If you're looking for cut resistant work gloves, here some quick tips for purchasing cut resistant gloves with so many styles and materials available. Choosing the right glove for your applications can be a challenge, let's run through the pros, cons and common applications of different glove materials.
The first is high polyethylene fiber cut resistant safety gloves, they offer excellent cut resistance and are typically medium weight and relatively flexible, they're commonly used for automotive assembly, glass handling, kitchen cutting safety, etc. I recommend this type of glove the most because it has a level 5 cut resistance protection and is really widely used.
The second is leather industrial gloves, it's highly abrasion resistant, but offer minimal cut resistance unless they're reinforced with lining. They're commonly used for lumber handling and construction applications, some leather gloves come with reinforced palms for metal stamping and steel manufacturing use. One thing to remember when it comes to leather gloves is that more material doesn’t always mean greater cut resistance.
Finally, we have stainless steel metal mesh cut resistant gloves, as you can imagine this material is highly cut and abrasion resistant, but generally not very comfortable or flexible. It's also relatively expensive. Metal mesh gloves are often used in industries like meat poultry, apparel manufacturing and fishing coverage.
When making your purchasing decisions, first don't just focus on the initial cost of the glove, factoring in how long the glove will last. A more expensive glove may actually costless in the end. If it doesn't have to be replaced as often, please also involve your employees and test and choose the gloves they will use at work. The higher the employee's support, the more likely they will continue to wear gloves during work.
Our experienced team can help suggest the level of protection required for the job, we invite you to reach out to our team with questions regarding cut.
