We have a small farm in northern Idaho and I needed a pair of very warm, waterproof work gloves for the winter.  All the gloves I had used before these were neither warm enough nor waterproof.  When I am doing general farm work (feeding livestock, etc) these gloves are perfect. They kept my fingers warm and dry, and kept me comfortable for hours.  However, they did not hold up to their waterproof claim when I was putting chains on my truck on a very snowy day....they became completely soaked all the way through, and I had to dry them out for a couple of days before being able to wear them again.  All in all, a very good pair of gloves as long as you are not working in wet snow installing chains on a vehicle!