The top three requested gloves during Covid are Nitrile, Vinyl and Latex. Latex is made of natural rubber and due to some allergies, often providers seek synthetic material gloves such as Nitrile, Vinyl or other Synthetic material gloves. 

Gloves can come in many standards, civil type use, industrial use, exam or medical use, etc. The gloves criteria for production varies depending on the standard you choose, otherwise the gloves and look and feel similar oftentimes. Gloves are typically used to protect against cross contamination in various environments and to protect the wearers skin at the same time. Gloves are typically used in environments such as hospitals, clinics, homecare environments, labs, industrial or cleaning situations, food processing, IT and in the beauty industry. 

Nitrile Gloves are typically waterproof, protect against microbes with limited protection against sharp objects and/or chemicals. These are the most requested gloves to use when someone has a latex allergy, usually the cost the most as well. There are other synthetic gloves similar, but these typically are the best feeling outside of latex gloves to wear for longer periods and they are designed to be flexible to minimize stress on the hands, including optional features like textured fingertips and different thickness option. The standard thickness is 4-6mil.

Vinyl Gloves are also waterproof and intended for short term general use that does not cause them to be subjected to hard mechanical stress. These are a great option when someone has a Latex allergy and typically the cheaper version of gloves on the market during Covid. These are typically latex free, soft and the standard is that they are powder free.

Latex Gloves are rated for long term use. They are waterproof and a good protection for microbes with some limited protection against strong mechanical stress. They are a great combination of strength, elasticity and slip resistant. Because of the thickness and elasticity, they perform well in high risk or high duty situations and fit comfortably.