When a known good quality product is no longer available, and the only option appears to be a knock-off, it is definitely time to be skeptical. After reading some of the negative reviews, I almost did not order these. However, I felt there were enough positive reviews to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised.

There was one glove left in my Kimberly Clark box, so I put that on my left hand, and the new Halyard Health glove on my right. I am right-handed, so it it was going to rip, let's find out. The thickness felt the same, as did the suppleness. Even the color matched! Didn't notice any hole punctures or rips when I was done. They performed as well as expected. This is important to me because skin will absorb chemicals. It's not as quick as ingesting them, but when skin has a long exposure there is plenty of time to absorb it. Having any cuts or abrasions in the skin just makes it worse.

Not sure why there were such bad reviews. Perhaps the initial run was too thin and ripped? Then they corrected it in the next batch? Can't say. All I know is I am happy with them and will buy them again.

The perfect gloves for so many uses. I use them for gardening, since regular small gardening gloves are too loose on me and bunch up around my fingers, then keep slipping off. These gloves are durable enough to use more than five times as long as I take care when taking them off after use. I also use them when I glaze my pottery pieces. The liquid glaze quickly sloughs off the gloves, and I don't have to keep washing my hands for long periods of time between glaze layers. I also use them when handling raw meat (like washing off chicken parts or forming hamburgers).

They make it so I don't have to scrub my hands or cuticles super hard after doing messy things. I highly recommend these gloves and am just about to order my second box.

I have been using nitrile gloves for cleaning the house for well over a decade, and these are probably my favorite ones of all the brands I've tried. I very much prefer nitrile to latex - nitrile is thicker, easier to put on and take off and much easier to reuse. I can only use latex gloves once, but these nitrile ones just keep going and going and going. And regular household rubber gloves are way too bulky for me and have caused more than one shattered wine glass when I tried to use them for washing dishes.
I have also tried the Kimberly-Clark Sterling Examination Gloves,Small Size - Latex-free, Powder-free, Durable, Textured F (gray/silver in color) and did not like them as much - they are thinner, tear/puncture a lot more easily and do not last nearly as long as the purple ones.

I did feel that these run a bit small, so you might want to buy a larger size if you plan on wearing them more than once.

I use these for everything - from dishes to hand laundering to general cleanup and even in the kitchen for peeling beets or mincing garlic. Great, sturdy gloves that will keep your skin protected from water and cleaning supplies without making chores cumbersome.

XS is very small. I ordered these for my 7yo to wear while cleaning up after his pets. The XS doesn't fit him. I was able to get them on my 3yo's hands with finger length to spare, but pretty snug around the base of the hand. The finger length would have fit my 7yo, but the lower palm area was too tight to get it into his hand. The gloves are high quality and can withstand tugging and stretching to get them on. I will order a size small for the 7yo next time.

Fit me perfectly - they do not tear easily unless my nails are a bit long or I'm working with something a bit sharp (like metal edges). These have gerat grip and dexterity for me. My hand from middle finger to bottom of my palm is 6.5" in length and from thumb 1st knucle to outside of palm my hand is 3.5" wide. My fingers are under 3/4" thick between palm and first knuckle (I wear a ring size 6 on ring finger and a size 8 (loose) on thumb. I like tight fitting gloves for dexterity and that's how these fit me. If you feel you have wider fingers or palm than normal 'small' then you may want a medium. I'm not sure this small size will handle any longer fingers than mine either, most my fingers are towards the tips of these gloves.