Very pleased with these gloves

I've had these for a couple of weeks now, and there are definitely pros and cons. Luckily, I think the pros outweigh the cons. I ordered the large size and they are a bit tight, but I have a feeling that the extra large would have been much too large. It also makes them a tad difficult to pull on. They are well made, and I feel like they they will hold up, however, they are a bit bulky, so I have to take them off quite a bit, but it's nice that they are warm when I put my hand back in. I wear them while doing barn work and the temps have been 15 - 50 degrees F. I've had to be careful not to make them too warm because I found that my hands were sweating and the gloves got very damp and needed to be dried out by the fireplace. I've found that preheating them before heading out makes them more effective because the cold pitchfork, wheelbarrow handles and broom quickly zap the heat out of the gloves since there are no heating elements in the palms. Sadly, my fingertips still get cold because there is minimal heating there, but if I slide the glove down a bit, I can warm them more quickly than with handwarmers. I wish there was either more effective padding in the palm and more heating elements and more in the fingertips...then they would be pretty great, as the batteries seem to charge relatively quickly, and I can do my barn chores in the morning and evening (1-2 hours each) on one charge and just charge them overnight. The cost of the gloves vs. 1-2 pairs of handwarmers/day is a no brainer.

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