I agree with others on a tight fit. I wear a S and bought a M one time when they were out of S's and found I never wore the M. I wear them until the coating begins to fail and I find my hands are getting dirt on them inside the glove. I'm guessing that might be a 2nd year glove, not sure, I keep a lot of these on hand all the time. I've never had any problems with ripping or holes in them. I wash and dry them about once a season, and I use the dryer (read somewhere, here perhaps, that the heat will reactivate the tackiness of the coating).