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I wear lightweight wool gloves inside snow machine mittens that also have a pocket for warmers.

Thanks guys!

An opossum muff would be great for long nights...

Big Nate - some uber-warm gear for the mushers, thanks for the tip. I like the built in snot wipers. Somewhere I have a pair of lined ski gloves with snot wiper and goggle wiper too but can't locate them. They've served well in the mid and upper teens. A windproof mitten over the whole works seems a solid approach.

Seeing some interesting stuff for the freezer warehouse folks too, including a trigger finger leather mitten for cheap.


Anyways, got some great ideas to work from. It is all appreciated.

Some options:
1. Glomitts (come in wool, fleece, or thinsulate versions)
2. Mil surplus trigger finger shell mitts with wool liners
3. Choppers or Mil surplus extreme cold weather mitts with contact gloves (have used this method down to -50)

Listen to the guy from WI. WI residents and Yoopers have worked the bugs out of cold weather living.

I really like the Refridgerwear gloves when it gets below zero. A pair of hand warmers in them if it gets to -20...

I really like the Refridgerwear gloves when it gets below zero. A pair of hand warmers in them if it gets to -20...

These ones:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Refrigiwear-Size-XL-Cold-Protection-Gloves-0250RGRAXLG-/331995282565?hash=item4d4c75fc85:g:k4gAAOSwzaJX-vVH

The hardware store here In Wasilla sells them.

I went to the link and the size is XL. I have my doubts that they will be large enough. Do they make them in XXl? I hate to buy another pair of gloves and give them away because they are too small. miles

Kinco pigskin gloves....the best there is and they do got XXL

the pigskin will still be soft after they get wet and dry out

if it gets too cold for those , ya gotta go to mittens

kinco will take sno-seal well, if you need to wp them

I sat on 2 coyote stands yesterday at 5 degrees. I have leather mittens with wool inserts, and inside of those, I have a set of mittens that I had made from tanned muskrat hides, fur in. I sat for close to 2 hours and my fingers stayed warm. When coyotes are coming, simply slide the mitten off when they are getting close, and put them back on when business is finished. The warmest things I have found so far.

As mentioned above, look at your wrists[palms up]. See the blood vessels there without much of anything beyond skin protecting them? that is where much of the cold fingers comes from.
Upon learning this i bought a pair of gloves w/thinsulate and come well up over the cuffs on my jackets. In extreme cold for sits I add a hand warmer at the wrists.
Cold hands/fingers are virtually a thing of the past now.

Snowmobile gloves.

http://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/-new-u-s-trigger-finger-mittens-with-liner/0000000254921

These ^

I had a pair of U.S. military surplus similar to this, wore them out.

The website does not indicate what type of a liner. Do you have a pair to advise me?

Thanks

Gloves and boots are IMO the most "subjective" pieces of cold weather gear. What works well for one person will freeze another.

If you have to be totally stationary, Manzella windstopper fleece glommets with merino or stretch fleece liners and a chemical heater in the provided pocket.

If you're going to be moving a bit then Simms ExStream gloves. Not the fingerless and not the glommets, just the plain gloves. ~2# triggers are no problem to "squeeze" and feel with the Simms gloves.

Unless I missed it, nobody mentioned the primary issue with cold extremities. If you're hands and feet are cold, it's because your body has reduced circulation to the extremities. Your body does that when your core temperature drops.

So the big key is, keep your core temperature up. The challenge with outdoor activities in the cold is you don't need much insulation (relatively speaking) when you are physically active, but when you are still you need a chit load of insulation and likely an external heat source.

The fingerless gloves with the mitten covers and hot pockets 280 posted are about the best setup I've found.

I didn't find out till a couple years ago when I was at a Hand Specialist Dr., that I have a mild case of [b][color:#3333FF]Raynaud syndrome[/color][/b]. I always thought I just had cold hands and feet, and that everyone else was as miserable as I was. Turns out there's a bit more to it. You might have your Dr. check for it next visit.

As it was explained to me with Raynaud's syndrome, there's little nerves that go around capillaries in the fingers and toes. When those nerves are stimulated, they choke off the capillaries in an abnormal fashion, until they're warmed back up again. That seems to be the case with me, if I can get them warm, they stay warm.

I used to ride a bike in Winter and I found a pair of Cabelas Snowmobile gloves were pretty good at bucking the wind and staying warm, even when going 60mph in below freezing temps. Weren't cheap, but were well worth the money. If you're really cold, check into some of that snowmobile gear..

I've yet to find any great gloves but I use handwarmers over my kidneys. Figured all the blood goes through them rapidly and I'm now usually pretty comfortable, except for my right hand which I got frostbitten 50 years ago.

Mittens for me, as big as I can find.
Easy to slip on and off and a little more air space.
Fuzzy synthetic fleece for Ice fishing, wet hands don't stay wet and clammy.

Answered my own question, called the manufacture. The liner is a wool blend and removable and same design as the shell with trigger finger.

Got a pair coming in the mail.