Winter gloves

Since this thread has morphed from the warmest "glove" recommendation into the warmest "mitt" recommendation, I'll give you my 2¢ on that one too.

Below are my favorite warm mitts. On the left, is a pair of my USGI surplus Actic N-4B mitts and, on the right, are my old jumbo buckskin choppers with ragg wool liners.

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Use mittens, buskin choppers if you can get them like in Cabin Fevers post, with wool liners. You can get glove type or mitten type liners. They work better than any glove ever made. Gloves are about useless if you actually want to work.

Fingerless gloves work great inside a wool mitt inside choppers.

Well, now that there are pix, I can testify that my wool gloves with dense fleece liner are ragg wool mitts. Who woulda thunk? The fiber inserts are 40gram Thinsulate.

They're fabulous!!! If only they were like 1/4" shorter!

I shudder to think of ordering gloves or mits on line.
Gotta be able to try them on my large hands.
Can't tell ya how many gloves I have encountered that are mislabled . . .aways too small.......

When using my walk behind snow blower, my good quality snowmobile mitts are the only way to go.

I actually work for MCR Safety and the Thermastat is a good liner. We came out with a glove called the Ninja Ice a few years back that is by far the best glove for insulation, dexterity, and grip. It is a dipped style, so if you are running fence it is best to go with a lined cowhide glove.

Thanks..at that price I couldn't go wrong so I ordered them

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Oh thank you so much for this thread. My hands are always freezing outside..inside most of the time to, to tell you the truth. I am going to check out all these gloves.

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if you have a military surplus store near you check them out. the prices usually aren't too bad.

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I agree with Tinknal and Cabin Fever (a Minnesota thing?). Mittens will keep your hands warmer than any gloves because the fingers keep each other warm. Ragg wool gloves inside fleece lined choppers are the way to go. You have plenty of dexterity for chopping wood, shoveling, or drilling a hole in the ice and you can take the choppers off if you need to do something with more finess.

I love the convertable mitten glove things too- I have three pairs that I picked up when I saw them. But mine are polar fleece. The mitt cap has a piece of velcro on the backs the hold the mitt part to the back of the glove part when they are flipped open.
I don't think they are as warm as the rag one above but they do good in rain and wash easily. I think the brand name on one pair was Head???

Love them!! I need me about 4 pair because I will lose them, and get them wet, but they look like what I need here for feeding livestock, and carrying water, etc.

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Im curious about those saying they have more dexterity in mittens than gloves. Is this because your fingers arent frozen? The mittens in CFs post like very warm but also very bulky. What am i missing?

I have a pair of 10 year old snowboarding gloves that were expensive when I bought them...$75 if I remember right but they as warm as I will ever need, fingers usually sweating if I am doing any sort of work in them. Rugged and waterproof too.

Duluth Trading company makes some really good winter gloves and guaranteed to last 5 years.
http://www.duluthtrading.com/

Any other glove I use gets killed in 6 months.

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I've spent the last two winters here in Michigan milking my cow twice a day along with chores. I normally spend one to one and a half hours outside twice a day doing farm chores. I found Muck brand boots for my feet but my hands were always cold. DH bought me a pair of gloves that not only keep my hands AND fingers warm, but I actually get too warm in them if I'm working especially hard. I feel like I've finally conquered winter.

Check out Spyder brand gloves. I think they're for skiers. They're pricey, but worth it.

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farmerbrian--
In my case, I am keeping my upper body warm enough with layers, of undershirt, wool shirt, vest and barn coat or carharts, that the cold isn't pulling heat & circulation away from my hands and fingers, so they stay warm, sometimes overly warm and that's enough for slipping the mitten off and doing whatever I need, wiring a fence, turning a wrench etc., then it's right back into the mitten.
I millk goats too, but I don't wear gloves for that. If I were handling a horse or cow on a lead, then I would wear gloves as well. If it's an extended job, then I keep a lighter pair of gloves in my pocket to slip on to do the job. However, I don't live in the far north where exposing skin could result in frostbite, so the other recommendations for gloves for those more lenghty cold periods would probably be a better suggestion to follow.
jd

I like their stuff, but their $35.00 choppers are the same as the $12.00 ones at our local feed store. Just sayin'...

When I lived in Iowa I would wear a soft pair of gloves INSIDE woolen mittens!

I AM enjoying the warmer winters where I live now!

Duluth Trading is "proud" of their products. That being said, they have some of the highest quality clothes built for tradesmen/ workers.

Their firehose cloth pants are practically bulletproof and comfortable out of the box. Their work gloves are built for work.

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I agree. I like a good thin liner with wool outer gloves.