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Hi All. I've just returned from the doctor having had Raynaud's confirmed. No big deal, but I'd like to get some properly warm gloves to help to manage it.
I'm not looking to spend many of hundreds of £s in skiwear, so my criteria are:
- Can retain reasonable digital dexterity, i.e. not mittens or ridiculously bulky
- Very warm (possibly two layer? I'm not really sure here...)
- Not bank-breaking (somewhere around the £50 max.)
- If possible capacitive, as taking on-and-off for screen use is annoying
If anybody has had good experience with decent gloves, I'd love to hear! I have reviewed the Glove Magazine website (genuinely, this is not an April Fool!), and their recommendation gets panned on Amazon.
Thanks in advance!
I'm not looking to spend many of hundreds of £s in skiwear, so my criteria are:
- Can retain reasonable digital dexterity, i.e. not mittens or ridiculously bulky
- Very warm (possibly two layer? I'm not really sure here...)
- Not bank-breaking (somewhere around the £50 max.)
- If possible capacitive, as taking on-and-off for screen use is annoying
If anybody has had good experience with decent gloves, I'd love to hear! I have reviewed the Glove Magazine website (genuinely, this is not an April Fool!), and their recommendation gets panned on Amazon.
Thanks in advance!
Just a little tip-ette culled from my Ex's having had Raynauds and a consequent foul temper everytime the mercury fell. I used to get her truckloads of those little hand warming discs that you kind of snap and then put in your gloves.
I also understand you can get heated gloves aimed at the motorcyclist market. I believe thay have a rechargable power pack and can last a long time. May be worth a Google?
I also understand you can get heated gloves aimed at the motorcyclist market. I believe thay have a rechargable power pack and can last a long time. May be worth a Google?
Not a Raynaud sufferer but these windproof gloves from North Face have been a great purchase. Not bulky and have the etip that allows you to use your phone without removing them. Sizing is small though so worth buying a size larger than normal.
https://www.thenorthface.co.uk/shop/en-gb/tnf-gb/m...
https://www.thenorthface.co.uk/shop/en-gb/tnf-gb/m...
Thanks everybody. Those North Face ones have mixed reviews, with warmth being questionable for many, unfortunately.
I can loose the capacitive touch happily, but would prefer to keep some dexterity. Any good/bad gloves for you?
TorqueDirty said:
Give up on two of your requirements and get some bulky but v warm mittens.
You will look silly but you will have warm hands. Focus on the main need.
Ask me how I know.
£50 will get you there if you chose carefully.
Go on then: how do you know? You will look silly but you will have warm hands. Focus on the main need.
Ask me how I know.
£50 will get you there if you chose carefully.
I can loose the capacitive touch happily, but would prefer to keep some dexterity. Any good/bad gloves for you?
McAndy said:
Thanks everybody. Those North Face ones have mixed reviews, with warmth being questionable for many, unfortunately.
I can loose the capacitive touch happily, but would prefer to keep some dexterity. Any good/bad gloves for you?
Well I don't know if I have Raynaud's but my hands (especially fingers) get very cold very quickly and take ages to come back to life. Total pain but there it is.TorqueDirty said:
Give up on two of your requirements and get some bulky but v warm mittens.
You will look silly but you will have warm hands. Focus on the main need.
Ask me how I know.
£50 will get you there if you chose carefully.
Go on then: how do you know? You will look silly but you will have warm hands. Focus on the main need.
Ask me how I know.
£50 will get you there if you chose carefully.
I can loose the capacitive touch happily, but would prefer to keep some dexterity. Any good/bad gloves for you?
After trying lots of different and often quite expensive gloves I bought these about 6 months ago.
https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk//equipment...
I look like a womble but my hands are toasty warm.
Little in the way of dexterity but I can take them off for opening fiddly gates etc and then back on they go.
Dicky Knee said:
Seconded, I'm a big fan of these. If it's really, really cold then go with a skiing glove or mitten.For skiing I have mittens, with an internal glove. I can take the outer mitten off, and have fine fleece gloves to do dextrous stuff with. The outer is waterproof and breathable
Inner glove, then base layer sleeve thumbholesv(!?) Then outer, which all velcros together.
Far warmer and dryer than a regular glove.
Inner glove, then base layer sleeve thumbholesv(!?) Then outer, which all velcros together.
Far warmer and dryer than a regular glove.
I have the Sealskinz waterproof all weather knitted gloves and they are very good, I suffer from painfully cold hands, never bothered to have it diagnosed so maybe I have a condition and maybe not but the gloves are a god send for me, they are always in my car ready to use.
Not as warm as big bulky ski gloves but they are probably as good a compromise between warmth and dexterity in the figures as anything, they are touch screen compatible
Not as warm as big bulky ski gloves but they are probably as good a compromise between warmth and dexterity in the figures as anything, they are touch screen compatible
I have terrible circulation, often get v cold hands, but on a trip to Yellowknife, I found a pair of actual seal skin gloves in a first nations store (so the seal was one killed for its meat, the gloves are a by product) , 29 cad and no tax.... if you're in the neighbourhood, they are soooo warm.
I have white finger from to many years of chainsaws and motorbikes and suffer badly n cold temps. The pain as blood starts too flow back into my fingertips feels like each one has been smashed with a hammer ier on a steel table, I've been physically sick once or twice its that painful so have tried all sorts of gloves overthe years.
These are really good,
https://www.raynaudsdisease.com/skytec-argon-therm...
Cheap enough not to worry if you lose them,, waterproofs which is very important too keeping hands warm and reasonably comfy/dextorous.
My top tip is, whatever you buy make sure they are not to tight, you need a layer of air so that heat isn't wicked away through the material, also keep yous hands/gloves dry.
These are really good,
https://www.raynaudsdisease.com/skytec-argon-therm...
Cheap enough not to worry if you lose them,, waterproofs which is very important too keeping hands warm and reasonably comfy/dextorous.
My top tip is, whatever you buy make sure they are not to tight, you need a layer of air so that heat isn't wicked away through the material, also keep yous hands/gloves dry.
A compromise for the warmth of mittens whilst retaining dexterity are “lobster” gloves…
I’ve got some a bit like these and they’re not exactly the best of both worlds (they’re not magic gloves) but they come close…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ziener-Unisex_Adult-Water...
I’ve got some a bit like these and they’re not exactly the best of both worlds (they’re not magic gloves) but they come close…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ziener-Unisex_Adult-Water...
Excellent, thank you. Those lobster gloves look interesting; I don’t think I could resist “poison yellow” over the plain black, if only for the name!
I’m certainly beginning to feel like capacitive and dexterity is too much with good warmth, at least in the depths of winter. Might be OK in autumn/spring with some of those.
Anybody had experience with the silver-lined gloves? Gimmick, of genuinely good with the heat reflection?
Again, very much appreciate the collective advice, thank you.
I’m certainly beginning to feel like capacitive and dexterity is too much with good warmth, at least in the depths of winter. Might be OK in autumn/spring with some of those.
Anybody had experience with the silver-lined gloves? Gimmick, of genuinely good with the heat reflection?
Again, very much appreciate the collective advice, thank you.
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