I like the concept of these gloves and I was excited that they did the trick for the new stove and oven that was just put in FIVE DAYS ago. I bought them after I bought a new carbon steel wok, because, when I finally got the nerve to season it, on my old stove, PROPERLY, I found that my hand was in danger of contact with the metal sleeve around the wooden handle. I was wearing heavy leather, elbow length gloves to do the initial job. So, I figured I would get some silicone gloves, because, my NEW stove was going to be installed on 5/25/21. I was hoping the new WOK ring I bought for it would fit. By the time they finished installing it, it was too late to cook. The WOK ring fit. So, I used ONE of these new silicone gloves on 5/26/21. Worked beautifully! My new oven came with a pizza stone. The ONE GLOVE worked great, to get pizza on and off the stone, without a pizza paddle, on 5/27/21. On 5/28/21, the ONE GLOVE worked great to take out the pan I used in the new oven to try out the convection feature. Now, yesterday, on 5/29/21, I wanted to try out the bake feature on my new oven. When it was time to get the HOT roaster OUT of the HOT oven and move it over to the counter, I needed to use TWO GLOVES. So, knowing the glove worked, I put on TWO gloved and reached in to remove the roaster from the oven. When I bent my fingers on my right hand to grab onto the HOT pan on the right side, I saw something pink. So, I stopped, thinking that there may have been a sticker or something, still on the glove. When I retracted my hand and looked, I saw nothing. I went to grab the pan again, and, again, saw something pink flashing at me. I stopped and looked at the glove again. Didn't see anything. So, I made the same "gripping motion" in thin air and watched. I watched my THUMB come out of a 1 inch slit at the seam of the glove!!!!!! If my skin colour was not pale pink, if my skin was a lot darker, I may not have seen that "flash of pink" when I was reaching for the pan, and, if I'd grabbed a heavy, 400° roaster and pulled it out, I would probably have had more than crispy chicken skin sticking to the pan. So, buyer beware on this product as it could have been a big injury to my hand, and, I'm sure, when I dropped the pan with 400° chicken fat in it, I would have had burns on my legs. So, I really don't know if the ONE GLOVE arrived damaged and I was just lucky enough to have grabbed the SAME undamaged, glove, each time I used it, and, this damaged glove wasn't worn yet. Or, was this the glove that I had used THREE times over three days and they are already damaged. I hope this review is posted because, because, if it isn't, then, that would be a potential for somebody to not notice their skin being exposed through a damaged glove. I don't believe I would give these as a gift, because I don't want the responsibility for somebody getting burnt.
