They should be available in any home healthcare store. You will have to buy a box but the cost shouldn't be too bad. I find that the vinyl gloves (and latex) are great to use when cleaning, working on the car, painting, etc. so they shouldn't go to waste.

Chris

You should also check out paint and home improvement stores. I picked up a pack with six pairs of gloves the other day at home depot (enormous home improvement store) that were marketed for use when painting.

Chris.

thank for the suggestions, but in this little country it's just harder to get things that in the states. local home improvement and healthcare ain't very big here. i have search though all possible stores with's are in reach, but haven seen them yet....

I also carry a zipka, a D cell maglite and a princton tec pulsar micro lite ( you can't easily get photons in the UK). But i'm not sure what would most suttible for the kit.
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It just happens that im on the springfields website at the moment. Arn't the s.95 to bulky to put in a mess tin kit? Just looking at the glove section on springfields, do you think the officers gloves would be a better idea? they are thinner and cheaper.
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You might want to check out your local auto parts store. A few days ago i was in discount auto parts and they carried nitrile gloves, the blue ones.

The S95 are bulky and you probably wouldn't want to keep them in a mess tin, but they are the finest gloves in the world (probably). Officers gloves don't have the long term durability.

As a vet i use latex gloves everyday(they are invaluable) and so we have tried various different ones!

Vinyl are like having plastic bags-they are huge and don't grip to your hand or expand with your hand, they also minimise grip

Nitrile are BRILLIANT they grip to you ahve and offer alot of grip very much like latex and are non allergenic BUT they are very expensive and harde to find!

Mark

yeah, i don't like vinyl, they just don't fit well, i use nitrile myself, but for 10quid a box they aint cheap.

I wore a pair of a friends yesterday and they were very warm but not as bulky as I thought. I might get some but not for a survival kit.