Best Cold Weather Gloves?
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mnhoundman
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It gets dang cold here in Minnesota, about the only thing that keeps my hands warm sitting is a pair of some kind of mittens. Like go deep said the wool ones are great.
buckbull
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Cabela's used to make a pair of Gore-Tex / Thinsulate gauntlet gloves (extend over the wrist, about half way to elbow). And they came with a fleece liner glove that go inside the main glove.
Warmest pair of gloves I've ever owned. Unfortunately they stopped making them years ago. I purchased two pair...still using the original pair...other sitting in basement with tags on them.
Two tricks to keeping my hands warm: Use the "hot-hands hand warmers" and use them often! Other trick, bring an extra pair of gloves, throw some hand-warmers in them, and tuck them under your armpits, inside your coat.
When the gloves you are wearing get cold, swap for the gloves under your arms.
I tried mittens for a while, and they do keep you hands warm. But i found myself taking them off to use my hands too much. Kind of defeats the purpose of mittens.
Warmest pair of gloves I've ever owned. Unfortunately they stopped making them years ago. I purchased two pair...still using the original pair...other sitting in basement with tags on them.
Two tricks to keeping my hands warm: Use the "hot-hands hand warmers" and use them often! Other trick, bring an extra pair of gloves, throw some hand-warmers in them, and tuck them under your armpits, inside your coat.
When the gloves you are wearing get cold, swap for the gloves under your arms.
I tried mittens for a while, and they do keep you hands warm. But i found myself taking them off to use my hands too much. Kind of defeats the purpose of mittens.
wy-tex
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Fold back mittens with merino wool liners and toastie toes for handwarmers. My best cold weather gloves are the UA mittens.
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maine canoe guide
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I have several pairs of felted mittens that my wife made for me. They are knitted out of wool and they start out huge like clown mittens. then they get shrunk in the dryer on just with hot water. The wool shrinks and the mittens end up normal size but the wool gets super tight and you would not believe how thick and warm they are. Great for ice fishing too.
tim
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boiled wool mittens, if you can find the ones that the mitten flips back to a fingerless glove all the better, and then some type of overmitt, like a snowboarder over mitt works very well.
mallardsx2
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Get the Ice Armor ice fishing gloves. Those are the best gloves I have ever found. And my hands get super cold...very quickly.
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hoshour
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Has anyone tried bison down gloves? https://thebuffalowoolco.com/products/full-fingered-bison-down-gloves?ref=yotpo_94
I don't own them, but tried them on in the showroom store. Kuiu makes a mitten with down that are crazy warm. I was impressed. I might get them for late season glassing. That's about the only time I would use them. Otherwise I switched to using a hand muff. One of those things you wear around your waist that you put your hands in. They are very good if you buy a good quality one. Then I can wear a light pair of gloves in it and still have dexterity. If really cold I throw a hand warmer packet in there. Never had cold hands with that setup for winter hunting (tree stand hunting down to single digits)
I use a light pair of Sitka gloves for warmer weather and Aleyeskan wool gloves over them when needed. I have the Kuiu down mittens but no weather cold enough for them yet. They are a bit clumsy running my Outdoorsmans tripod with them but it works. They are extremely warm, make hand sweat fast
mntnguide
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I use the Alyeska wool gloves. .then when is really cold I have the Alyeska flip over mitten wool glove and use both. .works great in freezing cold in my experience. .and both together are maybe $20...
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Welchji
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I like the technique the USAF teaches at their Arctic Survival School. Small pair of liner gloves under a large pair of mittens. Connect the mittens with a piece of cord that is a couple inches longer than your arm span. Run the cord over your shoulders and behind your neck, even while wearing the mittens. Take the mittens off, swing behind your back and give the cord a single twist to keep them out of your way while working. The liner gloves were just enough to keep hands warm and give you the dexterity needed to complete fine motor tasks. Mittens back on when you're done. The layered liner glove and mittens kept my hands warm in -40 deg F weather for a week.
Granted that was with standard issue gear. I plan to apply the technique with kuiu liner gloves and super down mittens next season.
Granted that was with standard issue gear. I plan to apply the technique with kuiu liner gloves and super down mittens next season.
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mntnguide
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I've always found then at Big R or Cal ranch or any type of ranch-ag store...they are pretty common and anywhere with work gloves should have them
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