The product is comparable to any oven glove or hot pad. it is not as convenient or quick to use as a standard kitchen hot pad since you have to wear it and the users hand might be bigger than the glove is made for. it did become noticeably warmer when holding hot pans coming out of an oven, but not unbareable. Product states that it is rated to be heat resistant up to 1,472 degrees; not convinced that the user would actually be comfortable wearing the glove under that high of a temperature.