Cestus 3204, Firefighter Rescue Extrication Gloves, 608°F Heat Resistant Silicone Palm, Heavy Duty Impact Gloves for Men

I like the glove. A bit stuff in the fingers but does what I need it do.

Great product

So I thought cheap might be good enough. My bad. I wanted heat protection using a torch to melt silver in a ceramic melt dish. The radiant heat from the torch and ceramic bowl were far beyond the rating of this glove design. It’s probably good for taking a cookie sheet out of a hot oven or moving a hot pot.The silicone finger covering instantly melted when I touched the hot ceramic dish. Turns out the dish was around 1200 degrees. For the right purpose these are probably good gloves.Size runs small. Even X-large is very tight on my hands. The measurement chart indicated large would be the right size.

These are some impressive protective gloves....The CESTUS "Extrication Gloves" (a designation which comes off a bit hyperbolic, until you think about it) are designed to protect your hands from heat, cold (logically, if you are insulated for one, you are covered for the other extreme) ...AND impact & abrasion.The thick protective ridges on the backs of the fingers and hand surface are excellent for safeguarding your hands.The silicone palm pads resist heat (and cold), while providing a fine-ridged for gripping enhancement.But you can get all that from the advert blurbage.I was interested in these for several purposes;Heat Protection: We burn A LOT of firewood in our fireplace throughout the Winter.On occasion; logs need to be handled....BURNING logs. I have quick-hustled HOT logs to get them back where they belong many a time--and done it with common 'work gloves' made of leather. (Not good!)Cold Protection: We have a large chest freezer wherein everything from steaks to turkeys reside as solid ice-cold lumps until we need them. Personal Confession: I have always hated handling ice-cold items with my hands!Firewood Handling : Just thinking about handling ice-cold stuff made me want to go back to firewood!Seriously; I have to handle split oak and other woods to get them into that fireplace. They have to be handled, stacked, and then picked and carried into the house--and what do you find with that wood:SPLINTERS!All of these situations were in my mind when I saw these gloves.....Thus far; they are covering each eventuality nicely.However; I have not yet handled a wayward burning log, and that is the use that has me most concerned about how well these manage that and remain unscathed. Now of course, I am not going to purposely go out of my way to grab a burning piece of firewood --but I have no doubt the situation will arise.When it does; I will update accordingly.I have reviewed a pair of CESTUS brand gloves before, and they fully lived-up to the advert blurbage.

Full disclosure, I was given this item as part of Amazon's Vine program in exchange for an honest review, positive or negative. Having worked with my hands for 30 years as a sculptor, I have owned or currently own probably over 100 pair of gloves. I don't buy cheap gloves either, I buy high-quality gloves designed to take abuse.These are outstanding gloves and have every feature I could ever want in a pair. They are now my favorite pair of gloves I have ever owned and plan to buy several more pairs to keep one in my truck, studio, at work and the house. They have very grippy palms so the item you are holding doesn't slip. They protect you from high temperature, so they are good for picking up hot steel when I am grinding metal. The gloves are high visibility, so you and other workers can see where your hands are when moving heavy objects. They also have impact protection on the back, something that I was thrilled they had when, just a few days ago, a very heavy metal box lid fell on my hand. I hardly felt it.Yes, you will not be able to pick up a dime with these on or rebuild a computer. If you are wearing these gloves, it is because you are doing real rough and tumble work, not delicate surgery. Yes, there will be a breaking period with these. When you first get them, closing your hand into a fist over and over is a strength training workout if you don't have any grip strength. I would compare it to closing your hand inside a pair of welding gloves, except these fit much better.NOTE - Do not weld with these on. Yes you could, but welding gloves are designed so you can flick them off your hand if something happens. You can't with these because they are form fitting.

I was very disappointed with this purchase as I ordered by the size chart and the gloves are way too small . My hand (per measuring instructions) is about 9.25 inches. That falls on the lower end of the scale for Large. Given it goes from 9" to 10". Unfortunately , I can get my hand into the glove, but once in, the glove is to tight around my hand and I cannot even grasp anything. I was disappointed because they seem like pretty neat gloves, grippy with plenty of protection. Speaking of protection, I did find that the knuckle protection did not extend down quite enough to cover my knuckles. This may be a better fit on a larger size. Anything I found, was that the fingers are quite long. I find this with many gloves, and hear that complaint from friends as well. So my guess is a larger size will fit the circumference of my hand better , but then the fingers may be too long. The gloves did seem to be well made and well finished, but I have to go three stars because not matter how well made they are, It is no good unless the gloves actually fit.