Shootout! Touchscreen-Friendly Gloves – iTouch Touchscreen Gloves vs. Agloves

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Cold weather and touchscreen don’t go together. More accurately, they did not go together until now. Yes, if you use an iPhone, Android device, Windows Phone or tablet there are now a host of touchscreen-friendly glove options on the market. We take a look at two such offerings in this video.

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From iTouch Touchscreen 3 in 1 Gloves:

Stay Warm and Stay Connected: iTouchTM Touchscreen Gloves with conductive yarn in the fingertips allow you to use your iPod, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, eReader Touch and other touchscreen devices without having to take your gloves off in the cold weather.

Witness the revolution in texting and scrolling during cold weather. Our specially designed iTouch Gloves feature a special conductive metallic yarn at the tip of the index finger and thumb. The yarn allows you to scroll, text and otherwise use all touch-screen devices with the same accuracy your bare finger would provide. Best of all, these gloves will keep your hands nice and warm!

This glove is compatible with the iPhone, iPod, Blackberry Touch devices and other touch-screen devices.

These gloves are one-size fits all.The 3 in 1 gloves feature a remove outer layer that can be worn on its own, or with the standard glove for added warmth. In addition, each 3 in 1 glove has embroidery on it. The navy blue glove features the iTouch logo.

You can order here through our Amazon Affiliate store.

MSRP: $12.99

What I Like: Flexibility of 3 in 1 design; Warm

What Needs Improvement: Only two fingers on each hand have touch capabilities; You lose some precision when wearing and tapping

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From Agloves:

Touch Screen Gloves for cold weather use. You can text with these gloves on! Agloves touch screen gloves are lightweight, soft, warm, stretchy and slightly fuzzy knitted gloves. Made in the USA, these seamless, knitted gloves have high quality workmanship. Agloves are compatible with any and all of your touch screen phones, cameras, multimedia devices, game systems, and eReaders. Two unisex sizes S/M or M/L Color is black with silver flecks to produce a charcoal grey coloring. Hand washable in water.

Agloves work on all touch screens including: iPhone, Droid X, Samsung, Tom-Tom GPS system, Nook, ATM, iPad, iPod Touch, MP3 player, Palm Pre, Blackberry Storm, Zune HD, Flip HD and other cameras, and many more.

The standard Agloves are $17.99 and can be found here in our Amazon Affiliate Store. The new Sport Agloves are $19.99 and can be found here.

MSRP: $17.99 and up

What I Like: Comfortable; All fingers are conductive; Very little loss of touch-flexibility

What Needs Improvement: Not sure how the gloves will hold up over time.

You can also check out the entire range of touchscreen gloves here on Amazon.

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About the Author

Dan Cohen
Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. Dan is married to Raina Goldberg who is also an avid user of Apple products. They live in New Jersey with their golden doodle Nava.