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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: macleod on December 20, 2006, 06:13:58 pm
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what are the best gloves to buy - just to keep my hands warm & waterproof & hard wearing (gotta last at least 3 months!!) as I use a WFP... and what are the costs too!
I know this subject appears every year... sorry!
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go for the Gloves that Omnipole have, very hard wearing, totally waterproof and fur lined to boot ;)
For trad work they can be clumsy, but I truly wouldn't be without them for WFP.
The Unger Neoprene are ok for trad, and I understand the sealskinz gloves are good too.
Last year Omnipole were charging somewhere around 20 quid for the gloves, and also supply an inner too.
Money well spent in my opinion ;)
Ian
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your a gent!
onipole gloves with liners £23 squid
http://omnipole.lasius.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=20&Itemid=28
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I have had the omnipole gloves for a few weeks now and i find they are the best gloves i have ever used.
The liners that come with them are rubbish as i can't get them on my hands but there not needed anyway as they are fur lined.
Paul
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Any different to these at just over £3 ?
http://www.strauss-direct.co.uk/show/activeSITE.asp?p=%3Cfolder%20id%3D%2237039816-A2D1-4F0E-8FA8-B274824FD51E%22%20%2F%3E%3Cslot%20name%3D%22shop_content%22%3E%3Cco%20id%3D%2241573CCB-6CE5-48C1-9F5F-D39F90F75476%22%20%2F%3E%3C%2Fslot%3E%3Cat%3E%3Cmillieu%3EFA29DCC8-8153-4DAE-B3E4-BE9444084652%3C%2Fmillieu%3E%3Cpage%3E3%3C%2Fpage%3E%3C%2Fat%3E%3CRubrikID%3E5632C72E-FEEC-46BA-AA2A-61B576F36F9C%3C%2FRubrikID%3E%3CRubrikName%3ESynthetic%20Fabrics%2F%20Rubber%3C%2FRubrikName%3E&sid=34753769AE6FF8915868EF2551FFC792851EA0BD7517001
Just got some, hands warm and dry but a bit bulky to wear for long periods
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I just got myself some seal skinz, very expensive at £37.50, but they are padded and reinforced where you need them for pole work!!
Got fed up last yr with buying 3 prs of the unger gloves as they just fell apart!
The seal skinz are the mountain biking technical gloves, i've been assured that they are very hard wearing!!
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so whats the best?
1 onipole gloves with liners £23.00
2 Strauss artic winter glove £3.00
3 Sealskinz Waterproof Gloves £37.50
help!
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I have had the omnipole gloves for a few weeks now and i find they are the best gloves i have ever used.
The liners that come with them are rubbish as i can't get them on my hands but there not needed anyway as they are fur lined.
Paul
Hi Paul
what size gloves did you get
thanks
Brett
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Hi Brett
I bought the XL and im glad i did as there just right.
And bl***y warm
Paul
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Hi Brett
I bought the XL and im glad i did as there just right.
And bl***y warm
Paul
thanks mate 8) ordering some tommorrow
brett
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What's the best pair for trad then? I could only manage a half day today as I just couldn't take it anymore. Don't care about my toes, head etc, just can't handle freezing fingers!
Chris
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I had the 'frozen hands' on Tuesday - just couldn't feel them, had to go home - boo.
Went to Argos on Wednesday, bought some waterproof Neoprene 'angling gloves' £8.99. Just the job.
Worked today, even colder than Tuesday but no problems at all, its only the ladders that make my hands feel cold so i just get by with using them to do tops.
I don't know how long they'll last but they seem pretty good, they're pretty tight fitting so not too bulky and its no problem detailing at all.
The thumb and first finger have a little slot in them so you can bend them over to use your fingers when you need to - useful for getting the scraper out.
I've only used them for one day like i said, but for £8.99 i'd recommed them to anyone.
Carl :o)
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i wouldnt wear gloves when cleaning traditionally because your grip is hindered in my oppinion , and besides if you just bear the pain for the first hour your hands soon become warm.
by the way nowhere near cold enough for gloves yet anyway.
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I had the 'frozen hands' on Tuesday - just couldn't feel them, had to go home - boo.
Went to Argos on Wednesday, bought some waterproof Neoprene 'angling gloves' £8.99. Just the job.
Worked today, even colder than Tuesday but no problems at all, its only the ladders that make my hands feel cold so i just get by with using them to do tops.
I don't know how long they'll last but they seem pretty good, they're pretty tight fitting so not too bulky and its no problem detailing at all.
The thumb and first finger have a little slot in them so you can bend them over to use your fingers when you need to - useful for getting the scraper out.
I've only used them for one day like i said, but for £8.99 i'd recommed them to anyone.
Carl :o)
Tried these out a few weeks ago but only lasted me 2 weeks and they split badly, I know they state waterproof and neoprene but thats just the palm side, the backs just become soaking wet and go straight through to your hands.
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Decided to wear wooly gloves and then put my thick rubber gloves over them. It helped a bit, more importantly my index/detailing fingers weren't freezing so I could get the job done. It might help even more if the wooly are more tightly woven and the thicker finger takes a bit of getting used to, but I'd rather this than wearing gloves and putting water inside them. That doesn't appeal to me at all.
Chris
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Just bought some Sealskinz gloves, theyre brilliant! I had some of the unger neoprene ones but they just made my hands colder (think they were so tight they cut off circulation :-\ ). The Sealskinz ones are brilliant, very warm but they give my hands free movement which is great for detailing!
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Those ones from unger make my hands stink but i do have the sealskinz gloves too and they are brill..
Bazz...
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all gloves are water proof until they get wet.
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I've had a few pairs of seal skinz. They have all leaked at the the part were the fingers join the hands. Eveyone has done this even when I bought a larger pair to avoid stretching. When you use them wfp, they get freezing because the surface is like cotton or someting and stays wet. Bin bin bin.
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snap, try glacier.
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try using the thermal silk inners from any decent outdoor shop
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my son has just bought me some seal skinz gloves for xmas so i will try them out on thurs when back to work.
prior to this i used to use 2 pairs of £5 gloves, when 1 pair got wet i would put them on the dash board to dry out with the heater on and continue in this manner and it worked well for me as i always had a dry pair to hand
(excuse the pun)
jay
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onipole gloves with liners £23 squid
http://omnipole.lasius.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=20&Itemid=28
The first thing you should look for in a web site is spelling mistakes, if they can't spell then they are not bothered with the quality of their products
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Had my omnipole goves delivered a few days ago brilliant gloves, i would highly recommend them 8)
Brett
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Hi Brett
Did you get the XL.
I can see they will last a while.
Paul
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Hi Brett
Did you get the XL.
I can see they will last a while.
Paul
hi paul
yes got XL brilliant 8)
cheers
brett
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We use the glacier neoprene gloves, If you abuse them they will not last long but after a while you figure out when to use them and when to take them off, If you look after them they stay waterproof for a long time
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Try TK max,,go to the ski wear ,they do waterproof,breathable warm ski gloves,,mine were 29.99 down to 9.99,,,they are fine ,not so sure if you can swim with them though ,think ya digits might get wet then !!
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i swear by my ski gloves for wfp i used a old pair that i was going to bin a few tears in them etc they were so good i brought 3 pairs even when damp they still keep your hands warm and great for winding the hose up like another post said tk max just get the cheap ones even lidl has them some times around £7
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My omnipole gloves arrived this morning.
Fur lined beauties that they are too.
Only ordered them yesterday.