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Cold weather gloves?
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I am not much into firearms but I do as much ice climbing as possible and I face the same problem than you. I want my hands to stay dry, warm but I need dexterity so as to hold on my ice tools, place ice screws and fumble with ropes, knots, carabinners, slcd's and stuff like that.
Over the years the only solution I have came across is... having several pairs of gloves. Thinner ones for climbing and thicker warmer ones for belaying. I keep the spare one inside my jacket close to my skin so it stays warm and dries a little bit with my body warmth.
Trust me, the gloves you are asking for DO NOT EXIST. Just compromises. If someone can prove me wrong... please, send me a bunch of those magical gloves over here.
You could try with thin (1.5mm) neoprene gloves with syntetic leather palms (summer diving gloves). But they will probably keep your hands wet from your own moisture. They are flexible though. I hope this helps.
Mikel
Over the years the only solution I have came across is... having several pairs of gloves. Thinner ones for climbing and thicker warmer ones for belaying. I keep the spare one inside my jacket close to my skin so it stays warm and dries a little bit with my body warmth.
Trust me, the gloves you are asking for DO NOT EXIST. Just compromises. If someone can prove me wrong... please, send me a bunch of those magical gloves over here.
You could try with thin (1.5mm) neoprene gloves with syntetic leather palms (summer diving gloves). But they will probably keep your hands wet from your own moisture. They are flexible though. I hope this helps.
Mikel
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A Canadian friend of mine said that you really can't get all of the above, at least not when it's really cold out (he defines really cold as below 0 Farenheit).
What he does is use a thin pair of nomex gloves, and then wears heavy arctic mittens over those. He said get mittens one or two sized too big, and that can clip on to your jacket. You weatr these over your gloves. When it's tiem to shoot, you just give your hands a good shake, the mittens come off (still attached to your jacket sleeve), the gloves keep your hands from freezing to your gun. When you're done shooting or the chance at a game shot is gone, you put the mittens back on.
Of course that doesn't help a climber a lot, they would have to carry more than one set of gloves.
Not quite! From two years ago I climb leashless so this doesn't work for me but for those who still climb leashed (cowards!... just kidding... ) there is a trick that works quite well. You get mittens about a size bigger than needed and put on a thin glove. You strap yourself to the leashes and when it is time to place gear you stick your ice tool and pull out your hand FROM THE MITTENS... so it stays attached to the ice tool just by the leash. You manipulate the gear bare handed (or with the thin grippy glove) and put it back inside when done. That is by far the quickest warmes way to ice climb once you get used to do it. You can even go a little bit further and place a little chemical warm-up package (don't know how do you call them there guys... sorry) inside the mittens between the insulation layers.
If you follow Punishment's advice and strap your mittens to your jacket.. just make sure the cords are not too long, otherwise you will end up with your mittens full of snow everytime you take them out! Anytime I take off gloves, hats or whatever... I put it INSIDE my jacket, that way it stays warm and doesn't get lost. I just hate it when snow gets inside of a warm glove... because it melts right away or sticks to the fleece... and you can't shake it off.
Mikel
give a pair of these a try, I wore a pair when I spent a week up at Ft. McMurray and they were fairly warm but still allowed me to turn a wrench at -42*C
That's an easy one... you never had them because they... don't exist! I have a pair of mittens myself but they are not good at all. I need to get a Primaloft filled pair for those climbs that requiere having your paws driven in snow often (just holding the ice axe from its crux).
Mikel
Carrying two pairs and keeping a spare in my jacket is what i have been doing too,but i lost my spare when i missed my inside pocket and that's why i was hoping for a stay on one pair miracle glove.
They look very appealing but they may be too bulky to safely get inside some trigger guards.
Remington makes / made some winter shooting gloves that are pretty good, they are made of "saddle cloth" with 40 gram thinsulate. The index finger is sewn more narrow than the other fingers. I got my pair at Wal-mart several years ago. They are holding up well under relatively hard seasonal use.
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The best advice here is the thin glove with mitt combo. The glomitt is a poor compromize from my expereince. You get the benefit of the mitt, but cold air still seeps into the glove through the slit that exposes the fingers. I wear thin gloves and use one of those insulated muffs, like football players use on cold days. Drop a hand warmer or two in the muff and stick the hands in when they get cold. This works well if you are sitting on stand or in a blind, but not as well if you are on the move. If you are hiking and need your hands for balance or carrying things (like your gun) without much dexterity then the glove with over-mitt is the better option. Like was said earlier, clip them ot your coat or put them in your coat when one comes off, so that they don't get lost, wet, or filled with snow.
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Try winter weight neoprene fishing gloves, quite a few companies make them, i have used them for about 10 years they are the best solution that i have found, working construction and steelhead fishing in upstate Ny.
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I have a pair of fleece lined neoprene gloves that are spectacular. I wear them when flying ultralights and they work great. Maybe you could look along those lines.