Best caching gloves?

[+dorqie]

I really need new gloves for caching. What kid of gloves do you like best?

[+briansnat]

In the winter, mittens. In the spring and fall, windblock fleece gloves. In the summer nothing.

Edited July 11, 2011 by briansnat

[+TerraViators]

I've never given it much thought. Of course, in Dallas, the winters are mild and I just deal with it. A good idea, however. I've thought about some tough leather gloves for dealing with briars, thorns, PI and such.

[+dorqie]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

[+TerraViators]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

Or maybe some chainmaille.

[+Scubasonic]

I use the ALLAS gloves rubber on the palms and cloth mesh on the back for breathing. Work very well.... keeps the Bark dust splinters out of my skin when I'm digging in it.....for Blackberry's and thorny stuff I just use a Machete...LOL

 

Scubasonic

[+dorqie]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

Or maybe some chainmaille.

some of the prickles here would make it through. Plus, I need it to be light, and foldable into my pocket.

I'd cache in a full suit of armor if practical.

[+briansnat]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

 

In that case the cheap work/gardening gloves with the rubber palms should be sufficient. They are only about $3.

[knowschad]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

 

In that case the cheap work/gardening gloves with the rubber palms should be sufficient. They are only about $3.

 

That is what I have found best here in snow country when I have to dig through crusted snow for the cache. They don't do much to keep my hands warm, but the rubber fingertips hold up very well.

 

But, back to the OP... to avoid needles and natural stickers, I suppose you could do a lot worse than kevlar, if you have the money: http://www.blackhawk.com/catalog/kevlar-gloves,1497.htm

[+dorqie]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

 

In that case the cheap work/gardening gloves with the rubber palms should be sufficient. They are only about $3.

 

That is what I have found best here in snow country when I have to dig through crusted snow for the cache. They don't do much to keep my hands warm, but the rubber fingertips hold up very well.

 

But, back to the OP... to avoid needles and natural stickers, I suppose you could do a lot worse than kevlar, if you have the money: http://www.blackhawk.com/catalog/kevlar-gloves,1497.htm

those are not as pricey as I'd have thought... however I have a habit of losing things, so I'm not to be trusted with $50 gloves.

[knowschad]

How does $13 sound: http://www.amazon.com/10600AL-BladeX5-NitrileTech-Puncture-Resistant/dp/B003DZ02PC

[+dorqie]

How does $13 sound: http://www.amazon.com/10600AL-BladeX5-NitrileTech-Puncture-Resistant/dp/B003DZ02PC

Amazon.com wont ship to canada

[knowschad]

How does $13 sound: http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/B003DZ02PC

Amazon.com wont ship to canada

 

I'm sure they are available elsewhere. Look also at the related items shown on the page.

[MisterEFQ]

I got a pair of gardening gloves at the 99 cent store. I dont cache with out them.

[+sword fern]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

Goalie gloves...goalie as in soccer.

 

They work perfect. You wont feel a thing with the thick rubber sole on your palm, smooth thinner fabric/rubber on top of your hand. Your fingers will be padded with rubber thickness yet you wont sweat much...okay, maybe a little.

 

All to stop those darn soccer balls.

[+Viridios]

I guess it all depends on what kind of critters you have where you are. Here, we have only one venomous snake (Massassauga Rattlesnake) which lives in only very select, well defined areas so I don't need to worry about snake bites, only insects or rodent type animals. I have a pair of fabric gloves with nitrile palms for when I have to root around in rocks or blaze a trail, and they seem to suffice, though I have been contemplating something a little heavier, such as perhaps mechanics gloves or lightweight leather work gloves.

[+wimseyguy]

It's not the cold I'm worried about... it's sticking my hand in holes where there are likely to be prickles.

 

In that case the cheap work/gardening gloves with the rubber palms should be sufficient. They are only about $3.

 

That is what I have found best here in snow country when I have to dig through crusted snow for the cache. They don't do much to keep my hands warm, but the rubber fingertips hold up very well.

 

But, back to the OP... to avoid needles and natural stickers, I suppose you could do a lot worse than kevlar, if you have the money: http://www.blackhawk.com/catalog/kevlar-gloves,1497.htm

After my encounter with the copperhead a few summers ago, I got a pair of kevlar LEO pat down gloves from a geopal as a sort of gag gift. They are always in my pack, and have come in handy many times when GZ is in a holly, juniper shrub, or other prickly nasty flora. For caches in critter holes I learned already, poke it with a stick first, then look, then poke some more, then reach in.

[+Chrysalides]

But, back to the OP... to avoid needles and natural stickers, I suppose you could do a lot worse than kevlar, if you have the money: http://www.blackhawk.com/catalog/kevlar-gloves,1497.htm

$50 and they don't even give the EN 388 rating? (Which, incidentally, I learned about from a cache).

 

I have a pair of Mechanix gloves. Not sure how much protection it provides, but it is comfortable and I still have good sensitivity at the fingertips.