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Please note our offices and warehouses will be closed from 24th December until 2nd January 2025.

In-stock orders placed before 4:30pm on Friday 20th December should arrive before Christmas on a Next Working Day Delivery service. We are unable to guarantee this, however, as we rely on external couriers. Orders placed after this time will be processed and despatched as normal, but we cannot guarantee a pre-Christmas delivery. Any orders placed on Tuesday 24th December, or during the festive period, will be delivered in the first working days of the new year.

We recommend you place your order early, and look forward to serving you again in 2025.

Standard EN511

Gloves Providing Protection from Cold

Standard EN511

This standard only applies to gloves that protect hands against convective and contact cold down to -50°C. Gloves which show this pictogram must have achieved at least a performance level 1 for abrasion and tear under EN388. Protection from the cold is graded using 3 criteria listed underneath. The higher the level the better the thermal capabilities of the glove. The testing criteria and levels are as follows:

  • a. Resistance to convective cold (performance level 0 - 4)
Thermal Insulation (ITR) in m2?/WLevel
0.30 ITR4
0.22 ITR > 0.303
0.15 ITR > 0.222
0.10 ITR > 0.151
  • b. Resistance to contact cold (performance level 0 - 4)
Thermal Insulation (ITR) in m2?/WLevel
0.30 ITR4
0.22 ITR > 0.303
0.15 ITR > 0.222
0.10 ITR > 0.151
  • c. Permeability by water (0 or 1)
    Measured as a pass or fail, if water does not penetrate the glove after 30 minutes then it passes.