What gloves to buy?

I used to run the fingers out of about 3 pair of HD / Mechanix type gloves each year, untill I found Stihl's Proscaper series. Ive had the same pair for two years now.

 

I went to Amazon last night and ordered a pair of medium,Therma-Fit and a pair of the Atlas Fit 300, to try out , cost me 5 bucks each , if I like em I will order a 12 pack for $30

 

I got a dozen a month ago, were on sale a the local hardware store.
Like them, ok warmth when working with hands, not when shoveling or driving atv.

They wear out in the right hand glove fingers first for me, I need to hook up with a lefty. LOL
wore out the right glove getting /handling 8 cord of rounds.

Got a new pair when started splitting/stacking, still good, been using them since I started splitting,
left glove showing signs of more wear, but not worn thru yet. (right hand on the splitter lever )

 

The last pair of gloves I wore a hole in didn't make it through to cords

 

I'm usually handling green birch.
When working at the PA lumber yard shoveling boards,
I found the dry rough cut hickory to wear out glove the worst.

I bet your hard woods are tougher on gloves, especially if it's dry

 

Using those rubber dipped gloves, I would go through a pair every 2-3 days or so working on a tree crew. And those were cheap bulk gloves, I'd like to get some atlas gloves and see how long they last

 

I wear out the keft first, and I'm right handed.

 

8 cord of wood Spit & stacked :
They outlast leather gloves for my type of wood processing.
Last split, gloves almost done, finished stacking the last cord with them, the to the trash.

 

Look like they held up well other than that hole. With the cheap ones I've used, the rubber would separate from the fabric

 

They last me a couple months usually and I stack close to 10 cords a week.

 

My 15 yo son surprised me with a pair of Stihl gloves as he always heard me complaining about how fast all the others seemed to wear out.
I NEVER in my life would spend near $30 dollars on firewooding gloves but they are like their chainsaws
and after 6 months of heavy work not a single stitch out of line. I went and purchased a pair for him! The newer ones have rubber
protective ribs on the back of em' now. Curious to see how long they go before they get the duct tape repairs!

 

I have had the gloves I ordered for a while ,medium,Therma-Fit and a pair of the Atlas Fit 300, I haven't had them long enough to know how long they will last but , the medium size fits me good , they are comfortable and seem to be thicker than other gloves I have seem of the same type.
I like em I will buy more when I need them

 

I have tried a lot of leather gloves over the years; and if you did want to stick with leather, I can't speak more highly of the 1414 or 1400 Tillman Driver gloves. The 1414 is a little nicer glove that can be had for around $7 a pair and the 1400 is made of the same material on the palm side but is about $4 a pair. They are cheap, fit well, and last longer than any leather glove I can think of having owned.

 

I switched from the hd mechanics style gloves to these this year.

$10 a pair, same as the depot gloves, but much more durable. They also have much warmer material in between the fingers. That and the durability are so much better than the depot glove.

Here are the depot gloves for reference.