Watson Blog

The Evolution of Disposable Gloves

Posted on February 7, 2020 by - Sustainability, Education, Gloves, New Product

Updated April 4, 2023

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Disposable gloves serve as essential hand protection in various sectors, such as industry, food handling, and gardening. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, their use has become even more widespread. There are two primary types of disposable gloves: latex and nitrile. While latex gloves were once the preferred choice for many tasks, the emergence of nitrile gloves in the mid-1990s brought about improved features that have made them the current favorite for most applications.

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Keep the Germs Out! How to Wash Your Gloves and Keep Them Clean

Posted on January 23, 2020 by - Education, Gloves, New Product, Safety, Winter

Updated on April 6, 2020

We hear the PSA (public service announcement) to wash your hands time and time again. But being hygienic has never been more important than ever before. We’re fighting a pandemic, and if left unwashed, dirty hands that slip into gloves can be housing a party of bacteria inside. When it comes to accumulating germs, polyester gloves are the worst culprit, followed by fleece, leather and wool.

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How to Prevent Heat Loss by Wearing the Right Gloves

Posted on December 19, 2019 by - Education, Gloves, Guide, New Product, Winter

Whether it’s for work or for play, it’s absolutely important to keep your body at a balanced temperature (+37°C or +98.6°F). That’s easy enough until Winter hits and your body has to manage preserving heat while being challenged by the low temperatures, wind and wetness that cold Winters bring. And at the most extreme, your hands and body can fall prey to hypothermia or frostbite and you absolutely don’t want that. Let’s first understand how our hands and body can lose heat.

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Honouring our Canadian Forces, Veterans and First Responders with Wounded Warriors

Posted on November 6, 2019 by - Company News, Community, Gloves

“Lest we forget”

Ahead of Remembrance Day on November 11th, it’s always important to remember and honour our veterans. It’s also equally important to honour and recognize those who presently serve both abroad and within our communities. So that’s why this year, Watson Gloves chose to partner with Wounded Warriors Canada, a national mental health charity whose mission is to honour and support Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, first responders and their families. Read more…

The Best Winter Gloves This 2019-2020 Season

The Best Winter Gloves This 2019-2020 Season

Posted on October 3, 2019 by - Winter, Gloves, Guide, New Product

For almost everybody in Canada, Winter is a time you dress up in layers. Unfortunately, for your hands, it’s not really fun wearing layers of gloves – uncomfortable, loss of dexterity, and can you imagine having to put on and take off all those gloves all the time? Fortunately for you, we have gloves for every Winter purpose. So whether you’re taking a stroll in the Canadian cold or working outside and needing gloves that’s both water and impact resistant, we have the right winter glove for you – all sorted out in this guide on the best Winter gloves this 2019-2020 season.

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ANSI/ISEA 138 – The New Impact-Resistant Gloves Standard and What You Need to Know

Posted on September 18, 2019 by - Education, Gloves, Guide, New Product, Safety

Your hands are extremely important – they’re the most essential tool on the worksite but also susceptible to accidents and injuries. Safety standards and guidelines have been in place to help combat hand injuries but there has been a lack of performance-based standards and classification for impact protection in the North American market.

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The New Watson Gloves Website Has Launched!

Posted on September 13, 2019 by - Company News, Gloves, Website

Did you know this year, we’re launching over 60 new gloves into the market? That’s definitely one way to celebrate our 101st year in business! And you can bet, we’re not slowing down any further! With new releases and a growing catalogue of products, we want to ensure a better customer experience whether it’s in-store or online. And we’ve changed up our online game in a BIG way!

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New EN388 Impact test

Posted on May 14, 2018 by - Education

In 2016, the European Standard for Protective Gloves (EN388:2016) added an impact test. This was the first time that a standard was used for impact resistance in the industrial market. Read more…

Message from our President, Marty Moore

Posted on July 11, 2017 by - Company News

As Watson Gloves gets ready to head into our 100th year of business, we say goodbye to our 2017 fiscal year. A year where we achieved all of our corporate objectives as we continue to grow to be the most successful glove distributor in Canada. Read more…