Ergodyne ProFlex 9000 Anti-Vibration Gloves

★★★★★

Great for Paleontology and Workshop Projects!

I use these for paleontology scribe work and workshop related mechanical tool tasks and they do a great job. They reduce vibrations enough that I can go longer periods without starting to feel the numbing feeling from vibrations. They have held up well over time and are comfortable to wear. My dexterity is enough to do my work and I would recommend these to others doing similar work.

Verified Purchaser · March 30, · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★★

Excellent anti vibration quality

Western sizing. (Thats always nice when they fit ). Excellent vibration reduction. Im really impressed and its helping heal the damage done without them! A little bulky but thats how they do their job. Very effective and kind on the hands. Would highly recommend.

Verified Purchaser · March 24, · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★☆

THESE GLOVES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I am a senior citizen by all reasonable measures. But I still mow my own lawn, do the edging and clip the bushes. The mower and the edger are both gas powered and generate a lot of vibration as does the electric powered clipper. In the last few years I found my hands would tingle and feel numb after doing the yard work. I began to look for something that might help and came across these. I have owned them for just over a year and a half (May of 2023) so have used them through most of a growing season.As I said up front, they have made a difference. Since I started using them the tingling in my hands has dramatically improved along with the numbness. It isn’t all gone but is a great deal better than before and has made keeping the yard more pleasant. There is some wear but they still look solid with no notable fraying or splits.A friend advised me they would last much longer if I ONLY used them to dampen vibrations from tools and not as a general work glove. That is what I have done and they don’t show enough wear to matter so far. I think the design might be more prone to damage if used on whatever task comes along. It seems to me that the part that absorbs vibration wouldn’t hold up well to hard edges or sharp items. But they do what they say they will. Less vibration, less discomfort, and a few more years of doing all the yard work myself. Let’s hear it for old people power!

Verified Purchaser · January 12 · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★★

Great gloves

I have had these gloves for about three months now and I use them at work for approximately 20 hours per week. I work in the finish department of a factory where we manufacture wind turbine blades and I wear these gloves when I use a 5" pneumatic random orbital sander and a 7" pneumatic disc grinder.I was worried about these gloves severely lessening my manual dexterity and they do but not enough to affect my job performance. After a handful of times to get the feel of it, I can change out sand paper discs and grinder discs without any problems.I was also worried about the durability of the foam palms and fingers because handling abrasives with foam usually eats it up in a heartbeat. Of course, I am careful with them when I have them on but, again, this hasn't affected my performance. After three months of regular moderate use, they show little wear but I can assume that I'll probably have to get new ones in another 6 months.The vibration mitigation isn't 100% but I never expected that anyway. I would say that they reduce vibration by over 50% though. More subjectively, my hands don't fall asleep anymore when I am sleeping or using a computer. (I have carpal tunnel in both wrists and tendonitis in both elbows).I recommend these gloves and I will continue to buy them.Update: I wore these gloves for 7 months before I quit that job to start a new one where these gloves are not necessary. At the end of 7 months there is a hole at the index finger tip big enough to fit my finger through but not big enough to really affect my work. I would still buy these gloves again.

Verified Purchaser · June 21, 2 · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★★

Great for vibrating tools.

Saw a review on Amazon and bought them. They work great for lawn mowers, weed whackers, hedge trimmers, Skills Saws (reciprocating saws) that vibrate so much, small chain saws and hand drills. Size is right on. I will probably get another pain simply because by the time they wear out, the gloves will be out of production. This is a problem with many products. When you look to replace them, they are gone.

Verified Purchaser · May 6, 202 · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★☆☆

They work, but not well enough

I just ran a 6" random orbit sander for an hour with these gloves and my fingers went from feeling numb to feeling like they buzzed every time I put my fingertips together (with gloves off). Very odd sensation. It's mostly stopped now after 15 minutes but my fingers still feel odd and less sensitive than usual. They feel mostly normal after about 40 minutes.According to other reviewers these gloves are one of the best you can get but they still seem highly inadequate when you can't do a job for an hour without having to stop for another hour. I also worry about gradual cumulative damage even if you start and stop to limit the tingling. Look up "white finger syndrome" caused by prolonged vibration exposure - it's pretty serious.I found a Canadian government site that says "Anti-vibration gloves are made using a layer of viscoelastic material. Actual measurements have shown that such gloves have limited effectiveness in absorbing low-frequency vibration, the major contributor to vibration-related disorders. Therefore, they offer little protection against developing vibration-induced white finger syndrome."I've read pretty much the same thing on logger forums about chain saw use. Using ANSI/ISO certified gloves is better than doing nothing, but they don't replace the use of more expensive tools designed to vibrate less and with shock absorption incorporated into their handles. The threads also mention that holding tools a little more loosely can help, and adding soft rubber around handles of older tools can help. You could buy something like Tool Wrap ORTHEX Grip Kit, Visco Elastic Polymer Sheet but it doesn't mention having any certification as to effectiveness and it's pretty expensive. I tried using some 3/4" thick foam rubber I had laying around rubber banded over the handle of the sander and it helped significantly reduce the sensation of vibration, though it made the sander impossible to hold normally. It worked well enough to guide it when set to constant on and pressed down on a horizontal surface.I'll also mention that these gloves are bulky and majorly reduce dexterity, making small items nearly impossible to pick up (even something the thickness of an extension cord is hard to grab). I think any glove with enough padding to actually do much against vibration is going to have that problem. The black backs of the gloves are porous and keep hands cooler, but they also pick up splinters and wood dust like crazy.

Verified Purchaser · September · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★★

Great Glove for the job!

My go to glove for drilling barrier and jackhammering / chipping. Makes the vibrations significantly less.

Verified Purchaser · June 8, 20 · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★★

Great Anti-Vibration Gloves

This is my first pair of anti-vibration gloves so I didn't know what to expect. They are the bomb! During at the summer months, I cut grass and trim grass 8 hours a day on a campus. Historically, my fingers would vibrate when done working and cramp at night. I have used these gloves for 4 days straight and no more finger issues. I am ordering a pair for my uncle who chainsaws a lot and experiences same issues as me.The palm side of the glove is very thick so you can't operate your phone or work with small parts but who cares! Surprisingly cool on hot days. The mesh backside breathes well. These are worth every penny!

Verified Purchaser · May 24, 20 · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★☆

Work good

Very thick gloves. Can't use for delicate manipulation, but they work good otherwise.

Verified Purchaser · March 28, · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase

★★★★☆

Cool, but fall apart quickly

I'm a young guy (24) who does landscaping. I'm in relatively good shape, and I exercise frequently. My resting heart rate is 60-65, so I thought it was safe to think my heart (and circulation) were pretty healthy.My main tools are a Honda commercial 21" mower, and an Echo string trimmer. Occasionally I'll use low-end commercial hedge trimmers, or a chain saw. I rarely wore gloves. When I did, they were cheap split-leather ones.The mower was well balanced enough, and operated at a certain RPM, that it did not bother my hands, even for extended uses periods. The trimmer was a different story though. Even years back, I could remember that if I used the trimmer for ~30 minutes or so, my fingers would develop this weird feeling like they were still vibrating when I stopped using the tool. If I touched 2 affected finger tips together, it would have a doubly weird feeling like using your fingers to mute a ringing bell or drum cymbal. Usually this would go away within a few minutes. I would typically use the mower for 40 minutes, use the trimmer for 15 mins, rest for 30 mins, and re-start at the next job site.This past summer, I started working longer days, and doing more work at each job site. It seems that the cumulative effect of the vibration irritation added up. Suddenly, the irritation started occurring much more rapidly, and it would take longer to settle down.Then it got really bad when, not having used power tools for hours, my arms would get pins and needles if I raised them above my head for even 10 seconds.I got extremely concerned when I would wake up in the middle of the night with the worse "fallen asleep" arm I'd ever experienced. It took 5-10 mins of swinging my arm around, massaging, etc for it to subside.I quickly became paranoid of permanent nerve damage. My doctor's helpful advice was "uh...use that tool less"I decided to look up anti-vibration gloves. I bought the pair on this page. They seemed well made, and looked and felt like they would do a lot. They do make it a bit harder to grasp objects (which I think is partially the indirect goal), but did not affect me much as my machinery has larger handles.Unfortunately, these gloves did not stop me from getting vibration irritation, although I would say they lessened it considerably.Makes me wonder about people like my father, who is 53y/o, who has been doing hardwood floors his entire life. Hours upon hours of using drum sander, belt sander, buffer, and other reciprocating tools...Within a week or two, I saw the pads on the fingers and outer palm start to separate from the bottom. I can't imagine these lasting an entire season (6-7 months) in my line of work. I was always hyper-conscious of avoiding abrasive surfaces while wearing the gloves, but they have developed a look as if someone was petting brick walls while wearing them... Also, the cuffs started to fray a bit, but that is minor.I'm now on the hunt for lower vibration tools, I suppose. Must be why all the guys who own the Honda 4-stroke trimmers are older :0

Verified Purchaser · November 3 · ✓ Amazon Verified Purchase