These are cheap gloves. They got several burn holes after a couple weeks of medium use but nothing that a little duct tape couldn't temporarily cure. I'm still using the gloves after a couple of years but only because I kept repairing with more duct tape - they're actually more tape than leather or insulate now. I should have bought new ones long ago and probably could buy a better pair for the amount of tape I've used to repair these but I guess I don't think about that when I'm stoking the fire. I wouldn't recommend these gloves nor buy them again, but I've used them for a couple of years so they got 2 stars instead of one.