The difficulty of performing simple tasks wearing gloves.

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Millhouse

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Took the day off work yesterday and went for a little hike.

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The weather had been quite mild, but yesterday was cold and very windy. Without gloves, it was uncomfortable, with the wind biting against bare flesh.

Simple tasks like opening and closing my pack, adjusting my jacket and opening a bar of chocolate was much more difficult with gloves on.

When I got home, I had a go at opening a folding knife and fire lighting, again much more difficult.

It is now a case of practice, practice, practice.
 
First, those are some beautiful pics. I love that second shot of the valley.

Second, it definitely takes some getting used to. I try to use gloves like Mechanix (and similar) when ever I can get away with a lighter weight glove since they offer such good dexterity. When I need glove for colder weather I like to use an insulated shooting/hunting glove since they are designed for tasks that require dexterity. Most brands that make mechanic style gloves also make cold weather version so I may try those soon.
 
My job required me to be extremely dexterous while wearing sometimes multiple layers of gloves. Alot of it just has to do with learning how to be patient and manipulate whatever you are trying to do along with the glove. Patience is so huge... for cold weather though, I just get the 5 dollar woolrich convertables, the half-finger gloves with the mitts that fold over. That way if I need to do something detailed, or shoot, I can.
 
I use fingerless gloves when I hike. they are some I got from a military surplus store for like 5 bucks. I wear mechanics gloves at work all day on the assembly line, it just takes practice to get used to manipulating things. also you have to make sure you have the right size. if they are loose at the finger tip it is going to be hard to do things. you need the gloves to fit like another skin, seal skins are great gloves also.
 
It takes getting used to. I find the most difficult aspect with gloves is reaching into my pockets. On a side note, do eskimos take off their mittens to wipe?
 
Marcelo Cantu said:
It takes getting used to. I find the most difficult aspect with gloves is reaching into my pockets. On a side note, do eskimos take off their mittens to wipe?
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WOw..eating that whale bone soup after a long day wouldnt be right without smelly mittens. ......I bet they did.;)
 
I don't wear gloves full time till we hit about -20*F. So said, I pull my gloves off to do most things anyhow, no matter the weather or wear half finger gloves with the mitt flap so my finger tips are exposed. In the coldest of weather, I wear thin wool gloves inside wool mittens.
 
Millhouse, looks like you had a good time.

Doing things wearing gloves is actually a some kind of skill, which can be learned.
This skill includes choosing a good pair of gloves, wearing and taking off, keeping them
dry and clean and using them as you mentioned in the OP.
Wearing and taking off is truly an important skill as you can be in serious trouble
if you lose them in strong wind, which is also a likely case to lose them.
 
practice is 90% of it, picking gloves is 10%- In Iceland I wore the two layer military gloves- a knit wool liner glove with a heather shell over. I could strip the leather glove off with my teeth for a fine job or if I was having trouble, then put it back on after.

And soemtimes the liners alone, or the leather overgloves alone, were good for a given temperature, relative wetness (or lack of) or task.
 
Well said, Koyote san!
+1 for layered glove.

I keep doing things patiently, slowly and certainly.
It is actually quicker to do things slowly than failing over and over.
Sounds simple but it is sometimes quite hard thing to do, especially in bad condition.
 
i usually dont have any problems in the woods but at work i feel like a tard trying to get nails out of the bottom of my pouch:(
 
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