I'm pretty sure you all remember what happened to Casabella and their Greek manufacturer of the Casabella Champion Waterstop gloves. After the manufacturer ceased operations, Casabella searched and found a new one, but the new Waterstop gloves were kind of... meh. The smell was different, less chlorinated, the sizing was all off,... it wasn't the same anymore. After a lot of complaints, they improved the product again, but it's still not quite te same as the old Casabellas that make you drip precum in anticipation
Something similar has happened to the Spontex Comfort gloves lately. As I absolutely love it when my wife wears those (in size L, yes I know, I want them a bit oversized to see/feel/hear the rubber wrinkle and squeek, and see the cuffs flap around her slender wrist ), I want to be sure we never run out of them. So I ordered a few new pairs through Amazon.
In the heat of the game, I immediately felt something was, erm, 'different', and upon closer look, they *did* change the design.
On all 4 pictures you can see the original Spontex Comfort on the left, and the 'new' (but not improved) design on the right. It's subtle, but it's again a regression nevertheless...
Spontex Comfort is not Spontex Comfort (anymore)
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Yes, and it's unbelievable how half a cm can make a lot of difference when worn.
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Interesting. I think they've only ever sold the newer ones on the right in the UK. They only launched 2-3 years ago here, and only ever in the packaging on the right. I am confident they were the shorter length and more blue than green too (in my eyes, left is green; right is blue - some may disagree!).
What makes matters worse is that they took feedback from consumers almost immediately and discontinued their "M" size (6-7) within a year to replace it with an "M-L" which has made them gigantic. Meanwhile, almost 10 years on, they still haven't changed the packaging on their Tough gloves branding to reflect the size, or release a smaller size in the UK for those like me with smaller hands I have to travel to France when I want smaller ones :')
What makes matters worse is that they took feedback from consumers almost immediately and discontinued their "M" size (6-7) within a year to replace it with an "M-L" which has made them gigantic. Meanwhile, almost 10 years on, they still haven't changed the packaging on their Tough gloves branding to reflect the size, or release a smaller size in the UK for those like me with smaller hands I have to travel to France when I want smaller ones :')
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Yes, correct, the new 'unimproved' ones are rather blue, the original ones green.
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Re: Spontex Comfort is not Spontex Comfort (anymore)
Speaking as a UK user of Spontex gloves, it's frustrating how they only now sell one size - could be dictated by the supermarkets only wanting to stock a limited number of lines, but can't they sell more on their website? The M-L fits me where the M didn't, but the M was better for my wife. The problem with these gloves (other than the artificial scent - give me rubber smell any day!) is that the lining wears away really quickly which makes them hard to don/remove. I think that's why people complained about the size. Spontex could do with looking at their flock application to make it stick a bit better! I don't like too much flock, but this is not enough. Other than that, I really like them.