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Review on ๐Ÿ”ง DeWalt DPG250 Premium Vibration-Reducing Tool by John Brouillard

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Useful for commercial landscaping

My last job was commercial landscaping and anyone who has been a landscaper for four seasons knows how bad that is for your body, especially your hands. Last year when I was doing landscape gardening I was hired to prune all of our lots around the 30's. After visiting the place last year, I knew what ailments I was about to face. When using Echo's enhanced Power Knives, my hands would become exhausted to the point where my hands would constantly tingle and 2-3 fingers of each hand would be "trapped" in my palms every morning for months after the details. Every morning I had to literally rip them off my palms with my other hand. Needless to say, the last thing I wanted was a repeat of last year. So I started researching vibrating gloves and settled on these. At first inspection the quality was pretty good. They felt really hard like they could take a beating. And they fit like a glove, or should I say they fit as expected. I feel like the amount of skin on the palms and fingers could have been a bit thicker. I started using them for about 3 weeks and they started to unravel a little at a couple of the seams. I would try to return them for a new pair but I needed something for a job I was doing and didn't want to wait through the whole process of returning and reordering. So I kept using them, and you know what? They never fell apart again. I've used them at all stages of trimming and then throughout spring, whether I used a gas tool or not. I only gave them 4 stars because they've fallen apart a bit in just a few months and I also feel like there could have been a little more padding. I still had some tingling and occasional blockages in my fingers, but they weren't as bad as when using standard gloves. The price was also a bit high and I wouldn't mind if they were thicker. But anyway, they got the job done, and while the landscaping is way behind me, I still feel like it was a good buy at the time.

Pros
  • Lab, safety and work gloves
Cons
  • Requires outlet