Wow. This is a serious mystery worth unraveling.
So...here is what one company claims...and maybe explains why touchscreen gloves work for some of us but not others: Perhaps those for whom they work have better circulation or simply longer fingers or more oils/ moisture in their fingertips. I have Reynaud's, so wonder if my circulation there is poor.
For hands to be conductive, moisture and salts must be present on the surface of the skin. The problem with most touchscreen gloves is that they are retrofitted with conductive patches on tips of fingertips only. Fingertips tend to be dry and thus less conductive. That is why fingertip touchscreen gloves don’t work well. https://www.agloves.com/faq/
