Assuming this is the same thing as the "Ove Glove" that I bought a few years ago, there is one caveat: You won't be able to hold anything real hot for very long. For example, from the time it takes to get a pizza pan out of the oven and onto a rack, it becomes uncomfortably hot. If you have to search around for a place to put the pizza pan down, it approaches burning.

I have used heavy leather work gloves for handling very hot pans, such as scorching hot cast iron pans. They work very well for the few moments it takes to move a pan from oven to stove top. While holding a pan for longer than that they get uncomfortably hot too. The key is to avoiding a burn is to have a plan before you move the pan--have an idea what you are going to do with it, be it moving to a trivet on the counter, to the stove, or to the oven. I have seen bakers use plain cotton gloves for handling hot loaves fresh from the oven.

I have owned an "oveglove." The glove works fine until it is wet-then all heat protection is gone. Make sure you only use the glove in a dry condition. You'll note that the cooking show people don't use many gloves when handling hot stuff- they use towels. Over an open fire, not a good idea. the glove might be a better choice. So think outdoors and dry.

Neither site ships to the US. The Robert Dyas site only ships in the UK; I suspect the same applies to Amazon UK.

:-(

I occasionally use Kevlar gloves at my job in manufacturing. I make auto seals and gaskets. (Not a good time to work in the auto industry) This entails holding hot parts frequently. The Kevlar works admirably. I keep a pair in my EDC bag just in case. I don't know if these gloves a would work as well. But do avoid steam and hot liquids.

Sure looks the same as the Ove Glove here in the US. Just search it on Amazon and you'll find it.

As for those complaining about its performance when wet, just think how your kitchen towel or standard oven mitt would perform when wet. Yeah, that's what I thought. Water decreases the performance on all of them. So, why does this keep getting brought up about the Ove Glove?

I've used one of these for years and they are WAY better than oven mitts or towels. Try holding tongs with an oven mitt or a towel while you are grilling and you'll be sold in an instant.

@Robert: Amazon UK ships to the US with ease and often very cheaply -- the main drawback is waiting time not money. I use Amazon UK often. Shipping a book will be about $6 instead of say $4 in the US.

Almost every drug store or grocery store in the US has a variety of these.

Walgreen's has them. Amazon USA has several varieties:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss__1_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ove+glove+oven+mitt&x=0&y=0&sprefix=ove+glove

I use welding gloves. 3 pair for 10 dollars at Harbor Freight. Throw them in the washing machine when they get soiled.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=488

Get a heavier pair for 7 dollars
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41054

The cuffs keep the hair from burning on my arms.

Amazon UK ships to the US; I use it often. As a matter of fact the price will be a little lower because they will subtract the Value Added Tax that people in the UK have to pay. You can even use your Amazon US logon information.

The only real problem with these, besides searing pain from steam, and the fact that they are useless when moist....is that they probably are not the best way to train your mind when around really hot things.

Every now and then chef's cooks will get a burn by an poorly thought out grab of something that is hot. These may be useful in some rare occasions, but I wouldn't want to reinforce that reaching. Tongs, silicone oven mitts....way betterer.

I really love this site and check it regularly. Every so often, though, something pops up which I find a little silly. (The toaster/egg poacher is a prime example.) Innovative solutions and mind opening ideas are great -- Sharper Image-style consumerism is something we just don't have the luxury for as a species any more.

Humankind has been cooking on and around fire for tens of thousands of generations. There is no reason to build a fire so large that you need a full Nomex suit to approach it. Likewise, there is no reason to put your pot right in the center of the fire pit, or the need to move a log that is fully engulfed in flames (if part of the log isn't burning, you can grab that corner of the log, no problem).

Like I said, I love the site. More ingenuity, less Sky Mall, please.

Hm, yes, Sky Mall does come to mind.

But this does seem like a genuinely better option, over the regular oven mitt kind of glove. More tactile, better use of all your fingers, less extra material to get too close to the fire, because you're not used to coal-shovel-sized hands.

I've been using a tea-towel for as long as I've had my own kitchen, only because I just don't like the impreciseness of the oven mitt. This might actually be what I'd use. But.. I like my tea-towel and don't like spending money.

Camping trips with a big heavy oven glove can be replaced with one of the Jet-boil type camping stoves. The pots are insulated, light weight, don't spill boiling stuff, and do not require one to carry an oven glove.
Then again, if you are not backpacking or going far from a road, ove gloves can be just the ticket.