Ultimate Glove

[Machias]

Ok since no one makes a waterproof glomitt.  What is everyone's favorite or best glove for wet, cold days?  Thanks

Iceman if you pick on me again I'll get a complex.   

[KillBilly]

I think Iceman just uses panty hose for gloves.. something Rasbo taught him.

[littlebuf]

icemans got his hand in rasbos pantyhose what??!!!

[Machias]

 

[runamuk]

wow that was fast 

I was hoping to see some glove suggestions...I hate cold hands

[jdb]

I actually bought a pair on clearance at walmart a couple years ago that claimed to be wind and water proof for 5 whole dollars that have actually proven to be pretty good gloves.

[Big10gauge]

wow that was fast 

I was hoping to see some glove suggestions...I hate cold hands

Cold hands where? 

[sisu]

Go buy neopreme gloves or mitts if you are going to be in water a lot.

[ICEMAN]

Machias, I will be nice.

I usually dont even wear gloves, even when we snowshoe. I have read and experienced that if you do not wear enough insulation around your core, that your hands suffer, are the first thing your body shuts off as it tries to maintain 98.6....

That said, I occasionally wear gloves, especially if I  stop moving. In that case, I have a few pairs, and noticed that the bigger losser fitting gloves kept my hand the warmest. Even the slightest bit of constriction seemed to chill my hands.  For really wet conditions, like duck hunting here on the west side, I have not found anything that are dry after a few hours of duck hunting.... I keep two pairs in my gear, in gallon ziploc bags to keep them dry until needed....

As far as panty hose, and balogna thongs and all that stuff.....I find that the old "groin grab" hand warmer is the best. Just shove them in and warm them up. Oops, forgot to mention, shove your hands in your own undies, not someone elses.... 

[bow4elk]

I wear knit polypropylene (black or brown) and just get wet.  They dry very fast and they keep your hands warm when wet and are cheap $5/pair.  Or I wear wool knit gloves but they are bulky and get heavy when wet. 

I have never tried pantyhose and am pretty certain I never will 

[halflife65]

It depends on how cold/wet it is.  In "normal" cold (above about 20 degrees) I sometimes just use those military wool liners.  They are about $5/pair so buy 3 of them and just change them out through the day.  They dry really quickly so you can either put them in your clothes when walking around or on the pickup dash when you're driving back home/camp and they'll be good to go.

If I know that it is going to be dry, I use a pair of fleece gloves.

I also have a pair of thin Seirus all weather gloves that I bought at REI.  They need to be seam-sealed but are waterproof - for a little while, anyway.  When there is a lot of wet snow on the ground (like November) I'll wear them sometimes.

I've also tried hunting with glove liners under a pair of mittens when it's really cold out - I'm a bowhunter and you have to quickly be able to get your mitten off to shoot, though.  I've had my release freeze several times and it needed to be inside my glove to stay warm and work, so I had to take them off anyway.  That actually wasn't too bad.  Just pull them off with your teeth and let them drop to the ground.

[BLKBEARKLR]

DON'T WEAR THIN DAMP GLOVES
If your gloves are very thin, then it means they probably won't be be able to trap trap much dead air when wet - meaning they won't give you a 'wet warmth'. This means continuing to wear them when damp could result in colder rather than warmer hands. Try to get gloves that hold enough air when Wet (or still water) so that you can get a 'wetsuit' warmth going.   ( A blurp from a magazine about climbing in extreme weather)

With that being said, I usually have 3-4 pairs of lightweight gloves that I change through out the day. It is not cold here but in Alaska, I always had my arctic mittens tied around my neck on a draw string and if my hands got really cold would just put them in there for a little while and do some movements with my fingers to get the warmth going and then take them back off.

Also as a glacier instructor I read a lot of articles and one thing mentioned that if gloves were over a 1/4 inch thick it did not help, the concept that a 1/4 inch thick was enough insulation to trap warm air and maintain it.

And I seen one mentioned about neoprene gloves, the issue with them is they make your hands sweat or at lest they do mine, and my fingers would get so sore after wearing them from being wet the entire time.


Joe

[runamuk]

wow that was fast 

I was hoping to see some glove suggestions...I hate cold hands

Cold hands where? 

Oh for crying out loud 

my hands get cold easy...like if it is less than 75 outside....I have a circulation issue..quitting smoking has helped but I am still stuck with ice cold hands a lot of the time, then they hurt and I can't shoot...this is a bad thing...I want to hunt all winter.....guess I will stick with thinner wool gloves and pockets......

and ICE you took all the fun out of it 

As far as panty hose, and balogna thongs and all that stuff.....I find that the old "groin grab" hand warmer is the best. Just shove them in and warm them up. Oops, forgot to mention, shove your hands in your own undies, not someone elses.... 

[cascademountainhunter]

warm ones.... sorry couldnt help it idk

[Machias]

   Thanks Iceman

I LOVE the glomitts or poptop type gloves.  Put a hand warmer in the mitten part and you are set, very easy to get your shooting finger out without any movement.  If the put some goretex on those things they would have the ultimate glove IMO.  Thanks everyone.