I Want Gloves

1 points by auferstehung 7y ago ↗ HN

Calling all entrepreneurs. Especially you, the kids in the garage or wherever you hang out these days. Who wants to sell me some gloves? I need a lot of them.

I want a near impossible multifunctional safety glove, and I want it now.

Criteria: 1. Impervious outer layer. 2. Cut and puncture resistant middle layer. 3. Disposable sweat absorbing inner layer. 4. Minimal loss of flexibility in use.

Extra credit: 1. Heat resistant shell or option.

I have taken the liberty and proactively developed your business plan: 1. Collect underpants 2. ????? 3. Sell me the multifunctional gloves I want. 4. Profit!

I bet it might involve some exploitation of a negative Poisson's ratio to develop a novel weave. I don't know. Don't care. I think gloves are boring and I'm not in a garage or wherever you hang out these days. I just want to buy some.

Convince the yahoos at ycombinator you can make this happen and disrupt the safety glove industry.

I am here to help.

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[dead] anonlastname 7y ago ↗

Are you sure your needs aren't bring met by the products that already exist?

If you really need a disposable inner layer, just put nitrile gloves underneath your normal gloves. These don't absorb sweat, but you may not neccessarily need that feature. I have seen these used by mechanics for dealing with grease and they come in large quantities.

If you need heat resistant gloves, go get a pair from your local welding supply store.