Smart Garden Tuff Riggers Navy & Grey L9 Twin Pack - Heavy Duty Gardening Gloves

Smart Garden Tuff Riggers – Navy & Grey, L9, Twin Pack

Tuff Riggers are Briers' rigger-style gardening gloves, sold under Smart Garden since Briers became part of the group, and this is the twin pack in size L9 — large, men's size 9 — with a navy and grey colourway. Two pairs in a pack is the sensible way to buy them: one gets soaked, the other gets used.

They are a leather-palmed glove with a fabric back and a stiffened cuff, which is what makes them useful for handling brambles, rough timber and fencing wire rather than fine work. Smart Garden place Tuff Riggers in the Briers thorn and puncture resistant range; they publish no EN388 rating or material breakdown for this pack, so none is claimed here.

Performance & Benefits

• Two pairs in one pack, size L9 (large), in navy and grey.
• Leather palm — the part that takes thorns, splinters and wire.
• Fabric back and cuff, so the glove flexes and vents rather than sweating like an all-leather one.
• Rigger cuff pulls on and off without fastening, which matters when you are in and out of gloves all day.
• Part of the Briers thorn and puncture resistant glove range.

Suitable For

• Pruning, hedge clearing, bramble and nettle work.
• Fencing, post work and handling rough sawn timber.
• Yard jobs — moving bales, barrowing, shifting hardcore.
• Hands that take a men's large, size 9.
• Too bulky for seed sowing, potting on or any job needing fingertip feel — a thin coated garden glove suits that better.

How to Use

• Pull on by the rigger cuff; there is no fastening to adjust.
• Keep one pair drying while the other is in use — leather palms stiffen if forced dry by heat.
• Brush mud off when dry rather than soaking the gloves.
• Dry them at room temperature, away from radiators and stove tops.
• Retire a glove once the palm leather is worn through or split; a holed palm gives no protection.

Specification

• Twin pack — two pairs. Size L9, large.
• Navy and grey colourway.
• Barcode 5050642048910. Briers Tuff Riggers, thorn and puncture resistant range.
• Leather palm with fabric back and cuff. Smart Garden publish no EN388 cut, puncture or abrasion rating for this pack, and no full material breakdown, so none is stated here.
• Also made in M8 and XL10 sizes.

Care & Caution

• Thorn and puncture resistant is not the same as cut resistant. No EN388 rating is published for these, so do not rely on them near chainsaws, hedge trimmers, strimmers or any powered blade.
• Never wear a loose rigger glove on rotating machinery — a rigger cuff has nothing to stop the glove being pulled in.
• Stop using a glove as soon as the palm is holed or the stitching has gone; a worn glove gives a false sense of protection.