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[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by Will0W783

I got one of the last pairs of Hercules NSR gauntlet gloves. These are specifically needlestick resistant and have a pierce protection rating of 5. They are also puncture resistant and tear resistant. They were on closeout when I bought them 3 years ago though, so I do not think they are manufactured anymore. You can get the NSR's as a shorter glove but you would then have to buy the gauntlet arm protectors separately. I can absolutely attest to the level of protection that these gloves provide, as the first thing I did when they arrived was stick water-filled rubber gloves inside them and coax all of my vipers to bite them. No one got through them. When I recently bought my Gaboons, I tested the gloves on them (with rubber glove dummies inside) and found that the Gaboons could not pierce the gloves.

I also own the shorter gloves with the needle stick 5 protection and have the sleeve guard separate. It is just as safe, but I don't like that it is in 2 pieces.

[DrummingT]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

I also own the shorter gloves with the needle stick 5 protection and have the sleeve guard separate. It is just as safe, but I don't like that it is in 2 pieces.

EXACTLY

I've been offered that as a substitute and rejected it for that reason.

I have 100% confirmation that HexArmor still manufactures the R8E 3180 gloves and they continue to be sold in Europe and HexArmor does so with the full knowledge that these 3180 gloves are being overtly marketed and sold specifically for handling all species of venomous snakes.

They just refuse to sell them to us here in the USA. It's their business decision. They have never faced any sort of legal action in the USA. I see no evidence that this had anything to do with their refusal to sell the 3180 gloves here. Rather it seems they have decided they could make more profit by selling them overtly as snake handling gloves, but they FEAR legal action here in the USA if they do this here.

They have chosen a much larger profit margin in Europe over the continued selling of the gloves for general safety here and in Europe.

You can purchase them from the UK and the price is over $300 to have them delivered to your door.