Box Handler Extreme Grip Work Glove (Ironclad BHG)

These are absolutely great gloves! I’ve bought 10 pairs (over 4-5 years) because they are the only gloves worth using. (Anyone that handles packages all day knows your gloves will have to be replaced.) I generally expect about 4-6 months of usage from a new pair before the sticky rubber wears off the finger tips. Order a smaller size (or two sizes); they will feel small and tight at first but they will stretch out and become comfortable. Your hands might be a touch tired because you have to actually use muscles you don’t normally use but it will certainly give a better experience. I order these in medium and every other glove I wear is either XL or Large. You want gloves like this to be tight because it does you no good if your hands are just slipping around inside; unlike most gloves you want this type of box handler glove to be almost like a second skin, a sticky second skin. They are not cut proof but they do (unofficially) provide cut resistance; I have multiple times not suffered cuts to my hands because the glove stopped the blade or sharp object. Twice I have been saved from what would have been truly significant lacerations by the gloves, go to the ER type cuts which the gloves stopped. The *only* negative I have would be that occasionally the thumb gets stitched weird and the tip is kind of turned at the wrong angle so the thumb print surface isn’t exactly ideal, one single time it was bad enough that the glove was unusable but the gloves were replaced without a problem.

Great gloves for box handling I have had my first pair for about 2 months they finally got a tear in a finger so I'm buying a new pair today. Would highly recommend for someone who moves boxes a lot, the first pair lasted for about 80,000 boxes rough estimate.

I've been using this brand of gloves for the past 19 years since I worked in a major company warehouse packing boxes. These gloves fit perfect once you know your size. Tight is good as they do break in. They don't shift around on my hands the way the cheaper gloves do (you know, the 12 pairs for $12 kind) and they feel great. The tacky surface helps a lot when handling boxes. I know these gloves seem a little pricey, but you get what you pay for and these are high-quality. The only downside is that the tacky surface does wear down too quickly for my taste, especially on the fingertips. But I continue to buy them because my job requires the handling of boxes all day long and I consider them a good investment. I don't want my wrists hurting because I can't get a grip on all the boxes I'm dealing with. And I hate the extra effort it takes to pick up a box with my fingertips when I'm wearing gloves that slip off or shift around. I guess you have to buy a pair and figure out the daily and hourly cost of the gloves vs how much they help you. For my job working in a university mailroom and shipping/receiving, a pair can last me two to four months. Let's figure, JUST FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, that they only last four weeks. At $20 per pair (that's a higher price than Amazon is selling them for right now) and a five day work week, that would be a cost of $1 per day, and if you worked 7 hours out of that day, the cost per hour would be less than 15 cents per hour. Mind you, they should last you much longer than that, but if, on the very high end of cost, they were to cost you 15 cents per hour and you loved them, wouldn't that be worth it? Nothing lasts forever, and my hands are worth a lot more than 15 cents per hour. Just sayin...

Been using these for years I can comfortably say that they are top notch. They are durable, they protect your hands, and they help grip the boxes better than having no gloves. Having tried a few alternatives I always find myself coming back to these.

I bought two Medium pairs; one in 2016 for $30 and the second in 2020 for $20, and the first pair held up decently under part-time heavy use in a facility with tons of twisted metal. However when using the second pair full-time they tended to fall apart rather quickly and easily, although this is understandable for the work involved and the price. Other observations include… Personal pros: -Stylish, easy to slip off/on and adjust and comfortable to wear even in sweltering/freezing temperatures. -Sleek and flexible like a second skin and the palm and fingertip padding provide a comfortable level of adhesion, allowing the wearer to quickly grab and launch smooth to rough objects. -The backing on the back of the hand provides adequate impact support while keeping the hand somewhat cool. Personal cons: -While placed well and with a good initial start, the fingers and palm grip quickly wore down and developed holes while working full-time, to the point where the gloves felt more like wearing thick hole-filled socks over my hands. -While the back of the hand is kept somewhat cool, the fabric easily absorbs moisture (sweat) and quickly becomes more expensive to clean and deodorize compared to the purchase price. -Wearing a nice-fitting headband (I recommend “Poshei Mens Headband”s) is far preferable to using the terry cloth sweat wipe area, which could be better used for say, adding additional impact resistance. Also with how many surfaces these gloves can make contact with it can be impossible to determine what is being transferred to the sweaty area. Overall I recommend these gloves for lighter, more staggered work as opposed to constant and uninterrupted work. They fit and grip well, are flexible and easy to adjust, and provide moderate protection but can quickly wear down and develop holes, smells and tears, and the terry cloth sweat wipe just seems redundant. Since these are labeled “Box Handler Work Gloves” I would dock them one star since they might not work as well for them long-term, in addition to the one star from the previously mentioned cons, giving them a comfortable 3/5!

Fit great and grip packages well. The only thing I didn’t realize is they aren’t touchscreen compatible

These gloves are incredible. I needed them to, shuffle through papers, handle boxes and freight, and drive a hosler. These gloves met and exceeded my expectations. With the amount of work I do an time I have worn them I did not expect them to last this long. I wear them about 7 hours non-stop 5 days a week. I have owned them for about 6 months now. There is a lot of wear showing now, including, missing grip beneath the index fingers on both hands (but heavier on the left because I use it on the steering wheel on a semi and a forklift constantly), the seams are starting to fray and give way, and there is a hole or two in the reenforced parts between the thumb and index fingers. These gloves have saved my hands many times and while they are worn now I still love them. I plan to order a new pair very soon. Pro tip: if you notice the gloves losing grip, pour some water in the palm of one and rub your hands together and they will be nice and tacky again. It still works today.

Very good gloves. Lasted me a long time. Helps me with stocking, and it's very grippy on boxes. 5/5.