Gear

Anyone else out there used these gloves?

They are waterproof, however, I don't find them very breathable, worn for several hours I find they become wet with sweat then cold hands is an inevitability. I will not be taking mine into the hills this winter!

Good for snow ball fights, and that’s about it!

I have tried many types of gloves over the years and I still always seem to go back to my Dachstiens for my winter walking and climbing! If its heavy sleet I pull some gortex socks over the top and tuck them inside the sleeves of my jacket!

I've not used them, Windy, but I've tried them on, and they've never felt cozy to me.

My hands get cold very quickly, but I've found that Buffalo Mitts are brilliant for them :)

I've thought about buying their winter socks for mtbing, in an an effort to avoid buying expensive winter mtb shoes. With Reivers' comment, I'm not so sure now!.

As far as winter gloves are concerned for 'walking', it's possible that quantity rather than quality is best. I've never found a pr that stay dry and warm for very long in rain or wet snow and I've bought some pretty expensive gloves over the years. I find that water just flows down your jacket sleave onto/into your gloves and they get cold and wet whatever. So maybe numerous gloves in your rucksack to change into in a day might be the best bet.

I've also never heard anyone say anything negetive about Dachstein mits.

Possibly you might look at very expensive winter Goretex mits/gloves if your climbing/belaying. However, If regularly used for rope work, then they wear out pretty quick. Dachsteins are very tough I believe.

Maybe consider a pr of Dachsteins and a few prs of Terra Nova sticky thickies.

I`ve seen a pair of Sealskinz Mitts in Joe Browns (Capel Curig) reduced by 8 quid ! I just might get them ??

Peewiglet makes a good recommendation, my pal swears by Buffalo mits, because you can keep wringing them out and they dry quickly by heat from your hands. I forgot about those!

Just as Peewiglet I suffer from cold hand and they take 20 mins some times to warm up again. I have a pair of Buffalo mitts which are great.
Just spotted these mitts in Joe Browns and wondered if any of you wise people out there knew anything about them.
Perhaps I will stick to my Buffalo`s

Buffalo, Buffalo, Rah! Rah!! Rah!!! :)

(You can use two pairs at once, Windy!)

They're not at all hard wearing when used with ropes, but for walking, very good £ v warmth when compared to many other brands Rah! Rah! Rah!

Thanks for your wise words, if ever you are in North Wales this winter and see a man swearing at his hands to warm up come and say hello

If you think your hands get cold in the hills in winter you want to try winter sea fishing at night. If the action is fast you're constantly handling slimy freezing cold bait and even colder fish. We used to use the Coleman unleaded lantern to defrost our hands, not to see by. Can't say I miss it.

Use the sealskins on my mountain bike 10mins and fingers are warm use mountain hardwear elevation glove for hiking,packing very warm.

I got some sealskinz gloves towards the end of last winter for mountain biking and was impressed with them. Certainly the merino lined sealskinz waterproof socks are the business for cycling.

Waterproof... my ar$e. Wore a pair of these for 6 hours in continual rain and was able to wring water out of them after an hour. Have found Sealskinz stuff to be good in the past but not these. They are very warm and windproof but not very breathable.

I think i must have got a good pair because they're the first gloves that work for me,fingers stay warm even when lining is damp.

As for being waterproof i've had them under running water to clean them after a days walking and no water got through.

After further use of these so called "Winter Gloves" I agree with you Snotty.There are much better gloves out there.

I wear the socks, they are pretty good, but if the water runs down your legs.....

They are NOT waterproof ,used them last weekend and they became utterly saturated and it was not sweat.
My fingers were cold from the off ,the only saving grace was that once the water warmed up my hands felt as if they were in a luke warm bath.
They looked like that too at the end of the day when I took them off.
If it had been really cold as well I would have had to come down off the hill.

I own SS socks and gloves. I tend to only put the socks on after my feet get wet (ie as a spare to change into). If i wear them from the outset my feet get too hot and sweat like mad, the sock then becomes saturated with moisture and rapidly cools as body heat is taken away from the foot during the molecular transport from the inner to the outer (delta h required for Ke etc).

The gloves are good so long as its bloody cold outside and you don't sweat. I have had to wring perspiration from them on a dry day so that water couldn't have been rain. Once the inner wool gets wet it takes forever to dry, prob due to it being waterproof. Where they come into their own is as a liner glove under big gloves when it gets crazy cold. really i have only had to wear then 2 or 3 times.