Skytec Amber Digit Fingerless Cut Resistant Gloves

The Skytec Amber Digit Fingerless Cut Resistant Gloves are durable work gloves with uniformly high EN388 mechanical resistance ratings. They include a fingerless design on the thumbs, index and middle fingers, making them ideal for any application that needs touch sensitivity or precise manipulation from the fingertips.

What Kind Of Protection Do These Gloves Offer?

With exceptional tear and abrasion resistance, these gloves are hard wearing for any general handling application. They also include a moderate level of cut resistance for applications in which there is some risk of encountering sharp edges and a good level of puncture resistance. Of course, since these gloves include fingerless thumbs, index and middle fingers, they cannot offer protection to these areas.

What Is the Construction of these gloves?

The body of the Skytec Amber Fingerless Gloves is machine knitted from HPPE fibres, which have been blended with other synthetic palms for excellent abrasion and tear resistance. They are Polyurethane palm-dipped, offering a high level of grip and cut resistance on the palms and fingers. These gloves also feature a fingerless design on the thumbs, index and middle fingers, which is ideal for any applications in which you need fingertip contact.

What Conditions are these gloves Appropriate for Use In?

These gloves maintain firm grip in dry and light oily conditions. This makes them appropriate for a range of automotive and assembly applications.

Features of the Skytec Amber Fingerless Gloves

In order to offer touch and dexterity alongside robust protection, these gloves feature the following:

• Level 3 cut resistance – protects hands in a range of applications involving sharps
• Open finger design – on the thumb and two forefingers allows for added fingertip dexterity, touch and precision
• Robust liner – which maintains high levels of protection against abrasion and tears
• Smart phone compatibility – due to fingerless design allows for quick access to touch screen devices on site
• Trademark Sanitized finish – has antimicrobial qualities to maintain freshness within the glove
• Elasticated wrist – ensures a firm and comfortable fit to a variety of hands
• Tricolore amber colour coding – is easily visible and helps to identify gloves quickly on sight

What Is the Tricolore Colour Coding System?

Skytec utilise a standardised colour coding system to help you select appropriate levels of cut resistance quickly and easily on site. The system is as follows:

• Red gloves: level 1 cut resistance
• Amber gloves: level 3 cut resistance
• Green gloves: level 5 cut resistance

These amber gloves are appropriate for work where you might need some cut resistance on the non-exposed areas of the hand, but cut level 5 green gloves would be more appropriate for working with blades directly.

Are These Gloves Latex Free?

These gloves use a Polyurethane palm-dip. This makes them latex free and allows those with latex allergies to wear these gloves without discomfort.

Applications of the Skytec Amber Digit Gloves

The Skytec Amber Digit Gloves are designed for applications where you need fingertip contact or dexterity. They also feature a strong grip in dry or oily conditions which opens them to a range of uses. Typical industrial applications include:

• Automotive
• Construction
• Maintenance
• Manufacturing
• Utilities

Testing of the Skytec Amber Digit Gloves

EN 388 Mechanical Risk:

Sizing of the Skytec Amber Digit Gloves

The Skytec Amber Digit Fingerless Cut Resistant Gloves are available in five sizes. Please see the table below for details.

Documentation for the Skytec Gloves

Conformity Statement	Instructions for Use

Delivery

This item will be dispatched by 1st Class 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).

However, during the Coronavirus crisis, please note that our dispatch times are extended due to unprecedented demand for our products. Please allow an additional 5 working days for dispatch of your order. 

Our team are working hard to process orders as quickly as possible. We would like to thank you for your patience and understanding during this challenging time.

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.