I really wanted to like this oven glove but it had one big flaw. If you take, for instance, a casserole out of the oven and don't put it down immediately, the glove is going to get unbearably hot. Worse than that, once the glove is hot, even if you put the hot thing down, it STAYS hot and you have to take it off - it takes ages to release the heat. There is a maximum temperature for the glove and for lower temperatures it's OK, but for oven stuff I don't consider it very effective. It's also rather stiff and if you're thinking of this for a frail relative, they won't be able to close the glove very easily.