, I've only had to do that maybe twice, in hours and hours of welding and other hot work.They are VERY well insulated. Sometimes I'll get impatient and starting handling work pieces too soon, either after welding, torching, or plasma operations. I'll notice the fingers of the glove start smoking where I'm touching the metal but I can't feel anything unless I foolishly continue to hold it for another 20 seconds or so. I also use them to pull freshly cast aluminum pieces from the sand, also with no burning to my hands. I see a lot of reviews talking about using them to handle wood stove doors and such - I'm using them to handle things way hotter than that, so I imagine these would be ideal for flipping firewood and cast iron stoves.They're finally getting to the point where I'm starting to wear them out (I've been getting lazy and also using them for work gloves from time to time), and I plan to just re-order this same pair again.

Exactly what I was looking for. I was tired of constantly burning my hands putting wood in the stove. These are perfect for that job. They are large but not unwieldy. I wear a mens small but I can still pick up the wood with no problem. The length is great for protecting most of my arm as well. I have no concerns putting my gloved hands into the wood box (instead of throwing the logs in and hoping they land where I want them too) and shifting the wood as needed. I don't think they would protect for prolonged periods of touching the super hot surfaces but for the amount of time I need to load the box or adjust the wood they work great.Update: Have had these gloves just over a year now and they are still working well but I am going to order another pair because I am starting to feel some heat coming through when I touch the stove door. I will probably not use the new ones to shut the door to help them last longer. I could probably keep using them if I stopped closing the door with them since I don't have any problems just putting the wood in, but I can use them in the basement where the stove has a handle on the door. Still extremely happy with them and still recommend them for the same purpose as I bought them.

I love these gloves. I use them every weekend to move hot coals around in my smoker. I have a tailor smoker and a smaller bullet shaped family size smoker. When I need to move hot coals around in the fire or add wood chips, I put these gloves on and I have never been burnt. I have a typical bullet shaped home size smoker which you can buy at any retail store. It's the kind that has a deep bowel in the bottom for holding coals, another bowel in the middle for water, and two grates for holding food with a large dome style removable lid. While I was adding some briquettes to my fire bowel after a few hours of already smoking meat, the large bowel slid off its holding tabs and fell to one side. I was able to pickup the bowel by its 1/2 inch rim (full of hot burning coals) and squeeze it back into it's place. That took about 10 seconds. My hands did end up getting very hot but not burned. I later touched the bottom of the coal bowel to test the gloves and my hands heated up rapidly in 3-4 seconds. The smoker was running at 250F and the fire was about 350F so I was amazed that the gloves outperformed their rating and let me hold something that hot for so long. I highly recommend these to anyone.

he good: These gloves are sold at a great price from Amazon (got mine for only $11), and they do a great job of blocking heat. I use them for loading wood into my stove and handling the damper on the stovepipe, and I feel no heat whatsoever. With my regular gloves, my hands would feel like they were on fire, if there was a hot bed of coals. The material seems to be well made and durable (I will update if there are any issues with longevity). The length is also very good, providing ample protection of the wrist and lower forearm (anything longer would be unwieldy, so I'm glad I didn't buy the longer ones). So for the most part, these gloves are fantastic. However, there is...Some bad: These are only available in one size for some reason, and that size is LARGE. I would be a medium, so these gloves are way too big for me. Since I only use them when I'm loading the stove, they're fine, even though the size is not ideal. However, there is no way I would want to try welding with these, because there is too much extra finger room, limiting my mechanical dexterity. This is something to definitely keep in mind, if you're purchasing these for the purpose of welding, or will need to do some kind of work that requires good dexterity. Different sizes should be available! Also, the color is nowhere near what they manufacturer posted for a photo. This isn't a huge deal, so long as you don't mind bright, royal blue gloves, but this product inaccuracy is frustrating. Finally, these gloves are made in China, which I feel is deceptive, since the company goes by the name of "U.S. Forge". They further hide their origin by printing this nugget of information on a tiny tag way up inside of the glove... it wasn't easy to find or read (this is also where the size is revealed). This information is not printed anywhere on the big piece of cardboard that keeps the gloves attached, although they did find the time to print "U.S. Forge" all over it in huge text.

Really a great pair of gloves and at the price I got them at... well I should have gotten several pairs Lol. Have worn them for a while now, stick welding, and theyre great. Ive set them on fire a couple times, Lol, but theyre still great! Very durable and pretty comfortable. Definitely great for stick welding but maybe overkill for anything else. Definitely recommend them and would buy again.

Ya tenía un par y ahora que volvieron a estar a buen precio adquirí el segundo. He probado varios guantes para asar carne y se acaban quemando o son incómodos, pero estos guantes aguantan altas temperaturas y todavía te permiten maniobrar los utensilios de manera adecuada. Mi única queja es el color, que los preferiría negros, pero fuera de eso estoy muy contento con ellos. Como referencia, uso guantes para lavar trastes talla "L" y estos me quedan perfecto, así que si tienen mano más pequeña tal vez les queden grandes.

Saw recommendations to use these as oven gloves. Used them to take out a tray from a 230 degree celcius oven and almost immediately dropped the tray. Heat went through the gloves easily. My silicon oven gloves performed better. Disappointed.

Love the gloves. great heat resistance. nice long gauntlets too.

Excelentes! Los compré para usarlos en el asador. Mucho más resistentes y fáciles de limpiar que los que venden para eso. Aparte, dependiendo de la marca, mucho más baratos.