Topic: Substantial Gardening Gloves Recommendation Please!

[Emagggie]

I had an expensive leather pair from Town & Country which were a good fit but less than a year and I've gone through the finger ends. Can anyone recommend a make which lasts?

[manicscousers]

we get gloves from pound shops, maggie..rubber front, smell like fish but do the job..ours last, maybe 2 years but if you paint them with fence paint, it wears off and goes sticky..but, at 1.00 per pair, we can afford to replace them  ;D
even better, we can pluck nettles and nasties like that  :)

[dtw]

I use the cheap ones meant for building work, with suede hands and cloth backs.
Great for removing brambles.
Avoid washing them, as they will harden.

[bupster]

I got all-suede things in the sale from Homebase for about four quid; at that price I don't mind them falling apart eventually. My last cheap pair gave out after a year and a half. I'm not sure there are gloves tough enough to last much longer than that given the beating they take?

[Emagggie]

I have concluded that I'm probably asking far too much of a simple gardening glove and I shall buy a batch of cheap and cheerfuls.
Thanks all.

[Lady of the Land]

In the winter I use cheap woollen ones or such like from our market. They keep my hands warm and at £1.99 a pair I feel able to use them for anything muddy etc. I take them home and wash them when needed - Have pair sitting on radiator in hall at moment ready to go down to allotment tomorrow.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I use the thick rubber things; they last me for ages.

[caroline7758]

I treated myself to a pair of Goldleaf gloves on a visit to Alnwick gardens and I have to say they are good- comfortableand durable. I've got lots of cheap pairs,too- they seem to be a favourite christmas present!

http://www.goldleaf-gloves.com/

[redimp]

Very little, even if it is expensive, copes with the corrosive abilities of winter mud so you are probably better off with cheaper ones which are replaceable - better still if they are made of materials that can be recycled - then the guilt of having to chuck them is reduced.

[Thegoodlife]

gloves ??????? ??? naa feel the dirt!