MicroplaneCut Resistant Glove Keep Hands Safe in The Kitchen, One Size (Pack of 1) (Original)

I recently realised the importance of maintaining the integrity of ones fingertips when I inadvertently almost removed the tip of my left forefinger with a pair of newly sharpened secateurs. After applying pressure, I plunged the aforesaid digit into a pot of styptic powder reserved for stemming the flow of blood should I cut into the quick when trimming my dogs’ claws. My dear husband, who loves a lie in on a Sunday morning, found he had to rush his breakfast so he could take me into the local A&E. Though he is a doctor (psychiatrist) he is not good with gore so there was no point asking him to dress it. Despite being in the middle of the Covid epidemic, I was seen very quickly and my wound was treated carefully, methodically, efficiently and painlessly by a lovely guy whose name I didn’t quite catch. I was in and out in an hour! I now had a large dressing on my finger.Fortunately, I am right handed, so I was still able to wear the microplane glove on my right hand. The fingers are quite long, but I slide them down until my fingers reach the tips. I grate carrots for my salad every day and they grip really well and always use them. However, I felt unable to review them as they had never been put to the test....until a few days ago when I was grating an oddly shaped carrot. It was the vegetable equivalent of a keep fit fanatic who skips leg day at the gym: all muscles at the top and skinny below the waist. My box grater has seen quite a bit of use and perhaps is isn’t quite as sharp as it used to be so the inevitable happened - the carrot broke in the middle, the bottom bit went flying to be expertly fielded by one of my dogs patiently waiting for such an event and my gloved finger hit the grater. Despite the impact, both finger and glove remained intact. I was so impressed with how well it performed that I was sufficiently distracted to accidentally grate the same finger. Again, the glove did it’s job.So please think of the NHS and purchase this glove!

Not much use. Whilst it says it's for zesters and graters it also says "We recommend that you use this glove for all your food preparation requiring sharp tools. ... The benefit comes in the case of accidental contact with a sharp edge. It may still damage the glove, just not your hand." Well, of course the fingertips in gloves never fit tight, so when the fingertip flops about and then gets caught on a sharp edge that the finger was comfortably missing, it immediately cuts a big hole, thus rendering the glove useless for the future, since the fingertip is what needs protection in general. Therefore this seems to be slightly worse than useless - conferring a sense of protection which is largely false; it's likely to get ruined even when the sharp-edged tools are being used safely and correctly and then can never be used again. Pity, as it was a present I gave. Absolutely not a substitute for a chainmail glove, even though Amazon puts it first in the results if that's the search term you use!

When I cut myself on my mandolin I thought I better get one of these. While I was waiting for it to arrive, I thoughtperhaps I didn't need it after all and I worried about the hygiene aspects.Why bother, because I practically use it every day now. I'm chopping stuff with a much bigger knife, which means I've speeded up. The blade on my big chopping knife always frightened me, now with this on I feel I can just cut away.You still have to take great care mind you, but its sort of like wearing a seat belt and driving, the car could still kill you but at leastyou can drive a bit faster because of the belt?I also worried that I would have to wash it every time and that would mean more work. I find I can get away with cleaning it off on a damp cloth and reuse it. I would have to wash it if I were cutting up any meat, but I don't intend to use it for that. This one is strictly for the veg.I think its an expensive item, but quite well designed so I didn't mind the price too much in the end.

I was slicing away with my mandolin when I sliced the tip of my third finger, which bled profusely and didn't stop so I ended up in Casualty having it steristripped and dressed. Living alone in these situations is very stressful. I decided therefore to find a protective glove when I'm using graters/mandolins again, although I'm reluctant to right now after this accident! I haven't tried and tested it so far but it looks robust and adequate I hope at protecting ones fingers and hand from injury. My review to date is not really very helpful. I will review here again when it's been tried and tested!

I used the glove to grate some garlic and there was already a small hole after grating 3 cloves. Frankly I wouldn’t bother buying them, you could wrap Elastoplast around your finger and save yourself £13 or buy ready grated garlic, they won’t save your fingers from ending up in your dinner!