I was cleaning out the stove this weekend, sifting the ash from the coals, and after a while the coals started getting pretty hot. I decided it was long past time to stop cooking myself and get some decent gloves. I ended up spending a couple hours on line because I didn't want something made in China that was just going to end up pizzing me off before the year was out. I ended up with a pair of these bad boys from Chicago Protective Apparel: They totally rock. The CPA website is worth looking through. I knew I wanted some gloves to protect my hands, but until I looked through their information, I never really thought about all the different gloves there are for different purposes. These have an aluminized back to reflect the radiant heat that heretofore was making the back of my hands uncomfortable. They also have the leather palms designed for abrasion resistance and ideal for handling logs. I'm really stoked about them.
They are the Chicago Protective 901-ALUM. Got them on Amazon. $44. Yeah it is more than the $20 China specials at Tractor Supply that I almost bought, but these are WAY nicer. Ordered Saturday or Sunday and got them today. Now the bad news is that I got the last pair in stock. Looking like January delivery now. I saw Grainger had some for less, don't know what the shipping was but I'll guess it is just enough to bring the price to about $44.
I just get the single or three pack of welding gloves from harbor freight. If the stove is full of red coals you hands can get warm and each pair will last about 2 seasons so for the 3 pack for like $20its worth it. The first pair I have I used for welding now with a few splits in the fingers. But I can pick up a burning coaled log for several seconds to move it with the gloves and am fine. Those look way better than what I have but ad happy as I am with my HF welding gloves I will never think to spend that kind of ching on gloves.
I just slowly and gently placed a completely unnecessary log on top of an absurdly large and ridiculously hot pile of coals. Why? Because I can! I'm not sure if my wife went in to work to finish up paperwork as claimed or just because she knew how it was going to be the second I opened the box.
Nice ! I almost alway use gloves, when I don't it's a splinter or a burn to remind me to always were gloves .
I'm with clemsonfor, I get the 3 pack of welding gloves at harbor freight. They are on sale now for $9.99 for 3 pairs: http://www.harborfreight.com/3-pair-14-inch-split-cowhide-welding-gloves-488.html They last several seasons and for $3.33 a pair its tough to beat them.
+1 on the welding gloves from harbor freight for the stove they work great ,but for welding and picking up hot steel ,not so good ,I have better quality gloves for that
I use a pair of leather barbecuing gloves to reach into the stove. Almost anything is better than searing your forearm.
Those gloves have an additional tax built in. The manufacturer has to pay protection money to the local officials in Chicago to keep his business from being shut down.
I have the HF gloves too but every other year (they do last about 2 years) I grab either the hot handle of the stove or move a hot split and I find out the hard way the glove is at the end of its useful economic life. Just burned my thumb the other night when I grabbed the door latch and the glove had split at the seam, just moved on to the next pair. Is it worth getting a searing burn every other year to save a few bucks? I didn't think so when it happened.
I usually inspect mine every few weeks. Mine are pretty smooth now all the sweade has been burnt off. $9.99 is even cheaper than I thought they were!!! I think the first pair came with the welder...or maybe I bought them seperate cause their brown. They have split all up. The light cream colored pairs were given to me for christmass I think 3 years ago? And hey when done toss them into the stove and get a few btus out of them
I'm loving the extra length! Of course, once you protect all the way past the elbows, your face becomes a limiting factor and then...
I use a single silicone oven mitt. The mitt can withstand temps of up to 600 degrees! They also transfer that heat quite well Time to look for a better glove.
