Disposable gloves - Wing thumb or Straight thumb?

Jug · Post by **Jug** » Jul 15th, '20, 17:58

I need to get some more disposable gloves for bike work. They're just used for oily stuff like cleaning & decreasing parts, oil changes.. that sort of thing.
I've just noticed that they are available with either wing or straight style thumb and so now can't decided which to get.

Has anyone tried both styles, and if so do you have a preference?

Post by **billinom8s** » Jul 15th, '20, 18:22

Wing.
Straight thumb for me is uncomfortable, but then I have broken both my thumbs in the past.

Streetmann · Post by **Streetmann** » Jul 15th, '20, 19:36

I always use winged never tried straight

Ruffian · Post by **Ruffian** » Jul 15th, '20, 19:54

Winged definitely.
Or get the foamy ones that you can wash and reuse

badgerKDD · Post by **badgerKDD** » Jul 15th, '20, 20:56

I thought it was only ladies that had to worry about 'wings'......

Jug · Post by **Jug** » Jul 15th, '20, 21:47

Dam...

I was hoping you'd all say straight. I've been gathering up any odd gloves that I could find today in an attempt to work out what I had been using up to now. I was pretty sure that straight was it but now I'm not sure.

At £5.88 a box I want to be sure I get it right!

Might just have to get one of each so I can find out which I prefer.

Jug · Post by **Jug** » Jul 15th, '20, 21:48

badgerKDD wrote: ↑Jul 15th, '20, 20:56 I thought it was only ladies that had to worry about 'wings'......

Maybe that's why not many of them are mechanics?

Jug · Post by **Jug** » Jul 16th, '20, 10:21

ah.. looks like I won't be getting my gloves from Screwfix.. they haven't got any!

Post by **ptolemyx** » Jul 17th, '20, 04:51

Wing thumb, stops your hand falling off the end when w**king on the bike

Post by **menzies3032** » Jul 18th, '20, 10:07

badgerKDD wrote: ↑Jul 15th, '20, 20:56 I thought it was only ladies that had to worry about 'wings'......

I did have a similar thought

Jug · Post by **Jug** » Jul 27th, '20, 11:20

Well.. as it turned out the only ones I could get from Screwfix were straight thumb... and they do make my thumb ache after a while..

Oh well.. winged it is next time.

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