I purchased some little oven, mitts a while back and immediately when I used him to pull cookies or something out of the oven they burned on both sides. So I think they're mainly for decoration that was a lot of money for decoration. I will never buy pioneer products again. I like her shows for the most part, but not the products it's just too expensive and being on a fixed income. I had to be careful so now I have two potholders that are burned and I will use them until completely done of course I don't want to just throw them away but I have to be very careful when I use them now.