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Your favorite winter gloves
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j williams
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The heavier Mechanix gloves, or Oakley flight gloves are what I wear in the winter. They are warm, but agile enough to to still feel a pulse thouh them.
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Back when I used to winter camp (I hope to get back to it someday soon). I would go with a layered approach. For me, thin liners (silk or polypro), then wool (mittens or gloves) would provide the insulation, then a treated leather mitten shell would complete the package to keep my hands warm and dry.
If your hands get sweaty, removing the outer shell would allow your hands to breathe through the silk and wool. With the thin liners, you can maintain some warmth when doing fine tasks that you'd normally take your gloves off for.
I would think that with the climate difference between Maine and TN, you'd be fine with just the liners and wool gloves.
Jon
If your hands get sweaty, removing the outer shell would allow your hands to breathe through the silk and wool. With the thin liners, you can maintain some warmth when doing fine tasks that you'd normally take your gloves off for.
I would think that with the climate difference between Maine and TN, you'd be fine with just the liners and wool gloves.
Jon
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I've tried lots of different fancy expensive gloves and I still always go back to wool. I like DURAY, the three-finger model, they are cheap, $4-$5 a pair. They are warm when wet, warm when frozen. I will usually take 2-3 pairs out with me each day when I am working in the winter and switch them at lunch time (or whenever necessary). The three finger model is warm and leaves your index finger free to move. I always have my Outdoor Research Goretex mits with double liner that I keep for backup and for the snowmobile ride to/from work.
I wear DURAY socks as well. The only place I know of that sells them is Mark's Work Wearhouse in Canada (although they don't seem to be on the website). Duray makes socks for the Canadian military. I usually stock up thier socks and gloves whenever I see them in-stock, they seem to disappear off of the shelves pretty quick.
Here's a couple places online that sell them, although I've never dealt with either company:
http://www.weaverdevore.ca/product_info.php/cPath/14_16/products_id/544
http://store.valueweb.com/servlet/gorillas/-strse-2/socks-sox-DuRay-grey/Detail
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I have yet to find any really good gloves for winter. Usually end up making do with the ten-dollar work gloves we get at the coop. They're warm enough, very durable, and they give you enough dexterity to do most stuff. If I need to do real fine work, I lose the gloves and work quickly as I can. My hands tend to do pretty well in cold weather, that's what I get for living in Nebraska all my life. Just have to stop and warm them up when they start getting too cold.
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I haven't been in really cold weather for a while in the past several years (only down to single digits), but I usually use fingerless wool gloves, thin glove liners or my Nomex gloves (they suck when they get wet!). My hands don't get too cold, even when hunting, so thin glove liners work most of the time...if I have to do any scrub work, chopping/hauling wood or clearing brush, I always have a pair of leather gloves and when I'm finished I'll put my dry liners back on. The fingerless wool gloves are great for shorter hikes.
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Where I live we have really cold weather for 5 months so i have probably 20 pairs of gloves.
I ride a motorcycle ,quad and
Natural materials rule. Silk liners are worth it if you can find them. Wool is awesome but one of my favourite materials is leather. The gloves I wear most are definitly leather.
Here is a nice heavy winter glove good to at least -20C that is designed by the Canadian army so you can still operate machinery. I have 2 pairs of these from when i worked at a surplus store ,a mint 20$ pair and a beat up 5$ work pair.
They are goretex and goatskin.
Right now I wear either a nice pair of unlined Capeskin gloves or at night on the bike ,these lined leather gloves are quite good.
I also wear these alpinstars a lot but they are a bit worn out now. Still they are incredibly well made and comfortable and great highway gloves.
From the expensive Alpinstars to these 2$ bin gloves from the surplus store are pretty good if you are getting paid to dig through the bin looking for 2 perfect matches of new gloves. I don't wear these on the bike but I keep pairs stashed all over the place.
They make fantastic work gloves and are quite warm with some wool liners.
I will try to find my pics of my huge -70 rated 2 piece military mitts.
I ride a motorcycle ,quad and
Natural materials rule. Silk liners are worth it if you can find them. Wool is awesome but one of my favourite materials is leather. The gloves I wear most are definitly leather.
Here is a nice heavy winter glove good to at least -20C that is designed by the Canadian army so you can still operate machinery. I have 2 pairs of these from when i worked at a surplus store ,a mint 20$ pair and a beat up 5$ work pair.
They are goretex and goatskin.
Right now I wear either a nice pair of unlined Capeskin gloves or at night on the bike ,these lined leather gloves are quite good.
I also wear these alpinstars a lot but they are a bit worn out now. Still they are incredibly well made and comfortable and great highway gloves.
From the expensive Alpinstars to these 2$ bin gloves from the surplus store are pretty good if you are getting paid to dig through the bin looking for 2 perfect matches of new gloves. I don't wear these on the bike but I keep pairs stashed all over the place.
They make fantastic work gloves and are quite warm with some wool liners.
I will try to find my pics of my huge -70 rated 2 piece military mitts.
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i got some hobo gloves at k-mart. they are mittens but the mittin part folds back it you want to work with your fingers.
I prefer a pair of good glove liners and a pair of big warm mittens and just take off the mitts when I need some dexterity.
I find that gloves that are thin enough to work with are too thin to keep me warm and I usually gotta take them off anyway.
I find that gloves that are thin enough to work with are too thin to keep me warm and I usually gotta take them off anyway.
I've tried just about every brand on the market and have tried to find a good balance between warmth, waterproof, fit/comfort, dexerity, and tactile ability to do basic tasks such as cut, shoot, & pick up things.
I must have 30 pairs of gloves and have narrowed down my list to several favorites that meet my mission objectives. For cold weather warmth along with H2o proof and good tactile capablity the insultated neopreme gloves from Glacer Glove are some of the best I've found. They come in different sizes and levels of insulation and breathablity. For hard core cold/wet these are the best. They have the Touch Rite on the fingers for better tactile control.
When water control is not an issue then most of the time I just wear either a wool or poly pro liner glove as they fit like a second pair of skin, low bulk, and very warm.
I took and put every pair of H2o gloves I own under a running faucet of ice cold mountain water and the Glacer Glove Aleutian model is the ONLY one that didn't get wet and there was no significant tranfer of warmth to cold (in other words my hands could not feel the cold water). ALL the other gloves eventually got wet and you could instantly feel the coolness once they got exposed to the cold water. http://www.glacieroutdoor.com/index.php
I must have 30 pairs of gloves and have narrowed down my list to several favorites that meet my mission objectives. For cold weather warmth along with H2o proof and good tactile capablity the insultated neopreme gloves from Glacer Glove are some of the best I've found. They come in different sizes and levels of insulation and breathablity. For hard core cold/wet these are the best. They have the Touch Rite on the fingers for better tactile control.
When water control is not an issue then most of the time I just wear either a wool or poly pro liner glove as they fit like a second pair of skin, low bulk, and very warm.
I took and put every pair of H2o gloves I own under a running faucet of ice cold mountain water and the Glacer Glove Aleutian model is the ONLY one that didn't get wet and there was no significant tranfer of warmth to cold (in other words my hands could not feel the cold water). ALL the other gloves eventually got wet and you could instantly feel the coolness once they got exposed to the cold water. http://www.glacieroutdoor.com/index.php
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Duluth Trading company has some that are fairly thin, waterproof, and are warm enough for working, but not much good for less demanding activities. Not sure what they call them, but they are similar to a winter version of the Mechanix gloves.
Other than that I have some deerskin gloves, with thinsulate, and a flannel lining that I really like, and they are good down to about 10 or 20 deg with low activity, like sitting in the blind.
Other than that I have some deerskin gloves, with thinsulate, and a flannel lining that I really like, and they are good down to about 10 or 20 deg with low activity, like sitting in the blind.
Heh, it doesn't get cold enough here in middle TN for us to need gloves in the winter!
Just kidding of course. I have found that if I am working I can get away with the mechanics style gloves as long as I don't get my hands wet. I have some cheaper ($10 IIRC) thinsulate/goretex knockoffs I got at Academy a few years ago for when it will be a prolonged exposure outside, or going to Titans games.
Just kidding of course. I have found that if I am working I can get away with the mechanics style gloves as long as I don't get my hands wet. I have some cheaper ($10 IIRC) thinsulate/goretex knockoffs I got at Academy a few years ago for when it will be a prolonged exposure outside, or going to Titans games.
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It all depends on what you're doing and how cold it is.
My most used in the winter is a pair of elk skin with a light insulation inside. When it gets colder then I switch to heavier insulated gloves or a liner/shell.
FWIW, while I really like Gore Windstopper in jackets I've found gloves made of the same material pretty worthless in the cold.
My most used in the winter is a pair of elk skin with a light insulation inside. When it gets colder then I switch to heavier insulated gloves or a liner/shell.
FWIW, while I really like Gore Windstopper in jackets I've found gloves made of the same material pretty worthless in the cold.
