I am as picky about the disposable nitrile gloves I use as I am about the tools in my toolbox. For some applications, ordinary off-the-shelf gloves suffice. But when dealing with harsh or hazardous chemicals, I’m definitely a name-brand glove kind of guy.
The first thing I noticed about Microflex’s MidKnight gloves is that they definitely look more bad-ass compared to ordinary run of the mill gloves. Not only do they look good, these gloves offer better-than-usual specs. The glove material is 5.5 mil thick at the fingers, and 4.7 mil thick at the palm, offering high tear resistance. At 9.6″ long (on average across the sizes?), MidKnight gloves are also a tad longer than generic branded gloves.
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Not only does the glove’s color give it a unique look, in my experience they offer improved contrast that helps small tears or rips stand out better, compared to blue, silver, or purple gloves.
You can find these gloves for $12-16 plus shipping for packs of 100, or if you go through gloves quickly, a case of 1000 will run you $120 or so.
Microflex MidKnight Gloves via Amazon
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Ty Williams
I tried the MidKnights recently. I found that, while they fit well and looked decent, they have poor puncture and tear resistance. In fact, I didn’t not find them superior to the black nitrile gloves from Harbor Freight (which are cheaper).
Since I needed a glove with better toughness than the MidKnights, I contacted MicroFlex directly. Their recommendations for working on cars are the MidKnights, the Supreno SE, and the DuraFlock. They sent me samples of all three. The MidKnights, as I said, are too easily torn or punctured. The DuraFlocks have very, very good puncture and tear resistance, but aren’t very stretchy (making them difficult to put on) and cause you to lose quite a bit of finger tip feeling. Thankfully, the Supreno SEs are just about perfect. Strong, tough, stretchy, good tactile, I’ve even had punctures that DIDN’T turn into tears, which is incredible. The downside is that they’re bright purple.
Stuart
I’ve tried the Supreno SE gloves as well, and also like them a lot, especially in the extended-cuff style. My current day-to-day gloves are Kimberly Clark standard examination gloves in purple.
I haven’t noticed that the Midknights tear easily at all, but it could be that I received a better batch or you received a worse one. Still, your experience tempts me to conduct controlled tear and puncture tests if I can find the time.
My absolute favorite disposable gloves for heavy duty work are Microflex’s latex “SafeGrip” gloves. These gloves are incredibly thick and tear resistant, but because of that feeling is greatly reduced. It’s almost like wrapping my hand in thin gasket material. But, they do feel bullet-proof.
Gil Arellano
Great gloves I always buy them at AutoZone, they have the Microflex Black Dragon gloves which are the same Microflex’s MidKnight gloves they just use a different brand to differentiate their self’s from the competitors