Technical Stuff / Smart Gloves

Hi there!

What do you do when you are walking outside and your smartphone rings or you need to send a text message. You freeze your hands, that's what you do. At least in Finland because it is so damn cold here.

Couple years ago when I got my Samsung smartphone I quickly realized that I had to take off my gloves each time I wanted to do something with my phone. It sucks really bad during winter months! Then I heard about touchscreen-compatible gloves. They are gloves that work with your smartphone without you taking them off. What a marvelous idea! Too bad I wasn't able to find this type of gloves in Kuopio until finally last weekend.

I'm so excited to find these smartphone gloves!! I bought couple extra just in case I break or lose a pair. The store (*Maksimakasiini*) where I bought these actually had two different kinds of gloves. One is called Smart Gloves and it has three fingers that work with smartphone screen and then the rest of the glove is just a normal glove. Then the other one is called iGloves and their whole glove is compatible with smartphones (not just few finger tips).

 

How do they work then? Gloves with smartphone sensitive fabric often have thin strands of metal (a conductor) sown into them which allow your fingers to interfere with the screen's electrostatic field and record your touch.

You could think that the metal conductor in the gloves would require extra care but it doesn't. Both magic gloves that I bought can be washed normally in a washer, and they come in handy "one size fits most" type of stretch style. They also feel like normal gloves. How awesome is that?

 

These gloves also work well with my Samsung. It is like using my bare fingertips. Definitely a good buy and I give these gloves two thumbs up (* but I was only able to take a picture of one thumb since the other thumb was busy taking the picture, giggle*).

Have a Happy Monday everyone!!