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Not long ago we welcomed a new glove into our product offering. Meet the Maxi-Flex Ultimate Nitrile Coated Glove by G-Tek, coveted for its fantastic abrasion resistance. Even in this technological age, a lot of folks still need to get their hands dirty. It’s best to have the right pair of gloves for these kinds of jobs and few are better than the Maxi-Flex Ultimate Nitrile Coated Glove by G-Tek. No single pair of gloves is perfectly suited for every job and it can be tough to figu …

In cold weather fishing, the hands are the first body part to suffer, and boy do they suffer. Last time I was in Northern Ontario, spring was late and by the end of the trip, my hands looked like raw hamburger. I’d have walked across Canada for a pair of Ninja Ice gloves by MCR Safety. The company makes two different models of nitrile-coated thermal-insulated gloves and both are super cheap. I have found that the best fishing supplies often do not come from a sporting goods store. T …

When we think about safety gloves, our minds tend to drift to an image of heavy-duty, drab material that although they do protect your hands, they don’t always allow you to really handle the finer things in life. The idea of having an arm and hand protector made for easily maneuvering your hands and fingers sounds almost too good to be true. Lucky for us, MCR Safety has created just the thing! The Memphis 9378T 18” knit sleeves are made of DuPont Kevlar brand fiber and are the perfect “saf …

Our Ansell Hyflex gloves are some our our most popular safety gloves. They are not only tough but flexible, offering more dexterity than your usual safety glove. I recently got a question about the sizing of these gloves: I am looking at your Ansell Hyflex 11-600 Polyurethane Coated Glove. I see that they come in many sizes, but how do I know which one is right for my hand size? For industrial gloves, including the Ansell Hyflex gloves, sizing is determined by measuring around you …

I was updating the descriptions on some of our leather drivers gloves, and I was reminded of how versatile and useful this product is. These days the majority of our glove sales are in the newer synthetic styles, such as the Ansell Hyflex and Mechanix Glove brands . These are usually a fabric shell with a coating of some sort. They are cost effective and offer many useful properties. But then you come back to leather. When I'm working around the yard or doing the DIY thing, I usually …