Moving gloves or no gloves?

A very common question we receive is if our professional removalists in Brisbane wear gloves while moving or not?

So we have decided to discuss the important topic: Gloves or not gloves while moving?

Gloves:

Pros-

• Protect the first item you move
• Protect your hands from cuts and splinters
• Keeps hands warm – lots of companies in Canada and UK wear gloves because of this
• Allows you to use a hoist easily- In Amsterdam houses are very narrow and they have to hoist all the furniture up/down

Cons-

• The gloves will pick up the dirt from the first item and rub it back on every item you pick up after
• Items can easily slip around while carrying items with gloves
• If you choose to wear rubber gloves, they easily break
• white gloves are very slippery on wood, metal and surfaces like fridges

No Gloves:

Pros-

• Dirt from hands don’t rub on every item you move around
• You can have a strong and sturdy grip with your bare hands
• You can feel if the item is slipping or cracking
• Sounds more manly – “they moved our house with their bare hands”

Cons-

• May cut your hands (very unlikely)
• Hand Calluses

From that list, you can see that all of our professional removalists in Brisbane do not wear gloves as it is the safest way to move. However, if we were in another country it may be safer to wear gloves.

Moving heavy furniture with gloves can be very dangerous due to slipping and unawareness of the items actual feeling. We recommend if you do decided to move your home yourself to just use your hands and do not worry about using gloves. It is very unlikely your hand will be scratched or a splinter will get in your hand.

If you are unsure of what else you should wear on moving day, check out our blog about it.

If you have any other questions about moving, packing or storage feel free to contact us on 1800 004 065 or send our friendly Move Consultants an email on info@yourlocalmovers.com.au, they will be more than happy to help!

Posted by Caleb Rook in News
Tags: moving gloves, moving tips, removalists brisbane