Michael Murtaugh/NYT WirecutterBest for…Lined with soft microfleece, these are unusually warm for touchscreen gloves—and a specially designed knit pattern and finger seams improve dexterity and typing accuracy. They come in three sizes that fit a wide range of hands.No pair of touchscreen gloves is going to let you type a message with flawless accuracy and also keep your hands warm for hours on end. But if you need to type when it’s cold out, we recommend the unisex Moshi Digits Touchscreen Gloves 3.0. After multiple years of testing, we think these are the best touchscreen winter gloves. They’re easier to type in than the competition, they’re warm enough to use for your winter commute, and—following a redesign to include larger hands—they fit a wide range of hand sizes. We also found that the Moshi touchscreen gloves dry faster and have a better grip than other knit gloves we’ve tested.The typing experience with the Moshi gloves is pretty good. But keep in mind that “pretty good” here is like saying “unbelievably great” in another product category. By comparison, when we asked a tester if a (since discontinued) pair of Lululemon gloves kept their hands warm, they typed the response: “By A.G. kk. Not a all.”The Moshi pair’s knitwear pattern is taut and flexible, which is ideal for dexterity. And the seams are thin on the fingertips, which makes typing more predictable and reliable than with most other knit gloves. All of the fingers have conductive fiber sewn in—that’s what makes it possible to use gloves with a modern touchscreen—so you can type text messages with your thumbs or poke with your pinky.All of our panelists loved the soft microfleece lining in the Moshi Digits Touchscreen Gloves. Michael Murtaugh/NYT WirecutterThe Moshi touchscreen gloves have rubberized grip lines that help keep your phone from slipping out of your hand. Michael Murtaugh/NYT WirecutterAll of our panelists loved the soft microfleece lining in the Moshi Digits Touchscreen Gloves. Michael Murtaugh/NYT WirecutterThe Moshi gloves were the coziest style we tested. Think of them as a combination of that fuzzy scarf Nana made you last year and the winter blanket that your pet hogs on the sofa. The gloves have a knitted exterior and a microfleece lining; they were the softest, and among the warmest, gloves we looked at. One panelist pointed out that the gloves performed well during high-energy activities, such as shoveling snow, and said they were “plenty warm” for a 15-minute dog walk.Although a lot of winter knitwear can be a pain to dry, the Moshi gloves took only an hour to dry during our tests. But their knit construction catches easily on Velcro, and though the snagging didn’t tear the gloves or do any other real damage, it did lead to general fuzziness.This is the third version of the Moshi Digits we’ve tested, and we found that they are almost identical to the prior version, the Digits 2.0. But there are two noteworthy changes.First, the Digits 3.0 are made with much more polyester (48% polyester, 38% acrylic fiber, 8.5% nylon, 3% elastane, and 2.5% metal fiber) than the Digits 2.0 contained (51% acrylic, 42% nylon, 3.5% polyester, 2.5% metal fiber, 1% elastane).Polyester is typically more water resistant and quicker-drying than nylon, so the Digits 3.0 should perform better in wet conditions. We ran both glove versions under a sprinkle of water to test water resistance, and while there wasn’t a noticeable difference, we’ll continue to compare the two versions over the long term.Moshi has also changed its sizing, and while on paper it includes an XL size that wasn’t available with the Digits 2.0, this appears to be more of a shift in how each size is categorized than a true expansion of sizing.We’ve sent pairs of Moshi Digits 3.0 to several people with varying hand sizes, and we’ll report back any findings.Senior staff writer Joel Santo Domingo has used the Moshi touchscreen gloves for multiple winters and says he’s been happy with their comfort (“They fit like … a glove!”), accuracy, and ability to work smoothly, even with car touchscreens. But he did note that they’re not fully airtight. “As they’re knit, they will let in some wind on a really cold day,” he warned.Sizes: S to XL (unisex)Colors: light gray (S, M, L), dark gray (M, L, XL)Materials: polyester, acrylic and nylon shell, with fleece liningHeading to the slopes?
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