Mechanix Wear Glove Replacement

[ROKTOY]

Someone told me some time ago that Mechanix Wear would replace wornout gloves for free if you just sent them in. Don't see any such thing on their website.

Anyone know anything of this policy.....seems liberal to me but who knows :confused:

Jay

[steveh]

Jay, call them first, get an RMA, then you can send them in.

[MunkMaster]

what is an rma?

[NineInches]

return material authurazation

[Todd W]

I`ve got one set that's ready to be sent in, but I think it's cost effective to wait tell I wear out some more.

I`m using the Originals and they are nice because they fit your hands easy and offer some protection but they aren't that thick and mine lasted under a month...

Are any of the other versions a lot nicer :confused:

[ZJim]

I bought a set of Mpact2s that were like 30 bucks and they still wore out really fast. I wear through the finger tips of them like crazy.

[ihojeff]

Really, they will take them back? I guess I should stop throwing them away. Average time for me wearing a pair out especially if I'm fabricating a lot is two weeks. Will wear the tips right off.

[kwrangln]

I wear em all the time at work, but wont even touch em when I have to do any fabbin. Damn things just dont like heat. Pair of tig gloves is all I'll wear in the shop.

[steveh]

I gave up on them, they just wear out too fast!!

[AthlonAJ]

Quit buying them because they wore out so fast and found a deal on some snug fitting pigskin gloves for $4/pr, bought a ton of them but I'm out again. Just saw Mechanix new Fabricator gloves and would like to give them a try. Look like they're built a lot better for this type of work.
http://www.mechanix.4ursafety.com/fabricator.html

[frankenfab]

The mechanix gloves are made of synthetic leather, whatever that means. Both the palms/fingers and the backs will melt. They are expensive and wear out too fast. Wells Lamont makes identical gloves that are only $9.99 at the local ranch store.

http://www.wellslamont.com/index.tpl

http://www.wellslamont.com/glovepics/7701b.jpg

I buy the Wells Lamont deerskin gloves. They fit almost as well as mechanix gloves, do not melt, last longer, and can be washed with soap and water. If I'm doing work on something greasy, I use nitrile.

http://www.wellslamont.com/glovepics/962B.jpg


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[Todd W]

Yeah my index finger part are jsut gone and the palms region is wearing out.

I think for wrenching they are fine but any type of fabbing they just burn up.... literally.

Those fab gloves look nice but aren't $15/pair like I got the mechnix ones for..

I have a set of mechanix gloves I use for driving and they work nice for that (the jeep).

[dubbyx]

I was using mine to work on power tools and wore through 4 pair in 2 years... didn't know you could send them in though...

good thing I'm a packrat... do you have to take the electrical tape "patches" off first?

[dumblucky]

I takled to my local Autozone manger and she said she would replace the gloves for the first ninety days from purchase..so basically and many sets as yoiu could go throgu in ninety days

[AmigoTJ44]

Dickes makes a deerskin gloave that is made like the Mechanix glove style with the velcro strap and all. They have either lightly padded palms or non-padded style they hold up a hell of alot better then the mechanix and the nicer padded palms are only like 13.

[AmigoTJ44]

http://www.jcpenney.com.edgekey.net/products/C08821.jsp

Dickies® High Performance Goatskin Gloves

These are the gloves but I cant seem to find anyone on the net with them

[D60]

The mechanix gloves are made of synthetic leather, whatever that means. Both the palms/fingers and the backs will melt.

See, I've always thought the Mechanix gloves are pretty good about NOT melting - that's compared to the CLC junk that Home Depot is now selling - the backs of those REALLY melt. Definitely a construction only kinda glove, not at all suited for any sort of metal/fab shop.

EDIT: as for the RMA, I've called before and Mechanix will want a receipt, and the replacement is only for the first 90 days.

[MT4Runner]

Checker/Kragen/Schucks has 2-packs of Mechanix wear gloves right now on special for $20. They have a *bling* light built into the index finger.

[ROKTOY]

Thanks.....Jay

[Hosejockey]

the local auto zone here lets me exchange my gloves with out question

[indulf]

i switched from mechanix to ironclad a few years ago. they last MUCH longer...

[300sniper]

I wear em all the time at work, but wont even touch em when I have to do any fabbin. Damn things just dont like heat. Pair of tig gloves is all I'll wear in the shop.

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when ever i am doing any fab work in the shop i allways have my tig gloves on.

[Mud in the blood]

I buy the Wells Lamont deerskin gloves. They fit almost as well as mechanix gloves, do not melt, last longer, and can be washed with soap and water. If I'm doing work on something greasy, I use nitrile.

http://www.wellslamont.com/glovepics/962B.jpg


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Those are what I use, CostCo has 3 packs of 'em for $24 from time to time. I stock up when they get 'em in. I have yet to wear a pair out, but they will shrink up and harden a little from the welding het after a while.