Andy, you must be heavy handed. All of mine are like new, but they do go through the washing machine afterwards.
Maybe I am heavy handed then. 'Cos we definitely only get 3 or 4 washes out of them before the black elasticated wrist tears off the mit. Once that happens, they just fall off when you put it in water. We wash them after each time too.
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