Not cheap but absolutely faultless. Extremely soft and comfy, and thin enough to do delicate work. Even my battered 5yr old pair are impervious to any thorns - inc pyracantha. I can't rate them highly enough
OH spent ages looking for something to replace some gloves he used which came from B&Q sometime before the ark. He ended up buying a pair of steel-reinforced gauntlets which are designed for people collecting litter who might come across syringes. They're incredibly expensive normally but he found some cheap on Ebay.
Personally, like Lyn, I don't like wearing heavy gloves so just try to avoid handling brambles etc. too much when eliminating.
I just wait until my washing up gloves have a pin prick hole then out for gardening. I told you know one would believe me, they didn’t when I mentioned it before on here years ago! 😀🤲
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Thanks all - with the rave review for the Tough Touch deerskin gloves, I ought to have a look at them - anyone know any bricks & mortar stockists as I'd like to try them on for size? Nottingham-based if that helps / hinders.
i have a LOT of bramble experience. and can tell you with certainty that a really cheap pair of leather (ish) 'riggers gloves' from Wilkos is absolutely fine for this, and cost £1 or £2 or whatever insignificant amount.....i consider gloves to be buy cheap buy several......other opinions vary but i cannot see any value in paying £30 or whatever for the expensive looking ones in the garden centres when they will be caked in mud from all-year gardening.
Yes, I think in summary of everyone's posts, you either go all out and go for
riggers' or gauntlets (cheap or otherwise) and smash through the brambles (presumably having to take the riggers off and put some other gloves on to untie the canes from the wires) or
buy gloves specifically designed for gardening which can then be used around the garden throughout the year
or take Lyn's view re the washing-up gloves!
The gloves that seem to do it all are those deerskin ones, but it's then a question of bang per buck - if they last 5 years (I think Pete8 said his were at least 5 years old), then it's £3 per year more than buying cheap ones every year. I guess I can afford 25p per month extra, not everyone can.
Having mulled it over, I might just get rid of the brambles altogether!
5 yrs old on 30th June according to Amazon and still as effective as when I bought them. Albeit they look a bit tatty - I reckon another 2 yrs at least. When you wear them and realize how comparatively thin they yet no thorn or prickle has penetrated mine. You see deer whizzing through woods with brambles and other sharp bits and they probably don't even notice them. I've used them for masses of brambles and 3 big pyracanthas. As well as the usual rose pruning etc You wont regret it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I'm with the "Welders' Gauntlet" brigade - 'cos Dad was a Craftsman Welder by trade for NCB & CEGB (until taking up gardening fulltime at age 65) - so I acquired some of his 'spares' for my gardening/ barbequeing & brazier-tending activities!! [Zero damage to both self & gloves after 20 years!! There's value, eh??].
I've used them for masses of brambles and 3 big pyracanthas. As well as the usual rose pruning etc
Can you wrap a bramble stem around your hands and give it a good yank? That's what I find myself doing, and the welder's gauntlets work just fine for that. I'm assuming that Lyn's "Marigolds" wouldn't work in that situation. But do the deerskins???
I just use those fabric gloves with rubber/plastic adhered to the palms. And I handle a lot of brambles. When they get a few holes and rips (which sadly happens quite quickly sometimes), I get splinters. But my tip for brambles is to cut and leave. When they are dried out and dead (about a month later), pull them down with a rake, and jump up and down on them.
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Personally, like Lyn, I don't like wearing heavy gloves so just try to avoid handling brambles etc. too much when eliminating.
I told you know one would believe me, they didn’t when I mentioned it before on here years ago! 😀🤲
- riggers' or gauntlets (cheap or otherwise) and smash through the brambles (presumably having to take the riggers off and put some other gloves on to untie the canes from the wires) or
- buy gloves specifically designed for gardening which can then be used around the garden throughout the year
- or take Lyn's view re the washing-up gloves!
The gloves that seem to do it all are those deerskin ones, but it's then a question of bang per buck - if they last 5 years (I think Pete8 said his were at least 5 years old), then it's £3 per year more than buying cheap ones every year. I guess I can afford 25p per month extra, not everyone can.Having mulled it over, I might just get rid of the brambles altogether!
When you wear them and realize how comparatively thin they yet no thorn or prickle has penetrated mine. You see deer whizzing through woods with brambles and other sharp bits and they probably don't even notice them.
I've used them for masses of brambles and 3 big pyracanthas. As well as the usual rose pruning etc
You wont regret it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.