chelle's blog: Best gardening gloves?

Well...these might be just that.

My criteria that had to be met to be a consideration for this lofty title were many, but these gloves seem to fulfill all of them.

Finger length is appropriate to size chosen. I'm applying pressure against a cabinet here and the glove tips are just at the ends of my fingernails.

These gloves offer a full range of flexibility.

Great flexibility is due to proper design for function. Stretchy, breathable fabric lines the sides and backs of fingers for complete bendability, while the synthetic leather palm and finger fronts and tips should provide excellent durability and a non-slip grip.

Proper placement of stretchy panels seems to be the key to a pair of cooperative and highly functional gloves. If a pair of gloves won't stretch easily across the knuckle area (where the arrows are marked), they'll soon be yanked off and tossed aside in disgust.

Due to heat build-up, glove-donning and removal inconvenience and wrist flexibility issues, I won't buy any glove that has to be fastened around the wrist, so the stretchy gathers at the base of the hand on these gloves also made them a good buy.

I've even found them to be flexible enough to handle all but the very smallest of seeds.

Ethel gloves, by Mechanix Wear, Inc. receive two thumbsup from me.

Additional note: I'd read reviews on these gloves that stated they might size a bit small, so when I ordered mine I chose the larger of the two possible sizes that I usually wear. A medium worked just fine for my short-fingered hands with medium-length nails and larger knuckles.

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