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  Sarah Russell October 15, 2010 at 4:24pm

  I am generally with you on this one Andy - other than when dealing with prickles, I rarely use gloves when gardening, as I prefer to be able to feel what I am working with. I do sometimes use some gardening rubber gloves that I get from Tescos, which are tougher than usual marigolds, especially when the weather is particularly wet, as it stops your hands getting quite so cold, but I generally find myself pulling them off after half an hour in frustration! Of course, this does mean that my hands and nails are generally fairly ingrained, and only look good for a couple of weeks a year during winter when I am not working... And I do have several rather manly callouses on my palms!
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  GORDON October 15, 2010 at 5:14pm

  Hi Andy
  
  I understand entirely what you are saying but in my experience having done a few jobs which are seemingly better without gloves but logically beneficial with. It is a case of perseverance and in time it just seems odd not to use gloves. A bit like not putting your seat belt on.
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  Jason Felstead October 15, 2010 at 6:32pm

  Only time i wear gloves is if im climbing or using machinery, for some reason i cant wear gloves when im weeding or handling plants, ive tried but end up throwing them off. For climbing i use the yellow sticky gloves, there not to thick for tiying Knots and they have good grip.
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  Kieran Ray October 15, 2010 at 6:40pm

  I vary rarely wear gloves. the exceptions are, when laying blocks or sharp bricks, I will wear 1 gripper glove, moving prickles and stingers then I will use either rigger gloves or the cotton with a latex palm type. I just generally don't like wearing gloves, even when we are gritting and load the gritters with a shovel i don't always wear them, as the grit still gets to your hand through the gloves.
  
  When I crushed my thumb a few years ago in the hydraulics of a skip loader i wasn't wearing gloves and apparently that saved me from lopping off the top of my thumb. So some times it is safer no to wear them!
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  Greenlawns October 15, 2010 at 6:54pm

  I wear bright orange woollen ones which have like criss crossed rubber all over them, I think its for like antishock,
  I just prefer them to any other ones, , and I can get the wife to wash them.
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  Tim Haywood October 15, 2010 at 8:04pm

  I wear nitrile-coated gloves whilst working. They give plenty of feel for weeding unlike the chunkier builders-type gloves. They're pretty cheap and washable too. There is too much cat mess about to go without.
  
  http://www.protecdirect.co.uk/Nitrile-Coated-Gloves/Matrix-F-Grip.htm
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  Richard@www.seasons-garden.co.uk October 15, 2010 at 8:20pm

  I'm considering getting a pair of these:
  
  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEALSKINZ-WATERPROOF-BREATHABLE-GLOVES-BNWTS-...
  
  I always wear gloves, got a pair to suit every job - unless laying turf which I find impossible with gloves.
  
  
  
  
  
  Paul Williams said:

  Showa gloves are great for weeding but I don't always wear them. B & Q rigger type gloves are good for machinery - I'm totaly fed up with wasting my money on anti vibration gloves. They are just so uncomfortable.
  
  I have bad circulation & need to find some water proof but warm gloves for winter if anybody has any ideas.
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care October 15, 2010 at 10:22pm

  I'll have to give them a go. I get through a pair of cheapo slab gloves every seven to ten days !
  
  Pro Gard said:

  I always wear gloves, I hate the feel of soil on my hands anyway and the risk of thorns etc, nice to be able to stop to answer the mobile or eat something and not wash hands first.
  
  I wear showa Re grips, I have about 8 pairs and rotate them washing them at the end of the week, I get about 12 months out the eight pairs.
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care October 15, 2010 at 10:24pm

  The socks are the puppies pieces. Got two pairs I use for cycling and they are spot on.
  
  Paul Williams said:

  I think they make good socks as well.
  
  Richard said:

  I'm considering getting a pair of these:
  
  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEALSKINZ-WATERPROOF-BREATHABLE-GLOVES-BNWTS-...
  
  I always wear gloves, got a pair to suit every job - unless laying turf which I find impossible with gloves.
  
  
  
  
  
  Paul Williams said:

  Showa gloves are great for weeding but I don't always wear them. B & Q rigger type gloves are good for machinery - I'm totaly fed up with wasting my money on anti vibration gloves. They are just so uncomfortable.
  
  I have bad circulation & need to find some water proof but warm gloves for winter if anybody has any ideas.
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  Geoffrey King October 16, 2010 at 8:14am

  We wear gloves all the time, so often are we dealing with nettles, brambles, berberis and the like.
  
  we like http://www.townandco.com/products/gloves/tgl103_premium-_-premium-l...
  
  or http://www.townandco.com/products/gloves/tgl105_premium-_-premium-l...
  
  we do so much weeding it is the forefinger of the glove that wears out first
  
  We prefer gloves that we can rely upon to be thorn resistant front & back as opposed to the myriad of pretend gardening gloves that are as about as effective as using 1 sheet of tissue paper