Computer Gloves

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

In a lot of YT professional computer builds, I see the builder using gloves. They look like fabric, so they aren't medical gloves.

What exactly are they called? "Computer Gloves" or?

I see Amazon has like 30 different companies. What are the best brands and not just knock-offs?

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Nitrile Exam Gloves, 9-mil

https://www.amazon.com/Adenna-DLG675-Nitrile-Powder-Gloves/dp/B00QRELG56

 

[Dan~]

I haven’t watched building videos in years but have a search for “anti static gloves” or even “lint free gloves”

Most likely the former I’d imagine 

[neufuse Veteran]

I've never seen a video with fabric looking ones, they are usually just black nitrate ones, and there really isn't a point to them besides getting your hands dirty. They are not antistatic

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Yeah white fabric, and I believe they are lint free

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Here's one that I saw recently.

 

[LaP]

Don't see the point of those. Using gloves to manipulate fragile things is very rarely recommended as you lose a part of the touch feeling and might apply too much pressure. Just touch some metal to remove any static electricity before manipulating components and don't stand on carpet while building the computer and you'll be fine. 

[neufuse Veteran]

On 05/11/2024 at 10:00, Mindovermaster said:

Here's one that I saw recently.

 

Those are just for on camera appearance, no real use for them besides hiding what your hands look like on camera

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 05/11/2024 at 10:35, LaP said:

Don't see the point of those. Using gloves to manipulate fragile things is very rarely recommended as you lose a part of the touch feeling and might apply too much pressure. Just touch some metal to remove any static electricity before manipulating components and don't stand on carpet while building the computer and you'll be fine. 

Yeah, carpet killed my motherboard YEARS ago..

 

On 05/11/2024 at 10:35, neufuse said:

Those are just for on camera appearance, no real use for them besides hiding what your hands look like on camera

They are? OK.

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Safety Work Gloves or Work Gloves

It kinda looks like fingertips PU Coated.

https://www.amazon.com/COOLJOB-Polyurethane-Coated-Safety-Working/dp/B09F98X2TR

 

Non-Coated

https://www.amazon.com/SATINIOR-Gloves-Cotton-Liners-Safety/dp/B098QHJVG2?th=1

[SuperHands]

They're just cotton gloves, and are just for nonsense aesthetic reasons for youtube. They don't offer any benefit and as already mentioned actually hinder pc building somewhat.

Just seems to be a bit of a glove thing going on with youtube in recent years. Like the black nitrile glove thing in cooking videos, everyone's at it these days.

[+Warwagon MVC]

On 25/06/2025 at 04:51, DavidDalley66 said:

These are just plain cotton gloves, mainly for aesthetic flair on YouTube. They don’t add any practical benefit—in fact, they can make PC building a bit trickier, as mentioned earlier.

It’s kind of like the trend with black nitrile gloves in cooking videos—seems like everyone’s jumping on the glove bandwagon lately!

Did you copy SuperHands's post and just reworded it 🤣

[Som]

On 26/06/2025 at 13:42, Warwagon said:

Did you copy SuperHands's post and just reworded it 🤣

Maybe I'm being paranoid but neowin needs a system for blocking bots, if that's even possible. I expect that account to be spouting far right nonsense any day now 🤪