How We Rate Our Work Gloves
TRUCK PRO
How We Rate Our Work Gloves
Buy for the job. Not the price.
Most glove brands want you to believe their gloves are the toughest and last the longest. We won't tell you that, because it isn't true — of any glove. No matter the leather or the textile, a rock, a knife, or a flame will always win.
So instead of chasing durability claims, we built a simple, honest way to match a glove to the work in front of you. Three things, rated plainly on every TRUCK PRO glove, so you can pick with your eyes open and set your expectations the right way.
"Don't just look at cost. Look at the work. Some jobs don't deserve nice gloves — and that's exactly the point."
What We Rate
Each TRUCK PRO glove gets rated on three independent things. They don't move together — a glove can be high on one and modest on another. That's the whole point: it tells you what a glove is actually for.
Dexterity
How much feel and finger movement the glove gives you. Higher dexterity means finer control — handling small parts, fasteners, tools.
Abrasion Resistance
How well the glove holds up to grinding, dragging, and rough surfaces. Rated on construction — leather grade, seam placement, and design.
Use Profile
The big one: what kind of work the glove is built for in the first place. Not a meter — a category. This is where you start.
The Use Profile
This is the read we want you to make first. Every glove falls into one of three profiles — defined by the work it's built for, not by what it costs.
Use it hard. Replace it.
Patterning and materials suited to work that chews through gloves. Use them hard and replace them without a second thought.
Built to go the distance.
A more premium build — patterning and materials chosen to last. The better pick for everyday work that won't destroy a glove.
Built for one hazard.
Built for a specific hazard — cut, heat, or impact. Chosen by the protection it's rated for, not by its lifespan.
How to choose, in two steps
Is there a specific hazard? If the work means real exposure to cut, heat, or impact — start with a Specialist and pick it by the protection rating you need. The hazard decides for you.
No special hazard? Then it comes down to the work itself. Job going to grind through gloves fast? Go Consumable. Everyday work where a glove should last? Go Keeper.
The part nobody explains
Here's something worth knowing. Adding features — like a conductive fingertip so you can use your phone — means adding seams. And under hard abrasion, a seam is always weaker than seamless leather. So a feature-rich, more versatile glove can actually wear through faster than a simpler one built from the same hide.
That's exactly why we rate Abrasion Resistance and Use Profile separately. More versatile is not the same as more abrasion-proof — sometimes they pull in opposite directions. Rate them together and you'd hide that from you. We'd rather you know.
A true story
A customer once wore through one of our nicer gloves in a single day — an all-day job dragging his hands across a sandy, abrasive surface. The glove didn't fail. That job was never one for a nice glove. It was a Consumable job through and through. The right glove there costs less, gets used up, and gets swapped — and everyone walks away happy. That's the whole reason this system exists.