Glovii Battery Heated Mittens

Spending a couple weeks in Yellowstone National Park this February leading photography workshops. Weather at the 7am start of the daily trips was -10*f and dropped lower into the -20's deeper into the park many days! I wore a thin liner that was screen compatible with my cameras in the mittens. Left hand holding the camera was always comfortable, but the right hand had a finger or two outside the palm zipper to run the camera...fingers got a bit cold outside, but were never far from the warm confines of the mittens. The palm zipper was a major reason I chose these gloves. Never used a setting above the low heat setting and they stayed warm all day, from 7am till about 4pm. We were in and out of the van which did help alot, but the mittens were undispensible...very satisfied. Mittens are bulky, but they do offer much more warmth than any glove, heated or not. I did originally order a heated glove, but they were just too tight with limited mobility. I was unable to work my cameras with the heated gloves so the mittens proved to be an excellent option...with a good liner (that is touch compatible!!)

TLDR: Great gloves. - Water resistant, soft open interior, good warming effect, and true to the sizing guide.

Being my first pair of heated gloves I had many questions about these. I've only ever used hand-me-down snow gloves that were good, but a size too small. After measuring my hand to be ~ 19 CM I went with the XL's for peace of mind being that they're mittens anyway. (I'm not really worried about dexterity, plus I can put any glove liners in there for extra protection.) In US sizes I'm typically a men's medium-ish so please MEASURE and look at the sizing guide. They seem like they fit as described in the guide. If you're right on the cusp between sizes like me, you'll fit in either, it'll just depend if you like them tighter or looser.

There is just the thumb portion and four finger + palm spaces in the gloves. No psuedo-glove liner that separates your fingers. The "mobility zipper" on the inside of the palm leads directly through to finger space allowing for touch control of devices and other higher dexterity needs. The zippers were exactly the size needed to operate gloved as well so no worries there.

The carrying case they come in is nice. The batteries are -pre charged a little for proper battery storage which is useful for testing as well. As the picture shows the cuffs are huge. They go over my jacket's outer shell and personally I would prefer they be smaller. The battery compartments are a perfect size and accessible without turning the glove inside-out once you know where everything is. As stated, the warming coils are in the thumb and back of hand mostly. On high heat, they gave a noticeable effect after a minute or so but I have not tested them in freezing temperatures yet.

The gloves weren't cumbersomely heavy and the batteries didn't prod or poke my forearms. I also tested the fingers and palm area under running water for a couple seconds and the fabric / leather resisted it just fine. I'm slightly worried about snow getting under the cuff during a fall but there is an elastic draw cord and barrier to resist this.

Wonderful mittens I got as a gift. Never worn them before but this I believe is a good start.