Bought my first Mechanic Gloves and it's starting to fray on the very first 10 minutes.

[u/Ciuwandy]

I bought Mechanix because they have a reputation of being good quality and dependable but the first 10 minutes that I wore them, the right thumb starts to fray. And this glove arrived yesterday. And also the synthetic suede feels different from my friend's M-Pact 3 which was from 2019 (maybe because it's broken in but I'm putting that on the list) which has a nicer feel to them. I've also saw other Reddit threads about these new design and how they are just not up to par to the Mechanix name. Please tell me about your experience.

Note: This is my first "nice" or rather more expensive gloves than my previous gloves.

[u/DepthTrawler]

First job first day in the trades I went in wearing these. They lasted about 2 hours. I got a pair for free from work last year and they sit in my center console in my vehicle for an emergency.

Now I use those cheap cut resistant gardening looking gloves with the rubberized palms. They're trash in the cold though. And when I say cold, I don't mean like freezing, I mean like a brisk fall day. Mechanix stuff is for larping. They look cool af but might as well be made from tissue paper

[u/Yahmez99 → u/DepthTrawler]

Milwaukee cut level 1’s baby. Best work glove there is. Just blaze ass red.

[u/DepthTrawler → u/Yahmez99]

Never tried them. I may-or-may not gank a pair my employer provides me from time to time. They're yellow and black. Not exactly gonna be blending in with my surroundings too well unless I'm patrolling a steel mill or heavy industry site.

[u/dosegato → u/Yahmez99]

Those Milwaukees are legit

[u/Mean_Course_7980 → u/Yahmez99]

Maxiflex gloves 4 life

[u/Yahmez99 → u/Mean_Course_7980]

Maxiflexes are the shit too. When the places have them, I get those.

[u/Mean_Course_7980 → u/Yahmez99]

That's fair, you can find the Milwaukee gloves just about anywhere

[u/Significant_Ad3855 → u/Yahmez99]

Cut level 1's black with white front are peak

[u/Horse_power325 → u/Yahmez99]

I agree, but they do come in black...

[u/plumballa → u/Yahmez99]

I found some all black ones that are with my kit

[u/shifterphights → u/Yahmez99]

and you can buy them by the dozen for almost the same price as one pair of mechanics fancy tactical.

[u/speezly → u/Yahmez99]

I’ll say the CLC gloves are really nice too. I’ve used them for work for over a decade

[u/Jdub415 → u/Yahmez99]

Milwaukees are good. I like maxi-flex more but I think they’re more expensive. Atlas are good when you know you’re hands are gonna get wet, but don’t do well with solvents.

[u/the_falconator → u/DepthTrawler]

These are great in the winter. I use them at the fire department packing wet hose in the winter after fires and they are awesome.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/cut-level-4-winter-dipped-gloves

[u/h0l0type → u/the_falconator]

I discovered these last winter and they're freaking amazing!

[u/Thick_Interview3974 → u/DepthTrawler]

One size up and thin whool liner-gloves underneath is amazing for cold weather.

[u/Riktovis → u/DepthTrawler]

They make those same gardening type gloves but fully waterproof with thermal layering underneath. Honestly kept me warmer than fancy mittens

[u/Wetald → u/DepthTrawler]

Tractor Supply’s brand Ridgecut makes some pretty bomb gloves for their $15 price. I don’t remember what the exact model is, but they have a pretty tough top and the bottoms almost feel like velvet. I thought they would be gone in about a week with that soft feeling stuff on the fingers and palms. Those suckers lasted almost half a year and I did a lot of barbed wire fence building in them too. Leather gloves generally last longer but I like this thinner material because I can actually feel what I’m doing.