UPDATE (1-19-23): Velcro straps greatly improved! Still working well months later! But after almost half a year later, one of the finger tips wore completely through, and I don't even use these gloves to operate electrical keypads. Just normal wear. So I hope the manufacturer redesigns the finger tips to have more reinforcement. UPDATE (7-24-22): Just got my 3rd pair! Hopeful for an improved glove, because I noticed that it has a different surface for the strap adhesive to stick to. Instead of a velcro surface there, there is a plastic surface; attachment seems more secure. Time will tell. (If the materials in the fingers were more durable, that would really be an even greater improvement!) UPDATE (4-14-22): I really like these gloves, despite some of its shortcomings mentioned earlier. The finger tips still wear out quickly, but not enough to make them unwearable or unattractive. My newest pair developed a tear along the seam after only one or two weeks of normal wear! However, I solved that problem by sicking my glue gun on it! That worked perfectly. These gloves were also ideal for wearing under my much bigger and heavier winter gloves. The larger gloves were too bulky, but very warm; these cycling gloves were not as warm, but allowed much more dexterity. And now they are just fine for spring weather. After a few weeks of wear doing low-demand work (holding handrails on stairs, turning door knobs, handling the steering wheel in my car, touching electronic display screens, etc), my index fingertips of the gloves are becoming threadbare, and the velcro straps frequently snap open! I found a simple partial solution to the velcro strap problem: Rubbing the rough area (the hook region) with a strip of duck tape.; this removes accumulated dust and lint. I wrap the tape around one of my fingers and rub in one direction several times over the velcro. That worked immediately! But the remedy needs to be repeater every few days. Whenever the velcro straps break open when I am away from my duck tape, It also helps to press firmly in a rotating motion, clockwise and counterclockwise, to help the velcro hooks and loops to engage. If you don't have duck tape, you may use an old toothbrush, or a hard plastic comb, or a good tweezers, to pick out the lint and other particles trapped in the rough velcro. ANOTHER REMEDY is to strike a match and bring it close to the soft section of velcro (but not too close!), to cause the loops to curl or bend down more; you don't want them to burn. This method with a lit match works! The adhesive power of my straps were improved up to the same as when new, or even better! Use both the duck tape and lit match methods for best results. UPDATE: I added a narrow strip of double-sided velcro to each glove. That works better than anything else I have done; but it still helps to press firmly on each strap and rub in circular motions up and down and side to side to better engage those velcro hooks and loops.
