Bought these after reading all the reviews about how tough they are. I used to get full leather gloves, and my hands got hot and sweaty. I wanted something a little more breathable, but was worried about them holding up. Well, I've only been using them a month or so, but so far, so good. I have handled concrete, shingles, dirt, rocks, tools, logs, mud, you name it. They are dirty, but otherwise unscathed. For half the price of other gloves, color me impressed.
UPDATE: it's now a month and a half since my review, still going strong with no wear.
I wore these gloves when I worked in a steel mill, and they were a good, all-round style of glove for some of the heaviest duty work. They are well designed and assembled for strength and protection. I buy a pair or two every couple years since leaving the steel industry and I end up losing or loaning them to friends long before gloves wear out. They are machine washable and can be dried in the clothes drier without shrinkage. Great gloves at a fair price.
I'm a professional handi-man. I need gloves every day. I've tried them all, and these are the ones I use for every day work. They are soft and comfortable, yet very durable. Quality over the last 8 years has been excellent. Use the HEAVY gloves for the really nasty work; use the GENERAL glove for every day.
Disappointed by the sizing. I measured both hands and even got help with someone else verifying the measurements. Item was too large when it arrived but I needed work gloves by that point so just used them anyway. I am a right-handed, 5'2" female with hand diameter of 7&1/4" measured around the knuckles. The small should have fit me given the chart but the gloves are too big. The fingers are slightly too long - if I push the glove down so that my fingers are right at the bottom of the glove fingers then I have about a 1/4 - 1/2" at the tip of each; not terrible but tends to catch on things. The main problem is the hand area is way too big - I could literally stuff both hands into one glove there is that much room in the metacarpal area of the gloves. While this is probably good if you have large or thick hands, I do not so it made the gloves slide around way too much, both side to side and back and forth so that when the glove slides forward away from my wrist my fingers nearly are able to come out of the fingers of the glove. I am also small boned so the Velcro at the wrist has to be cinched way tight but I am used to that so expected it.
The gloves themselves are really nice and are exactly as described. The brand on the back of the glove is a thick rubber and protects your knuckles from abrasions and pinch points. The palm side is reinforced on the thumb and first 2 fingers which is exactly where you need extra material and protection. The same extra protection is sewn over the interior knuckles and at the heel of the hand. All the seams were sewn nice and flat inside and out with nothing jabbing into the hands while in the gloves especially when carrying heavy items. (I just hate gloves that have seams between the fingers that rub when you are working, lifting or carrying!)
I wish that these came in an XS as I think that would be perfect for me. I also wish that I could find a glove that is made for small handed people (i.e. many women) but is also a true "work glove" and not the thin ones so often made/advertised for women. This one is close but not quite It. This one is truly a "men's work glove" for larger handed individuals.
I was looking for something that I could use all day and not feel cramped or like my hands were swimming in some sweaty stinky oversized glove. The Ironclad General Utility Work glove is perfect for me. As a Heavy Equipment Operator I find myself in and out of my equipment all day. Sometimes I have to use shovels and sledge hammers and sometimes I have to do maintenance and repairs. What I like most about these gloves is that I can do everything with them on and not struggle with abilities to grab tools and things or struggle to hold on to them. The one thing I will say is I can’t always use my cell phone with them on. I guess having a screen protector hinders the ability to use my phone with them on. Other than that they are extremely comfortable and fit like a glove should fit. Thank you Ironclad!
Feature Product
- Double stitched synthetic leather reinforcements on palm, saddle and fingers
- Rubberized knuckle impact protection
- Padded inner palm with Ironclad's patented flex pattern
- Secure wrist closure
- Machine washable
Description
Large, general utility, a comfortable form fitting glove designed for a variety of tasks, machine washable/air dry, protected knuckle area reinforced palm & fingertips.
These gloves are the best! My first pair lasted over a year, and I abused them! Clearing brush, tending fire, chopping wood, you name it! The finger pads finally started to fall off and i had cut through the palm when using a grinding wheel, otherwise, they still work. I just wanted a afresh pair! I highly recommend them
I absolutely love these gloves. I work on the conversion crew at a large indoor stadium and had to replace my leather palmed gloves (Wells Lamont or similar) every year or so because the fingers would always tear apart. 7 months with these Ironclad gloves and they still look new (minus some dirt that a washing would cure).
These are some of the only gloves that I've been able to thread small nuts or bolts with, and still have a good tactile feel of what I'm doing. The TPR cuff puller is one of the best things I didn't know I needed. All of my old gloves had elastic at the cuff, and that would get stretched and destroyed from getting pulled on. The soft cloth on the back side of the thumb (Ironclad markets it as a lens wipe) makes a handy nose wipe if you've got a runny nose and you're outside driving a forklift while it's snowing......or you know, whatever it is that you do.
If I had one dislike, is the light colored palm, that is now more of a charcoal color thanks to grease, grime, and the rubber infill pellets used in athletic turf. The next pair will get washed occasionally to see if they'll come clean, but I'm torture testing this current pair to see how long they can last.
EDIT October 2018: still rocking the original pair with great results. Can tell the fingers are starting to wear, but are still holding up w/ zero holes or tears. Have had to clean them due to grease, washed in the sink with some liquid laundry detergent and a bristle brush...palms were nearly black from grime, brought back to an almost original light gray color.
I have used these gloves to do a ton of yard work and home improvement projects and they have held up admirably. They are starting to show wear in a few areas (particularly the fingertip areas), but I can't hold that against the gloves themselves. I would expect that even much more expensive gloves would be starting to fall apart after the work I've done with pouring concrete, building fences, and medium duty woodworking and construction projects around the house.
The only real flaw I notice is that they always seemed to fit a little tight in a few spots, particularly in the thumb tips (even after they were broken in). I don't have unusually large hands and I did purchase the large size, but they still felt a little too snug in those spots.
I'm very impressed with these work gloves. I was looking for a high quality and economical alternative to the Mchnx gloves for work projects. I've been using this pair for 4 months digging with a jackhammer, mixing concrete, moving yards of materials and doing construction and they are still going strong. No holes, no tears, no material failures of any kind during the long period of abuse that I have been putting them thru. Very sturdy and good materials. Difficult to operate a cell phone or pick up small objects with fingertips, but then again, that is not why I need them. I bought 3 different styles of Iron Clad in order to assess them......these General Utilities are so tough that I haven't even opened the other two yet. I will be buying more of these for sure when I need good work gloves.
This is the best inexpensive work glove that I've tried. This glove is comfortable, flexible and reasonably durable.Better gloves are available, but will probably cost a lot more than these.
My first pair of these is about 1-1/2 years old, used for brush clearing, fence repair, chainsaw work, etc., and still going strong. I even hand-washed them a couple of times, to get out the accumulated dirt and grunge. Some of the black dye washed out of that pair, but the gloves are still in good shape. I've purchased about 4 more pair since then, just to make sure that I can find a pair quickly when I need them.
Before trying this glove, I had a few pair of CLC Flex Grip Work Gloves (124M and 125M.) in this price range Those gloves are serviceable for a while, but I find that the elastic wrist band tends to get stretched completely out of shape. These Ironclad gloves are somewhat similar in fit and function, but seem to last a lot longer than the CLC gloves.
For general utility use, I am completely satisfied with this glove. On the other hand, heavier gloves would be better for working with barbed wire, so I may try a pair of the Ironclad "Heavy Duty" utility work gloves or their "Ranchworx" gloves..
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