How to select good Quality Nitrile Gloves?

How to select good Quality Nitrile Gloves?

Quality Nitrile gloves have become a very hard- to -get goods during Covid-19 crisis, How to select good Quality Nitrile Gloves? Are there any practical ways to identify good quality nitrile gloves from poor quality ones, or identify a good supplier from among many of them?

The first step is to check the certificate, if the supplier has a FDA 510k certificate, this is good, but if there is not a FDA certificate, A En455:1-5 certificate is a basic requirement for most of European,America or Australia customers.

Quality Nitrile Gloves

Quality Nitrile Gloves
Quality Nitrile Gloves


Then you have to know the level of grade of gloves, usually there are industrial grade level, food grade level and medical grade level 3 levels of nitrile gloves, they are for industrial use, food use and medical use. Identify in which area your gloves will use, then identify the level of grade of gloves.

Size breakdown is also an aspect that relates to price. Full size is from XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, mostly often it is from S,M,L to XL.

Package: usually nitrile gloves are packed 100 pcs per box, therefore some suppliers quote based on per box, while other supplier offer price per glove(piece). But you can require other packaging options.

Colour: Blue and white colour are of the most often options, can also be customized according to customer requirements.

Test: some customers require Chemotherapty test for medical nitrile gloves for the quality of gloves and thickness. If not, other tests are also acceptable.

Specification and tolerance of measurement and test is as:

Size XS S M L XL XXL Tolerance
Total Length(mm) 240 240 240 240 240 240 ±5
Width of plam(mm) 75 85 95 105 115 120 ±5
Tensile strength(Mpa) 14 14 14 14 14 14 Min
Elongation(%) 500 500 500 500 500 500 Min

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