These gloves were purchased to pull thorny weeds from around our air conditioner unit outside. We purchased two pairs of XL gloves: one for me and one for my husband. Normally, gloves are tight on my husband's hands but he was happy with these and how they fit his thick fingers. I have smaller hands than him and so they were fine for me as well. We went outside to yank the weeds that were entwined in the cage around the air compressor for the air conditioner. The gloves bent easily as i gripped the weeds and pulled. The thick plastic grooves on the outside of the leather gloves made it easy to bend my fingers like normal. Even though some of the weeds were from a prickly vine, I did not feel any through my new gloves. These vine thorns break off in the skin, and so it was very important to NOT let them through the gloves. The gloves worked GREAT for this! The extra length for the cuff of the gloves helped since I did not have long sleeves on. We live in FLORIDA and so long sleeves are very rare for us. I give these 5 stars for thickness, softness, bendability, and value.
