Speedo Aqua Fit Training Swim Gloves

Love these swim gloves. In combination with my pool fins, they help keep my body more aligned and take the pressure and strain off my lumber, thoracic and cervical spine areas, by helping to keep my legs from dropping and dragging too far down in the water. You would think swimming would be a no pain sport, but if you are out of shape and have an aging and/or damaged spine, you can find yourself in need of a heating pad the next day or even two weeks until you build more muscle.

Use them so much!Love them. They have added so much resistance to my water workouts and the Velcro closure on the wrist stays on really well.

A little bit expensive but good

These do run large, so perhaps order a size down. I have small hands and definitely could have ordered an even smaller size (if it exists). I am using them for swim training and when I am in my aqua fitness class and they work great and are holding up very well with the heavy chlorine in the pool that I go to. I kept the ones that were technically too large for me because they cover my entire hand and actually work well to make a lot of resistance in the pool.

The five stars are for probable durability. I also find these gloves very useful. Additionally, my return was handled extremely efficiently.Fit/size:I can see 4 potential issues with getting the correct size in these gloves.How wide is your palm (most important).How thick is your wrist (somewhat important).How long are your fingers (mostly unimportant).How thick are your fingers (mostly unimportant).This following size chart (from the Speedo site) addresses palm width:AQUATIC FITNESS GLOVES SIZE CHARTS M L XL8.0cm 8.5cm 9.0-9.5cm 10.0-10.5cmNote: Width: Measure horizontally across the palm.(Although my palm is about 9.5cm across, squarely in the Large category, this size would have been to large for me.)This criteria for fit is the most important. If the gloves are too large in the palm, they will feel loose on the hand. I purchased two pairs of Speedo swim training gloves, one XL and one M, for my wife and I. I returned the XL, partly because they were too big and loose on the body of my hand. I now use the medium size purchased for my wife. This pair is also a bit loose. This becomes especially evident when swimming. I think the wet material tends to stretch, fill with water, and they feel like they balloon out a bit.I have fairly small wrists. For the fit, this somewhat/slightly important. I think the size of the wrist opening and the position of the velcro closure is related to the glove/palm size; i.e. XL has a larger wrist opening than the Small size. Not only do my Medium sized gloves seem a bit too large on the palm, I feel like, in order to keep the glove on my hand, I should adjust the velcro closure to the minimum aperture size. (two downsides to this adjustment: the velcro makes limited contact and the excess strap flops around on every stroke).Length of fingers: I have not found it useful to make a size comparison to other kinds of gloves. I have what I think of as large to very large hands (at maximum spread, tip of thumb to tip of little finger = 23.5cm). It is difficult for me to find work gloves that fit. I have (literally) tried on many hundreds of pairs of work gloves. When gloves do fit, they are almost always XXL size, and even those are often too small. I own about 10+ pairs of winter gloves, all XL and XXL. Perhaps the difficulty is long fingers? (middler finger, right hand = 9cm). While fit is critical for me with gloves with fingers, it is not an issue with with the Speedo fingerless swim gloves. Whether my fingers protrude from the gloves .5", or 1.5", does not seem to substantially affect either comfort or function.Size of the finger holes: the finger holes on these medium gloves are also a bit too large for me. This seem to affect the way the gloves function: a strong forward stroke seems to push back the material around the edge of the finger, creating resistance. Also: water seems to enter the glove around the fingers, creating more resistance. However, I do not find this a problem. I have to work harder against the resistance, and that is why I am using the gloves.Durability: I have used these about 10 times while swimming and snorkeling in both ocean, and pool. I have not noticed any wear issues.Note: These gloves may not help you swim faster. I have noticed, especially when snorkeling, that the greater surface area these gloves provide does seem to give me more power, at least for a few hard strokes. When swimming laps, the greater resistance makes me work harder (which is good, right?), but it does not increase my overall speed. Indeed, my time for ten laps increases. When I remove the gloves, however, it feels like I can fly through the water. (neighboring swimmers have assured me that this was not the case).

Perfect and NOT a cheap fabric! It’s perfect!!🤩

Excellent quality of construction & material.I use mine daily for swimming in a chlorine pool. With just a thorough rinsing afterwards they have lasted several months already while my friends’ swim gloves (a better known brand) have deteriorated.

The photos are misleading. The stitching between the fingers is not nearly as long as depicted in the sale item photographs. The style in blue with the rounded velcro tab and longer stitching between the fingers provides a significantly better fit. The gray style with the tapered velcro tab has significantly shorter stitching between the fingers resulting in a baggy floppy fit between the fingers and especially in the palm area, which is significantly larger. IMO the design on the newer versions is lacking. If you can find the previous style, even if used, buy it (see a photo of the pink gloves). I have 2 pairs of the grey ones and I just don't get as good of a work out doing laps because they are so baggy, ill fitting, and just fill with air during each stroke. What a lacking design. As with so many things these days, newer style design isn't always an improvement.