silvertip glove inserts

not2shabby · Jun 21, 2011

Anybody tried these?

https://glovetips.com/Home.aspx

I just ordered some, they're on sale now for $15 if you use 'OffSeason' in the coupon code. Now I can do a quick tap of the screen w/o taking off a glove. Don't worry, I'm not going to be playing around with the phone while riding.

allrider · Jun 21, 2011

not2shabby said:
Anybody tried these?

https://glovetips.com/Home.aspx

I just ordered some, they're on sale now for $15 if you use 'OffSeason' in the coupon code. Now I can do a quick tap of the screen w/o taking off a glove. Don't worry, I'm not going to be playing around with the phone while riding.

How many came with it for $15? Do they look like they will last or will you need to replace them from time to time? Can you tell what they are made of?

not2shabby · Jun 21, 2011

You get 3 of them. I figure I'll just need one on my left index finger, so I could do 3 pairs of gloves. They're a small patch with silver thread in it and you get a needle to poke a hole through your glove and a string goes through that to contact your skin. The patch has adhesive to seal/keep it in place. You want to make sure you get it where you want it. I ordered some and will report back if ya want to wait a while. They're in Ohio, so it shouldn't take too long. For $15, I figure I'll give em a shot.

Aasland · Jun 21, 2011

I tried some of these but they fall off too easily:

https://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cell-phone/e76e/

Waiting for your review of the Glovetips ...

bobg3723 · Jun 24, 2011

This would be what I would need If I ever upgraded my UMPC with it's old school resistive touch screen to the newer generation of netbook tablets.

LDRydr · Jun 24, 2011

Aerostich makes a new Touch-Screen Elkskin Roper glove. Video demo HERE. Saw an IBR rider with a pair but he hadn't used them yet so no review.

not2shabby · Jun 24, 2011

I just got them in the mail tonight. This is what you get.

I tried them on my lightweight summer gloves first. You want to put the gloves on and play with your phone to decide exactly where you want the conductive tip. Then you put the needle inside the glove and poke it through that spot. It's basically a big sewing needle so next you just thread the needle with the thread attached to the disc and pull it into the glove untill the disc is close to where you want it. Then remove the backing from the 3M adhesive and pull the thread untill the disc is in place. Then just press it on the glove like this. The silver mterial on the bench is a patch you're supposed to tie to the thread and leave inside the glove to maximize contact with your skin.

I tried it w/o the patch tied to the thread and it worked! This is the thread hanging out of the glove. I just stuck it back in, I thought the patch tied to it might bunch up and be uncomfortable.

Next up were my Held gloves. I put one on and starting using the phone to get the placement down. Hmmm, the seams are on the fingertips where I put it on the other gloves. Ok, maybe more on the pad of my fingertip will work...whoa! The phone is responding to my inputs w/o the glovetip installed! Looking the gloves over, my scientific mind surmised that they must be sufficently soaked with sweat that they're conducting a charge w/o any help! So if your gloves look like this, try them with your phone and see if they work. You might be surprised and save yourself some $$.

If they don't work, the glovetips are a cheap way to make them work.

Aasland · Jun 26, 2011

Wifey has a pair of tourmaster goatskin gloves which work very well with her Evo, even through the Aquabox.

With my Tourmaster Deertours gloves ... not so lucky.

I think I'll try them there glovetips.

smellthat? · Jun 26, 2011

I have used these for over a year now and they work great. The only issue I had was the sticky part on the tip of the glove peeled away very early. Just a little superglue did the trick. I have these on every pair of gloves I own.

Aasland · May 4, 2012

Just an update: They work well for a while then stop working. Dunno why ... still not a replacement for a resistive touchscreen.

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