I am a Senior Citizen, been around long enough for a little moss to grow on my north side. I have used pot holders made of fabric for years, scorched them and threw them away, to purchase new ones and do the same. So I see this new fangled thing that looks like it will melt at the very sight of heat and am told it is heat resistant. "Might as well give it a try", I say. WOW! This is great stuff, I love the mitts, gives a secure hold to very hot skillets or baking dishes, The pot holders fold so easily around pot handles that you have complete control as you lift and pour, or throw them on the counter top for that hot dish to rest on. Forget having to throw them in the washing machine, just rinse them under some warm water and they are as clean as new. Excellent product! Purchased these to replace some very, very old hand-me-down cotton oven mitts and potholders. What a difference. I haven't used silicone oven mitts before and was a little bit skeptical of their heat resistance. I can happily admit my skepticism was completely unfounded. Sometimes newer actually is better. The extended length of the oven mitts is very nice for larger items - no chance of accidentally bumping your forearms on the door. I can hold onto roasting pans and cookie sheets without the inside of the gloves even getting warm, and the textured surface is nice and grippy. I noticed some reviews mentioned that the gloves left behind a slight residue at first, but I haven't experienced that with my pair. The pot holders are also great. I use them for pot handles and to protect my counter tops from hot pots, pans and baking sheets. Both the gloves and pot holders clean up easily with a little water and dish soap. I find these a little hard to hang onto. I didn’t get rid of the cloth hot pads for that reason. I love the look and the gloves are awesome I pulled pizza at 475 degrees out of the oven and felt nothing with them the square ones are good to put on the table to set a hot dish on Mine found a home When my boys cook they always grab these verses the cloth ones This is my second set of these. The last ones met an untimely death after being left too near the gas burner - yikes! Until then, they were great. I like that they're thin so that I have better control. When I found these, I threw out all the bulky ones. These are far safer for the various cooks around here. The little square potholders work well as trivets too. Great product. We were looking to replace our old cloth style oven mits we had for 15-20 years. I did not know that the silicone mits existed until searching on Amazon! With a little reluctance, we went ahead and purchased them. After a month or so of use, I can honestly say the silicone mits work great! The silicone its are easily rinsed off, you can use them to open jars, and of course, pull hot items out of the oven. Overall, I am pleased with these mitts and potholders. The mitts are large, which is great for guys because they actually fit on my hands! The potholders work well and I use those more often than the mitts. I have noticed that when pots, pans, cookie sheets are really hot, you can't hold them with the potholders long. That isn't an issue the majority of the time, but I almost dropped a rotisserie chicken I pulled out of my air fryer because the metal rod was really hot and was burning my hand as I tried to get it out of the oven and remove it from the chicken.Lastly, the potholders get dirty quickly due to the geometric shapes on the surface, so crumbs frequently fall out when you pick it up or if you forget to shake it out before using it again. However, it is easy to clean with a little soap and water. I love this set of oven mitts.~They fit the whole family.~We don't burn ourselves.~They don't fall apart when you machine wash them, although I recommend air-drying.~They are black so they don't show stains.We really needed these for the last few years and I am so glad that I purchased them! My wife should have got a pair of these long time ago. She was a late starter to cooking in her 30s and despite common sense to use pot-holders she didn't have a pair. I noticed she would always use dish cloths or something to pickup hot items from stove or oven. I saw these on amazon somehow one day and said problem solved. Now she uses them every time, they pack in to a kitchen drawer well and have sturdy rubber gripping on both sides to get a better grip. Handy for slick cookware like a greasy pan or pizza tray