Best Touchscreen Motorcycle Gloves That Actually Work

If you want a leather riding glove that reliably works on a phone screen, buy the Classic Short Wrist Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves at $120. The conductive fingertip works, the glove is thin enough that you can feel where the screen is, and at $120 it is the cheapest full deerskin glove in the line with the feature built in rather than added as a novelty.

Here is the part nobody puts in a product description. Most touchscreen gloves that stop working did not fail. They got a heavy coat of conditioner, or the rider is pressing with the pad of the finger while the conductive thread is at the tip, or the screen is wet. Thickness matters too, because a screen responds to contact area and a bulky winter glove spreads your press across too wide a patch to register cleanly. So this list is ranked less on whether the feature exists, which is now standard across most of the range, and more on whether the glove is the right one for the riding you do.

What We Weighted

Screen response came first, then fit at the fingertip, then whether the glove suits a season rather than a photograph. A glove that reads a screen perfectly and cooks your hands in July does not win here. We also gave credit for a fingertip that stays responsive after months of use rather than only out of the box.

The ratings below are editorial. They come from wearing these gloves and using phones with them, not from instrument testing, and they are not measurements of anything. We do not claim a score tells you how a glove performs in a crash, and none of the Legendary gloves here is CE rated or armored. Prices verified August 2026.

1. Classic Short Wrist Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves, Best Overall

This is the default answer and it stays the default answer because nothing here is compromised. The Classic Short Wrist Touchscreen is unlined deerskin at $120, thin enough that your fingertip actually lands where you think it does, soft from the first ride, and cut short at the wrist so it works with a jacket cuff or a bare arm. Screen response is consistent as long as you touch with the tip rather than the flat of the finger. If your use case is checking a map at a fuel stop, answering a call in a parking lot, or paying at a pump without taking your gloves off, this is the one to buy and the rest of this page is optional reading.

• Price: $120

• Score: 8.9 out of 10

• Best for: three season riding, riders who want one pair that does everything

2. Aramid Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves, Best for Riders Who Want More in the Palm

Same screen function, same deerskin, with a cut resistant aramid layer under the palm. The Aramid Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves cost $125, which is five dollars more than the plain version, and the extra layer sits at the heel of the hand where a fall puts your weight first. It is not armor and it is not certified, and we will not pretend otherwise, but it is a genuine difference in material at the one place that matters most. Fingertip response is unaffected by the palm liner. If you were going to buy the pick above anyway, spend the extra five dollars here instead.

• Price: $125

• Score: 8.8 out of 10

• Best for: daily riders who want a little more material where it counts

3. Holy Blanco Ventilated Gloves, Best Touchscreen Glove for Heat

In July the deciding factor stops being the fingertip and becomes airflow. The Holy Blanco ventilated deerskin gloves are $115, they are vented, they are white rather than black, and both of those things matter more at 95 degrees than any feature list. Screen use still works, and there is a practical bonus: sweaty hands inside a sealed glove are a common reason a screen misreads a press, so a glove that keeps your hand drier reads more reliably in summer than a heavier one does. Buy these if your riding season is defined by heat rather than cold.

• Price: $115

• Score: 8.5 out of 10

• Best for: summer, humid climates, riders who sweat through plain leather

4. Double-Diamond Touchscreen Gloves, Best of the Styled Versions

If the plain glove is too plain, the Double-Diamond Touchscreen Gloves at $135 add diamond stitching across the back of the hand without changing anything that matters functionally. Same deerskin, same short wrist cut, same conductive fingertip. The extra fifteen dollars buys stitching, and we are not going to invent a performance story for it. What we will say is that the additional stitch lines across the back give the glove a little more structure over the knuckles, which some riders like and others find slightly stiffer for the first few outings. It ranks fourth because it is a preference purchase, not a capability one.

• Price: $135

• Score: 8.2 out of 10

• Best for: riders who want the same function with more presence

5. Rev'It Touring Gloves, The One We Do Not Sell

We do not stock Rev'It and there is no link here, but if your problem is screen use in rain or genuine cold, they solve it better than any unlined leather glove can. Their touring gloves use larger conductive panels rather than a small treated fingertip, which is easier to hit without looking, and many models are waterproof and CE certified, meaning the finished glove was tested against a standard rather than described in a catalog. The trade is bulk, cost, and the loss of the direct leather feel that brings riders to deerskin in the first place. If you commute year round in weather, look at them honestly before you look at us.

• Price: varies by model, we do not sell it

• Score: 8.7 out of 10 for wet and cold weather use

• Best for: rain, winter commuting, riders who want certification

What to Check Before You Trust a Touchscreen Glove

Before you buy, and before you blame the glove, run through this short list. Most of the failures we hear about come from one of these, and the rest of the American made glove range is worth comparing on cuff length and venting once you know the fingertip works.

• Check which fingertips are treated. Some gloves treat only the index finger, others add the thumb. If you unlock a phone with your thumb, that detail decides the purchase.

• Touch with the very tip, not the pad. The conductive thread is at the end of the finger, and pressing flat is the single most common reason a working glove seems broken.

• Keep wax and heavy conditioner off the fingertips. A thick coat insulates the exact area that needs to conduct, which is one more reason to condition sparingly.

• Thin beats thick for screens. Insulated winter gloves and mittens spread the contact area and register poorly, whatever the label promises.

• Wet screens misread regardless of glove. That is the phone, not the leather.

• Size snug. A loose fingertip means the leather moves before your finger does, and the screen never sees a clean press. Deerskin stretches, so buy it tight.

• Use it stopped. A glove that works on a screen is a convenience at fuel stops, not permission to ride with a phone in your hand.

Common Questions

Can you recommend motorcycle gloves that work with a smartphone screen?

The Classic Short Wrist Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves at $120 are the pick for most riders, with the Aramid version at $125 close behind. Both are thin unlined deerskin with a conductive fingertip, which is the combination that reads a screen most reliably, because thin leather gives you a small, precise contact point. For hot weather the ventilated Holy Blanco at $115 does the same job with airflow, and for rain or winter a waterproof technical glove from a maker like Rev'It will outperform any of them.

Why did my touchscreen gloves stop working?

Almost always it is buildup on the fingertip, not a failed glove. Conditioner, wax, sunscreen and road film all coat the conductive area and block it, and a gentle clean usually brings it back. The other two causes are pressing with the flat of your finger instead of the tip, and a wet screen. Genuine wear through of the conductive thread does happen, but it takes years.

Do touchscreen fingertips make a glove less protective?

No, and they do not make it more protective either. The conductive treatment is a thread and a finish at the fingertip, and it changes nothing structural. These gloves are unarmored and uncertified with or without it, which means they are abrasion and wind protection for your hands and nothing more.

The Pick, and the Runner Up

Buy the Classic Short Wrist Touchscreen at $120. It is thin, it is soft immediately, the fingertip works, and it costs less than the styled versions that do the same job. The runner up is the Aramid Touchscreen at $125, which is the better glove for anybody riding daily, and if summer is your problem rather than protection, the Holy Blanco at $115 is the version to own.

One last piece of advice that will save you a return. Whichever pair you choose, clean the fingertips with a damp cloth before you decide it does not work. Nine times out of ten that is the whole fix.