ANDANDA Level 5 Cut Resistant Gloves, Comfort Stretch Fit, Impact Resistant, Safety Gloves Cut Resistant with Nitrile Frosted Coating and TPR for Oil and Gas, Construction, Mining, Machinery, 1 Pair

The Andanda Level 5 L (size 9) work gloves meet the description and are comfortable tough mechanics gloves with protection against inadvertent knuckle knocks against sharp or hot surfaces.Hands don’t get too cold, or too hot or sweaty, and without any bulky seams fingers remain comfortable and blister-free.With their armoured backing these gloves feel bulky, and stiff, and not so nimble, and it might melt awkwardly, but they are still grippy, inspiring confidence in materials handling in awkward places.They are not the ultimate toughest gloves by any means, but as the right tool for a particular job they are well executed, much in the same way as one should always select the correct screwdriver to fit a screw.I would not use these for gardening, they don’t keep out my pyracantha and rose prickles, but then I use the correct thick leather gloves for thorns. And I would not use those clumsy leather gloves for picking up sheets of metal or glass or working around a hot engine.

I use these for foot-trimming goats, who're generally not very happy, especially when young, to have their feet held up. It's the back of my thumb that gets cut, and most protective gloves don't cover that area, or the protection simply rips through after 1 catch. These have now had many hits, and while the protection is wearing down, it's not gone yet.However, these are not comfortable gloves to wear. These are big chunks of rubber (or whatever) stuck onto the back of the gove to provide protection. That means that when you close your fist, any joints are rubbed on the back of the glove.I'm not sure that this could be improved in this style of glove while keeping the protection. It depends what you need. A bit of discomfort is far better than opening up my thumb yet again....

Dear Nikki H (my answering as the original questioner about why the size wasn't stated "what size are they (7, 8, 9, say)? How on earth do you expect to sell gloves without letting us know what size they are?" because Amazon prevents me from replying to my own question),You're quite right. The size (9) is stated in the description. And you're also right that they're large.However, in my defence, I think I may remain self-righteously exasperated just a little longer, as the total number of words in the description of the product is nearly 3,000 (including all of Amazon's usual product placement spam). I don't have time to peruse all of that when I'm buying a £13 pair of gloves. I'd like to know in the first 10 to 100 words what size they are, so I know whether they're any use to me in particular (my being the customer and all i.e. the person who's going to pay for them and wear them ...).So, here's what happened: I liked the description, so I bought the gloves anyway. They were delivered. They were way too large. So, now I have to return them. Everyone involved loses out due to a description written by someone (or, perhaps, something! I'm looking at you, AI chatbots!) who hasn't put themselves in the customer's shoes.

So a glove is ideal when you actually use your hand. This would protect you from small impacts, no doubt, but the trade off of having safety gloves is loss of dexterity, and that is known. However, here, the loss of dexterity is amplified by the loss of all use of finger flexion! You will increase your risk of self injury, you will drop things, and your skin will hate your for it. The dorsal finger protection is very thick, and the slices in it don't allow enough stretch. The palmar rubber is not flexible, and it rolls up on itself to allow you to bend you fingers. You won't enjoy using these.

These ANDANDA safety work gloves are recommended for “logistics and warehouses, assembly, MRO maintenance, finishing and inspection, construction,” but I can highly recommend them for another more leisurely pursuit: gardening. I have recently taken over a rather overgrown (to say the least) allotment. Faced with the task of clearing the site of rubbish, glass, rubble and bramble, I decided that a pair of gloves that would offer me industrial strength protection for my hands would be essential. I don’t wear leather, so the usual leather rose gloves were not an option. I tried a fairly pricey pair of synthetic rose gloves and although they were acceptable when it came to rubble and small bits of glass, the thorny stems of rampant bramble defeated them with twenty minutes or so. The Andanda gloves are made for much heavier and persistent work than gardening, so I thought they would be ideal for the allotment clearing. They are very stiff to wear at the beginning, but they softened and became more flexible in less than half an hour of work. The grip is fantastic, and the glove construction is breathable, so your hands do not get overly sweaty even after wearing them for several hours; and to date I have not had any skin reaction to the material used in the construction of the gloves—which has happened before with other gloves. Now, about the dreaded bramble: a thorn did pierce one of the fingers of the gloves, but it only penetrated the glove and lightly pricked my finger-the thorn stayed firmly wedged in the glove and did not imbed in my flesh. I’m never surprised at the ferocity of bramble thorn, but I was surprised it did mage to pierce the glove. That said, I have grabbed bramble stems and handled them quite a bit and I have only suffered slight nicks. The fear of accidently grabbing glass whilst clearing rubbish is certainly assuaged with these gloves and you can get on with your work without hesitating about what you might find buried. Great gloves and a vegan alternative to leather gardening gloves.

They are well made and would no doubt prevent an injury, especially to the top of your hands but some people might struggle to clench a fist for a long period of time. So holding a petrol strimmer handle did start to hurt after a while. Might improve when the plastic become less ridged. That aside I do feel much safer when using heavy machinery.