| Reviews Summary for Midwest's Heavy Duty Gloves |
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Reviews: 6
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Average rating: 4.3/5
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MSRP: $99.95
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Description: Leather gloves with a Kevlar lining for the safety of the animal and handler.
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herpingmad
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Rating: 4/5
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May 11, 2010 20:34
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tough
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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bear in mind while reading this review that i got the HexArmor snake glove not the midwest one. these are great and very tough but you give up alot of dextarity, which is vital when handaling hots (donold Schultz has pics of gabons, mambas, stilleto snakes, king cobras and many more chowing down on the glove whith his hand in it)
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Ophidian_Delight
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Rating: 4/5
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Nov 17, 2006 16:47
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For husbandry, not handling
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I think these gloves are much better for protection while working in aggressive herp enclosures than for handling; as others have said, the gloves are not inpenetrable but they do offer better resistance than bare skin. All gloves will reduce your sensitivity and dexterity when handling, but I find that Midwest's steel staple reinforced gloves are very clumsy when it comes to safely handling any herps. I would definitely recommend that they only be used as a secondary "shield", and not as your primary handling tool when working with livestock.
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NickVenom911
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 12, 2003 12:18
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NOT FOR VENOMOUS
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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PLEASE dont use the gloves for hots. I had a western bite clean through them, I understand its fun but dont take the risk!
Otherwise Excellent for pythons and baby crocs. I ve had large retics tear into them and never scratch me!
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Bud
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Rating: 4/5
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Oct 15, 2002 06:16
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gloves good but
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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now,
The midwest gloves are great dont get me wrong but dont bet your life on them!
I have been bitten through the glove by a 5+'eastern damond back and a large 7' green mamba. This could have been fatal!
If you remove the felt lining there is no woven kevlar the felt lineing is the kevlar! no bull.
so if the glove is worn and the felt{kevlar}lining is torn the weakend area is vulnerable to a bite.
I would like to see a [real] woven kevlar lining besides the weak cheap felt type of loose kevlar
midwest uses the glove would last longer than a year that way.
bud
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crotalus_horridus
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 14, 2002 00:01
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love em
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I use midwest gloves anytime I must handle my hot herps. They'll stand up to alotta bites although I don't know of anyone who's tested them on a gaboon or a puffer but it wouldn't surprise me if they would stand up to a bite from any of the larger fanged snakes.
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karl
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 11, 2002 20:57
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midwest gloves
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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i use the midwest gloves on a daily basis. they are really thick, but i can still do water bowls and cleaning. they took a 12 foot king cobra bite no problem. i recommend these gloves to any hot keeper. i dont know if they can take a gabby bite though!!!!!!!!!!
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