Outdoor Research

Prevail Heated GORE-TEX Glove

Cuffs / gauntlets completely defeat these gloves

Size and heating is as promised. The thing that makes this not worth the money is that the gauntlets/cuffs are far, far too small to make this effective. Obviously with the control button on the cuff of the glove, the gloves need to sit on the outside of the jacket. So they have to be "gauntlet" style to accomplish that. Unfortunately the gauntlets are too small to effectively slip over the top of any of my jackets (ski shells, puffers, casual jackets. Because of the bulkiness of the batteries that sit on / below the wrist the gloves also don't fit UNDER the jacket -- or if it does it is with so much fussing that it isn't worth the trouble. Not worth what I paid and honestly bummed I can't return these. Plenty of examples of gauntlet style gloves out in the market, needs a big wide opening and a cinch or two to keep it tight. Maybe I'm missing something since these are my first heated gloves but seems like a huge miss. The size I purchased was XS and they fit as expected for me, though I have to say even though the gauntlet isn't wide enough, they are comically long -- I don't think they scaled these down from the Medium so they go most the way to my elbow as an XS. Goofy but wouldn't mind if I could actually use these as intended.

Great Glove, But TOO Small

I bought the largest size XL, which is suppose to fit a hand with a circumference of 9 1/4 to 9 5/8", but can barely get my 9.0" hand into it. Hard to bend the fingers! Per their chart it is a Medium. Men need larger gloves!!

Disappointed

Familiarity:

I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions

Size Bought:

Large

Bought these as a gift for my husband. Comfortable and cozy warm when trying them out at home. Fingers still cold on the slopes. Disappointed

NOT worth the money

Nice glove but horrible battery power life. They need to be charged constantly. My gloves last a max of two hours on low setting before the batteries die.

These are nice gloves but they run small so they didn't fit and I wasn't able to exchange them.

Heating was Ineffective

Maybe I got a dud, maybe they aren’t that great. Trying them in my house, they seemed to perform well and I was excited to use them. However, using them on the ski hill with only -2 degrees Celsius weather, the tips of my fingers felt cold. Disappointing, as I suffer from a hand condition where I easily lose circulation and was really hoping that these would be the magic bullet to keep my hands warm as I enjoy the slopes. Other than the heating aspect, the gloves made with quality materials. Not worth the money. Too bad, as I have been purely using OR mitts for over 2 decades.

Unacceptable battery life

Brand new. Less than one hour of battery life. Very disappointed given price.

New is not better.

This is my 3rd pr of these gloves having obtained 2 pr on warranty after switches failed. The gloves suffer from over stuffed linings not thoroughly attached to the shell which makes them difficult to put on, especially while skiing. The overstuffed liner coupled with the elastic wrist cuff traps moisture which frustrates the insulation and results in cold sweaty hands no matter the heat setting. Same problem as the last version. The wrist leashes are too elastic and therefore unreliable to secure gloves while on ski lift and I will be replacing them with the string leashes I salvaged from 1st warrantied pair. The battery cable seems to have been redesigned which may eliminate failures. The battery pocket on recent versions has too small a zipper which necessitates pinching the battery pack to get it in resulting in battery wire failures. This can be reinforced with tape and shoe goo. OR had been great at replacing failed gloves. Please go back to the original design which fit better and provided more functional warmth.

These gloves were defective. The first time I used the gloves the battery in one of the gloves died after less than 2 hours on low. Bench testing in my house, the same battery died after 2 hours and 45 minutes running on low. OR has no quality control.

Amazing gloves worth every dollar

Amazing technology. I spent much more for another brand that i would give zero stars. As a life long skier with raynauds these gloves allow me to ski 50’plus days a year