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- If you spend a lot of time in the garden, you need a good pair of gardening gloves. We've poured over expert reviews to find the best ones.
- The Atlas Showa NT370 Nitrle Gloves suit most gardeners' needs and they're very affordable.
Gardening isn't for the faint of heart - pulling weeds, tilling the earth, and digging up roots is sweaty work, and it really does a number on your hands. To protect yourself from dirt, thorns, chemicals, and other irritants; you need a good pair of gardening gloves.
Although just about everyone with a yard has a cheap pair of simple cotton gloves lying around somewhere, if you spend much time in your garden, you'll quickly find that they're not up to some of gardening's messier tasks. Cotton tears easily, it gets wet, and it doesn't last that long. It's a good idea to invest in a pair of Nitrle coated gloves or better yet, a leather pair.
Nitrile is a type of synthetic rubber that's prized for being allergy safe, durable, resistant to chemicals, hard to puncture, and flexible. A lot of inexpensive gardening gloves are coated in the material.
Leather gardening gloves are more durable and expensive than Nitrle-coated gloves. Many different kinds of leather can be used, but goatskin leather is generally considered the best for gardening because it's flexible and strong. If you work with thorny bushes or more intense conditions, you'll want to splurge on leather gardening gloves instead. There are also vegan, faux leather alternatives for those who are opposed to leather products.
Here are the best gardening gloves you can buy 2019:
- Best overall: Atlas Showa NT370 Nitrle Gloves
- Best leather gloves: StoneBreaker Gardening Glove
- Best for comfort: Bionic Women's Relief Grip Gardening Gloves
- Best for rose gardening: Exemplary Gardens Rose Pruning Gloves
- Best for kids: Wells Lamont Kids Work Gloves with Safety Cuff
- Best for hand digging: Garden Genie Gloves
- Best for a snug fit: Foxglove Original Gloves
Updated on 04/19/2019 by Les Shu: Updated prices and formatting. Added additional related buying guides.
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