Crane Touchscreen Gloves
EDITOR’S NOTE 1: Aldi sold touchscreen gloves again in October of 2024 and October of 2022 for the same price of $7.99.
EDITOR’S NOTE 2: See our update toward the end of the post about how the gloves have held up to several years of use.
Gloves are an essential part of a winter wardrobe for most people. However, with cell phones such a ubiquitous part of our lives, it’s pretty much impossible to use a touchscreen phone while wearing traditional gloves. The solution is to get a pair of gloves that works with a touchscreen. This fall, Aldi sold touchscreen gloves to help with all your outdoor, cold weather phone usage.
Crane Touchscreen Gloves (product code 701495) cost $7.99 per pair at the time of publication, which is on the lower end of the price range for touchscreen gloves found on Amazon. The Aldi gloves are available in both men’s and women’s styles.
These are an Aldi Find (Special Buy), which means they’re only at Aldi stores for a short time. Each store gets one shipment, and after they sell out, they’re gone until next year. You can’t order Aldi Finds online in the U.S., so once the gloves sell out at stores, they’re gone.
Features include:
- Sizes S, M, L, or XL
- A forefinger and thumb that are touchscreen compatible
- Four-way stretch fabric
- Fleece lining that provides added flexibility and warmth
- Palm grips
- OEKO-TEX certified to be free from harmful levels of over 300 substances
The package states these gloves are smartphone friendly, with a silicone design at the palm that allows for a better grip.
They were made in China with 52% Polyester, 41% nylon, and 7% Spandex. They also have plastic clips that allow the two gloves to be fastened together near the wrists, if that’s something you need.
They can be machine washed in cold water on the gentle cycle. Use only non-chlorine bleach when needed. Dry flat, away from heat, and do not iron.
I purchased these gloves in a ladies’ size medium. I usually wear a medium in clothing, but gloves aren’t typically sized that way, so I pulled one medium-sized glove out of the packaging in the store to try it on. With touchscreen gloves, you really do want to pay attention to sizing because if the gloves are too large, you may not be able to easily use a touchscreen. For me, the medium gloves fit well.
They pull onto my hands easily and don’t feel too tight, and yet they also are snug enough that my fingers can freely move and navigate my phone’s touchscreen. I was impressed by how well my phone’s touchscreen responded to my movements while wearing these gloves.
The gloves also cover my wrist and then some, coming a few inches up my lower arms. That means they’re good at covering the gap that sometimes happens between a normal pair of gloves and my jacket sleeves when I’m active outdoors.
These gloves feel pretty warm for how thin they are, but if you’re going to be out in bitter cold temperatures, you may prefer something a bit bulkier and with more insulation. For normal use, when I’m out running errands or walking in my neighborhood, I think these will be fine, and they certainly are more convenient than regular gloves for those moments when I need to use my phone.
UPDATE (10/16/2024) — I’ve owned these gloves for four years now. They did develop a small rip along a side seam, but it was easy to sew it up. Otherwise, they still work great.
The Verdict:
Crane Touchscreen Gloves are available in men’s and women’s designs in sizes small through extra large. They fit well and allow me to use my cell phone while keeping my hands warm. Recommended.
I bought a pair of these a couple of years ago…the touchscreen “feature” doesn’t work most of the time, but they have held up well. I like them for driving and other things. They aren’t very good at keeping my hands warm,though.
I have never had a problem with them not working with a touchscreen phone. Maybe there wasn’t enough heat inside your glove to help with the touchscreen.
I bought a men’s large, and they were too big, so I took them back to Aldi, to exchange them for a smaller size, but they were out. I called Aldi customer service, and asked where I could find a store that had a smaller size, but they couldn’t give me that information. There weren’t even any phone numbers for customers to call the stores. I’d have to drive an hour or more, just to ask them if they had the size I needed. I think that’s bad customer service. So now, I I have these gloves that are too big. and won’t work with my cell phone. You’re right Pete. They don’t keep your hands warm. If I use them now, I put little rubber bands on the cell phone fingers to take up the slack. Not comfortable or attractive. An overall BAD EXPERIENCE!
Robert, Aldi is a no frills shopping experience so you trade off being able to call with VERY low prices and good quality. I rarely go into Wal-Mart, but when I do I remind myself that I am the outlier and that I chose to be around badly behaved people to get an otherwise hard to find item. It really depends on what you are willing to trade off. I am willing to pay more for just about anything than to enter Wal-Mart.
Bought these last year, but just wore them for the first time today. They are comfortable and warm enough for walking to and from my car and around my work campus. Even though they don’t work on my phone’s touch screen as advertised, they are thin enough allow me to grab my keys or carry a drink or rummage in my pockets. I recommend!
Just bought these today. Touch screen seems to work fine with them. Got XL as I normally do and they fit well. Maybe a tad smaller than usual, but that’s OK with this type of glove. These should be good for use in the car on cold days.
I received a pair of crane touch screen gloves as a Christmas present. I clipped them together, BUT I do not know how to unclip them. Please help
PS. Nothing on the packaging shows or mentions it. Thank you
I CAN’T UNCLIP MINE EITHER!! LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU FIND THE ANSWER, PLEASE.
These are returning to Aldi the week of October 23rd, 2024, while supplies last. They’re still $7.99.
I Absolutely loooove these gloves! I wear a size medium and I have purchased at least three pair because I’ve always lost the one for my right hand which I have carpal tunnel in gloves give me so much relief and I keep them with me all the time I even purchased a pair for my daughter I wish I had known that they come to Aldi every October. I’ve been in the store during the month of October, but did not think to look for the gloves because I had not lost my right glove yet sadly to say again I have lost the right glove and I have two medium left gloves. I wish I could get me another pair for the winter if anybody knows where I can find me another pair before next October please let me know.