My little guy doesn't have to worry about digging snow out of his freezing little hands while his sisters pumel him in a snowball fight.  I look forward to not having to check on him constantly when we are skiing or playing in the snow to make sure snow isn't packed into his gloves and wrist giving him frost bite.  This is great...  The nylon sleeve isn't waterproof, but that doesn't matter as long as you just pull them up his arm and put the coat sleeve over them it's like another layer of thermal and no snow can get in.  The shipping was excellent and I received this product in less than 3 days, I don't see why someone would ever shop at an actual store with this kind of service at your fingertips.