Winter gloves?

midnite-penguin

midnite-penguin

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Hey guys, been a while...

I'm not too proud to admit I have horrible circulation and my hands and feet get numb at the drop of a hat. Cold weather is upon us so I wanted to get some opinions...

I have some thinner type thermal gloves that I use for cycling that keep me relatively warm until about freezing temperatures. However, I'd like to find a more stout/warm glove to either wear over top of them, or be a stand-alone replacement. The challenge is I want to keep it as inexpensive as I can, so I was thinking of trying some wool mittens in tandem with the thin thermals. What are your guys thoughts? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
 
For merely chilly weather, I use some thin, synthetic glove liners - either alone or under some elk skin ropers.

For truly cold weather I picked up a pair of Canadian milsurp mittens. They have canvas and leather shells with wool inserts and "trigger fingers." I think they were about ten bucks; can't beat that.
 
US surplus leather gloves with wool liners
Buy a few pairs of the wool liners as the get wet, or as they wear thru

Best of both worlds, simple wollen gloves and simple leather gloves, and lovely and warm as a pair
And inexpensive
 
Mittens will be warmer than equivalent gloves. But if you need your fingers, you need gloves!

I've had success with merino-lined Geier gloves. Great fit, warmer than any ski glove I've tried.
 
neeman said:
I have these
They are excellent for fridgid weather, in the very low temperatures

The gloves are for cold/wet
The mittens are for cold/dry
Two different useages
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Excellent, think I'll pull the trigger on them - thank you for the information.
 
I like multi-layer gloves for cold weather. a fluffy liner (preferably wool, but fleece works) and then a wind resisting shell. Even just a shell mitten either leather or a tech fabric helps a lot. Ragg wool gloves can be had pretty cheap (ragg wool is just tougher wool, its a bit scratchy, but wears harder) Then if you need to do something, you can pop it off do what you need to do, and put it back on. Another thing to keep in mind, you want to make sure you have room to move in the gloves, or mitts, so that you don't limit you circulation any more than necessary.
 
"US surplus leather gloves with wool liners Buy a few pairs of the wool liners as the get wet, or as they wear thru"

Pretty much what I use although I have wool mittens also.
 
Or...
You can buy Lamont leather gloves in a larger size and get regular knitted gloves

When I was snowshoeing in -20 C weather, I would use Dachstein boiled wool mittens and the surplus over mittens as above
That combo was warm...

Very Important are the cord tieing the mitts together over your neck, so you cannot drop and loose them in the powder snow...............
 
I bought these several years ago in a surplus store and they are comfortable in EXTREME cold. The only identifier that I can find on them is a stamping on the metal snaps saying '' RABER ''. I kid you not, these are very seriously warm gauntlets with denser fleece in the hand interior.

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i have the same problem. There are 2 avenues I usually go down, but the concept is usually the same. I have attached links.
1. I usually wear a pair of liners. Everyone makes them including smartwool, underarmour, defeet. In super cold below -20C, I go for the wool type http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/MensC...loves/PRD~5029-161/smartwool-liner-gloves.jsp
In 0C to -20C, I usually go for something like polyster and polartec glove. This one isn't polartec, but the same idea http://www.rei.com/product/834918/black-diamond-lightweight-gloves
2. Then for an outer shell, it depends on what your doing. Below -20C, I usually go for a 3 finger mitten type of glove like http://www.rei.com/product/819092/outdoor-research-highcamp-3-finger-gloves or

http://www.pearlizumi.com/publish/c...ride/accessories/0.-productCode-14341104.html << I use these along with these >> http://www.pearlizumi.com/publish/c...ride/accessories/0.-productCode-14141209.html and its mighty hot!

I like Pearl izumi because they are mountain biking gloves. They are comfortable and designed to take on rain, wind and cold while riding in cold weather. Works for me, may work for you!

might I also suggest...http://www.uline.ca/BL_1198/Hand-and-Foot-Warmers?pricode=DD389&gclid=CKLh1Z_GyrMCFY1DMgodAikA6A
 
I've got some military glove liners that I wear with thick wool mittens that have a slit in the palm for your fingers. I've been out all day in bitter cold during late season hunts and my hands never got cold. Wool will keep insulating qualities even when wet.
 
I would suggest you get a long sleeve shirt with the thumb holes in them. You loose a lot of your heat out of your wrists.

If it's really cold put on a thin liner glove, put the sleeve down with your thumb in the hole, and then a thicker glove or mitten.
 
Much depends on what you are doing outdoors. Do you need dexterity? Or just warmth? How are you dressed? If you don't wear a warm hat/cap, using one will help. Silk bandana around your neck, or a wool scarf? If you can conserve the heat at your core, it will help keep your extremities warm. I fly fish all winter and use wool fingerless gloves (take several pairs because they eventually get wet), and also some fleece combination fingerless gloves with mittens that fold over the fingers or tuck into a pouch on the back. The pouch is just the right size to hold one of those chemical one-use hand warmers. Might be cheating but it works for me.
 
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