HexArmor ThornArmor 3092 Gardening and Landscaping Gloves

Brambles, thorns, refuse and nettles can shred your hands when gardening. Ensuring that the right gloves are worn when landscaping is vital for protecting hands from injury. HexArmor ThornArmor 3092 Gardening and Landscaping Gloves offer a tough and durable design with resistance against cuts and punctures caused by thorns, needles, twigs and other potentially dangerous shrubbery.

What's Included?

• 1 x Pair of Gardening Gloves

WHY ARE THESE OUR NUMBER ONE INDUSTRIAL GARDENING GLOVES?

• Three layers of SuperFabric protect against thorns, bushes and more
• Airprene cuff keeps the hands cool and prevents overheating
• Velcro cuff prevents debris from entering the gloves
• HexVent near the wrist keeps the hands nice and cool
• Reinforced index finger and little finger wrap for touching thorns
• Double stitching ensures the gloves last through winter
• Protective outer shell allows you to grip large amounts of shrubbery

Which Size Should I Choose?

The HexArmor Gardening Gloves are available in six sizes that should suit the hands of most users. Please measure the circumference of your hand around the knuckles (excluding the thumb) with your hand open and your fingers together, and the length of your hand from the tip of your middle finger to your wrist.

Where Can I Use the HexArmor ThornArmor 3092 Landscaping Gloves?

HexArmor ThornArmor 3092 Landscaping Gloves offer superb protection to the hands during gardening, handling plants and during industrial gardening tasks like landscaping, cultivation and arboriculture. Suitable environments and applications include:

• Agriculture
• Arboriculture
• Handling of Brambles
• Handling of Thorns
• Handling of Bushes
• Gardening
• Industrial Gardening
• Horticulture
• Landscaping
• Planting
• Rose pruning
• Tree Surgery
• Turfing

How Cut and Puncture Resistant Are the HexArmor Gardening 3092 Gloves?

HexArmor ThornArmor 3092 Gloves provide the highest cut resistance possible (Level F), meaning that you can use them with jagged thorns, sharp cacti and prickly roses. Reinforced stitching and three layers of SuperFabric mean that you can have faith that the HexArmor Gloves will protect your palms on all areas shown in green below. For reference, SuperFabric is the same material used in law enforcement gloves to protect the wearer's hands from needles.

What Is SuperFabric?

SuperFabric is made up of multiple layers of fabric separated by a guard that prevents needles and other sharp items from reaching the skin. SuperFabric allows the gloves to act as a barrier between your skin and needles, thorns and more.

Please note that SuperFabric is lined on the palm in the green area shown above. The uncovered area will not provide the same high level of protection against thorns.

Protection Ratings and Standard Specification

EN 388

• EN 388: 4X33F

EN 388 is a European regulation governing the sale of gloves used for safety and protection. It determines the gloves' performance when used for protection against mechanical machinery by measuring the fabric's abrasion, cut, tear and puncture resistance.

The EN 388 cut resistance test uses a single sharp implement to repeatedly pressure a glove in order to determine the amount of force required to cause visible and functional damage.

Incredible Level F Cut Resistance Rating

Level F cut resistance is the highest rating awarded under EN 388. It is only awarded to incredibly resistant safety gloves. It indicates that a garment, glove or fabric can withstand an incredible 30 newtons of downward force applied by a sharp implement.

So, What Does This Mean?

In terms we can understand, a Level F glove makes the difference between your hand being slashed, cut or punctured and the tip of the implement or piece of equipment becoming lodged in the highly cut-resistant fibres that make up your glove. Level F gloves offer serious protection that can prevent life changing injuries.

Can I Use The HexArmor Gloves to Handle Tools and Machinery?

Despite their resistance to cuts, thorns and shrubbery, the HexArmor Landscaping Gloves retain dexterity and offer an impressive level of grip. These makes the gloves well suited to handling secateurs and other gardening and landscaping equipment. You have full movement of your fingers and thumb, allowing you to grip tools without risk of dropping them.

Are The 3092 ThornArmor Gloves Comfortable?

These gloves offer superb protection against a wide range of plants and shrubbery, but working outdoors can require comfort too. The HexArmor ThornArmor Gloves feature an Airprene cuff and HexVent window that allow cooler air to circumvent the gloves, preventing overheating and reducing hand fatigue. The double stitching means the gloves are more flexible too, meaning that you aren't using energy when it comes to gripping items and handling tools.

See the ThornArmor Gloves in Action!

Watch the video below to see how the ThornArmor Gloves get on against some of the toughest thorns and cactus spines around!

Do the ThornArmor Gloves Have a Secure Fit?

The ThornArmor 3092 Work Gloves are designed to fit securely to reduce the risk of handling potentially dangerous objects. With an Airprene cuff and Velcro fastening, the gloves offer reliable protection against risks caused by hand exposure.

What Weather Can I Use the HexArmor Landscaping Gloves In?

Versatile and breathable, these gloves are well suited to all-round weather. While they aren't waterproof, they are suitable for washing, so a bit of rain shouldn't damage the performance of the gloves too much. Similarly, the gloves are breathable, making them well suited to hot, outdoor work during summer.

Can I Wash the ThornArmor Gloves?

The ThornArmor HexArmor Gloves are suitable for washing. To wash the gloves, please follow the below instructions, or click the PDF.

• For machine washing, please wash on a regular cycle using cool water without bleach
• For hand washing, please wash using semi-diluted cleaner and scrub until clean. Rinse thoroughly
• For drying, please tumble dry on a low setting, or hang to dry indoors. Do not iron.

Washing Instructions

Materials

Shell:

• 59% Nylon
• 18% PVC
• 9% Polyurethane
• 5% Cotton
• 5% Neoprene
• 2% Spandex
• 2% Polyester

Lining:

• 63% Polyester
• 37% Thermal Plastic Rubber

Please note: This product is free of silicone and latex.

Additional Documentation

• Product Information Sheet
• UKCA Declaration of Conformity Statement

Delivery

This item will be dispatched by Royal Mail, DPD courier or UPS courier.

The estimated delivery time for this item is usually 1-3 working days when ordered before 14:00, Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays).

UK Delivery Charges

Certain orders delivered to the UK are subject to a delivery charge; refer to the table below for more information. Please note that all values are listed exclusive of VAT.

What is EN 388?

You might have noticed that this product adheres to EN standard EN 388. EN standards ensure that the product you are buying meets the safety standards of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the highest standards organisation recognised by and working on behalf of the European Union. To pass any EN standard, a PPE product must undergo some of the most rigorous safety tests around.

There are many EN standards that our gloves adhere to. However, the EN standard that we’re concerned about here is EN 388. EN 388 stands for Mechanical Resistance, and informs you of your gloves' resistance to abrasion, cuts, tears and punctures.

How Do I Read the EN 388 Score?

Simply speaking, the higher the score that this product achieves, the better the product will be at resisting that hazard. Products will score between Level 0 and Level 4 for abrasion, tears and punctures, and if they weren’t tested for that hazard you will see N/A written instead of a number.

Cuts are a little different and, with the EN 388 standard rewritten in 2016, it means that gloves will either be tested to cut resistance or ISO cut resistance (sometimes called TDM cut resistance). Gloves tested to cut resistance will score between Level 0 and Level 5, and gloves tested to ISO cut resistance will achieve a score between Level A and Level F with the higher letter offering better cut protection.

Where Can I Find Out More?

This is just a brief overview of EN standard EN 388 so you know where you are standing. For further information, you can see the Introductory EN 388 Blog in our Knowledge Centre.