Why most touchscreen gloves will fail you during the cold winter - but these won't

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I have a love/hate relationship with outdoor gloves. I have secondary Raynaud's syndrome affecting the blood flow into my extremities (thanks a bunch, Lyme disease), so if my hands and feet are exposed to cold temperatures, it increases my risk of injury. This means warm socks and gloves have become an essential component of my everyday gear. 

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Socks are easy, but gloves -- less so. Finding waterproof gloves that have touchscreen capability and that fit me well has been quite an odyssey. I'm not sure if it's just me and my non-standard hands (big hands with short fingers: my middle fingers are a ring size US 18 -- as big as they get), but I find that most of the time, if I ...