Comments on: Hands-On: Mac Tools’ M-PACT 2 Gloves

by: Randy

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:22:48 +0000

I wasn’t impressed and these are worthless once they get even slightly damp. The seams start unraveling and our mac guy won’t warranty them.

by: Clinton

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:01:07 +0000

Wash them before you use them and you’ll be fine. I can’t comment on this specific model but the older version of these gloves are nearly useless in wet cold conditions. I’m from Florida so I don’t own cold weather gloves. I never need them even on the coldest days. That said I went to Manchester, NH in the first week of Jan one year. I was told that it was actually rather warm that week if you can call 30 degree weather warm (I don’t). I brought my M-Pacts with me because they were the only gloves I owned that were somewhat presentable in public. They worked great- that is until you touched anything covered in frost or snow. Once they got even slightly damp they were worse than not wearing gloves.

by: PutnamEco

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:12:48 +0000

Re: Jeff
Thanks for the info. I mention water because I had a rather unpleasant experience of having a wet pair of gloves stain my hands black. It talk a week for the colour to wear off.

by: jeff

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:41:56 +0000

Re: PutnamEco

I used both the Mechanix Padded Palm and M-Pact gloves for riding snowmobile. Let me tell you that they don’t dry very fast when the are wet and they get very cold when wet too (in the winter that is). You may be thinking that these gloves are a little thin for winter use but they work awesome for snowmobiling (provided they stay dry). I don’t have to turn on the handwarmers until it dips below 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Although I have hand guards on my bars too to block the wind.

by: PutnamEco

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:51:05 +0000

Not every one uses gloves exclusively in the shop. I would be interested to know how waterproof they are, how quick they dry out,(and what colour they turn your hands, when they do get wet) Do they absorb grease and oil, and if they have any warmth to them when the weather turns cold?
Picture working on a car in a parking lot on a day when the temp doesn’t go over ten degrees and there is a foot of snow on the ground, or spending all day out in that kind of weather, swinging a hammer on the jobsite.

Maybe try holding on to a block of ice for ten minutes?

Otherwise, a great series. I really liked the dexterity testing.