Best midweight: Helly Hansen Fleece Touch Gloves There's a tricky middle ground ... and they protect your phone screen from exposure to your cold fingertips during winter's worst weather.

$55 $42 Buy on Nordstrom Related: 12 Last-Minute Nordstrom Gifts That Will Arrive Quickly — from $17 Made of 100 percent cashmere, the gloves offer a touch of luxury for everyday errands.

Cold weather gloves that allow the user to tap smartphones and tablets. The capacitive screen requires current to flow between the device and the user's hand, and regular gloves hinder that transfer.

“When I run outside in cold weather, I always wear these gloves because they prevent my hands from freezing and let me use my phone thanks to the screen ... to sense your touch or swipe.

Here’s a bulky old CRT monitor used as a touch-screen without any alterations. It doesn’t use an overlay, but instead detects position using phototransistors in the fingertips of a glove.

This very rugged Android phone is water-proof and drop-resistant, with a touch screen that works through gloves and when wet. It works on Verizon's LTE network and has a large PTT button on the side.

or the best ski gloves to buy now The Montane Prism Glove ... the only issue being that the slightly-stiffer touch screen pad areas are square, and tend to stay that way, resulting in a slightly ...