ORKA Silicone Oven Mitt -

Customer Reviews:

truth in advertising
No more singed, unclean or burned oven mitts. Excellent gripping power. Easy to clean, therefore no more dirty mitts between regular washings. I did some testing myself. Placed glove, with my hand inside it, in boiling water. I did feel some warmth, however I discovered I had more protection from the boiling water than I thought possible. I also use it when I'm barbecuing and it's great. Received my first mitt as a gift and have purchased additional mitts for myself and as gifts for others. Highly recommend purchasing the Orka silicone oven mitt. Yes, I too have a small hand, however, the benefits of this mitt far outway any negatives.

--2006-12-19

The best there is!
This is easy to clean, sanitary, and able to withstand 600 degrees. I use it for everything from moving the Thanksgiving turkey from the roasting pan to carving board to carrying my Weber with hot coals without a problem. Some don't like the lack feel, but my wife with small hands has no problem using them. Personally I LIKE the lack of feel, the lack of feel of heat burning my hand is a good thing! Try it at a retail store to make sure it's okay for you.
--2006-12-02

The honeymoon is over.
When I bought these (2 of them), I was in love. I could hold ANYTHING and not get burnt. I could even pick up an entire roasted chicken and transfer it to a platter - and then rinse the mitts under running water.

What has soured my opinion? Flexibility - or the lack of it.

Firstly, these mitts are BIG. If you have smaller hands, fuggetaboudit! They are hard to keep in place (i.e. on your hands!) primarily because they are thick and don't bend very easily. The mitts do have a "tread" of grooves which help to keep whatever you are holding from slipping - but they're still kind of tough to maneuver.

Bottom line: they protect your hands in the oven and are great for fishing something out of a pot of boiling water...but they are awkward and can cause cooking mishaps!
--2006-09-01

Gloves that actually work
These gloves address an important issue--protecting hands even when wet. With these, there is no possibility of getting burned unless liquid were to seep in from the top (very unlikely).

I have the blue ones, which are easy to find in a cluttered kitchen. They are a but difficult to hand so I end up leaving them "holding on" to the oven handle.

They fit my hands well, though they may not work so well on smaller hands. I can handle all sorts of hot items from the oven with no problem. One note of caution: while they can used to grab items out of boiling water, they do eventually get hot enough to burn your hands, but only when almost fully immersed.
--2006-08-31

The lesser of two evils
I decided to replace my worn, cloth oven mits with these because they were getting worn and so thin that they no longer protected my hands from heat, especially wet heat and spills.

Now, I've only used these silicone mits twice, but so far I am underwhelmed. I find them extremely unwieldy and inflexible. I didn't realize they were quite as thick as they are.

Having said that, I think I will probably get more used to them. They have performed as expected in the realm of insulation and that was my big complaint with cloth mits. I guess I traded for the lesser of two evils here.
--2006-08-31

ORKA Silicone Oven Mitt

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