 I now have the bug back of hill walking. Have been to Dartmoor and Brecon Beacons but the one piece of equipment which is letting me down is decent gloves. I have a pair of thinsulate gloves but last week they got very wet and in turn left my hands cold - any suggestions? I prefer gloves to mitts to give me better access to my rucksack etc.
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 Hi ali. I would recommend the ME Mountain Glove. They are a bugger to put on if your hands are wet, but once on they're toasty. I think they cost about £27 -£30
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 Always wear thin liners to start, then over that change to fit the conditions, I use windbloc, thin waterproof shells, leather/fleece lined, leather/primaloft lined and great big mitts.
I end up carrying 3 pairs at least, but my hands are always comfy.
If you keep your liners on, other gloves slip on and off easily, even if they're wet.
I always carry two pairs of liners.
My favourite gloves of the moment are, extremities thinny liners and marmot exum guide (or is it ridge?) leathers.
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I too wear thinnies (bought 2 pairs at the Outdoors Show last year) and then depending on weather and conditions, fleece gloves or thin waterproof mitts. If it is really cold I wear all three and I always carry at least two pairs of thin ones.
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 Yes! get some silk liner gloves; makes make getting fleece lined gloves on and off much easier, especially if theyre a bit sweaty/damp
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 For general use, something like the M.E. windstopper fleece gloves. TBH, big mitts and leather lined gloves are probably a bit OTT for what you want. Fleece, and if very wet, thin shell mitts would be a good choice. Best of both worlds.
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 hey!! i had the same problem with my thinsulates. they are pretty much useless when they go wet on a breacon beacons trek...
i've upgraded to some sealskinz, though they keep you dry they are not too good at insulating. you may want to try a combination of the two.
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As far as I am aware the only fakes flooding the market at the moment relate to TNF Summit jackets and Windstopper fleeces. Search for them on Ebay and you'll see what I mean.
The only reason TNF are being targeted is due to the fact that there is such a demand for their products. You only need to walk through a town and to see that the brand is (as has been for the past couple of years) 'in fashion'
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Whoops wrong thread!! :op
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 Mikey B where did you manage to get silk liners please?
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 Bryan - you can buy them at ski-wear shops.
I have some Marmot Mountain Gloves - fleece inners which attach and separate (for easy putting on) from the gore-tex shell outers which have Pittards' leather palms and a large and soft nose-wiper.
Detacheable inners are a boon - firstly you can wear them on their own, and secondly they are easy to put on separately, unlike lined and insulated gloves which turn into some kind of evil puzzle when you attempt to put them on with damp fingers.
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Thanks JJ, stupidly I never thought of that but I did try all the outdoor shops and got blank looks, yet some of them do sell ski wear.
I will give it a try again.
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I got mine from Barratt's of Feckenham at Garforth Cliff....according to the local radio they have a sale on of insulated undies and stuff.
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Thanks for all the hints, now have a much better idea of what to look for and will be embarking on retail therapy tomorrow!
:-)
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I got a pair of Silk liners made by Thaws at Ellis Brigham in Manchester. I have seen the same things in other outdoor shops. I think Cotswold do them. Certainly George Fisher do them.
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I got mine from www.patra.com
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 Another vote for Windstopper gloves (I have a pair of Outdoor Designs ones which are pretty good). In fact I have about eight pairs of gloves and mitts but the windstopper ones are the one's I keep picking up. Waterproof gloves with lining are often very difficult to put on if your fingers are wet as the lining pulls out of the fingers.
Windstopper ones don't have this problem. They are fairly warm because they are totrally windproof. They are also fairly water repellent and even if they do get soaked wet through you can just wring them out and put them back on again. Because they are wind reistsnat if if they are wet they do not become cold.
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 Bryan.
Another place where you might buy silk liner gloves is a motorcycle clothing shop. Many bikers use them in winter.
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 I wear a pair of Polaris Wind Grip cycling gloves for cycling and walking, and find them very effective, even when wet. Polaris Gloves
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 I have recently bought some Extremeties "goretex multisport" gloves, which I think are great. Insulated, fleece lined and as waterproof as a glove is realistically going to get, considering all the seams. I haven't tried the silk liner idea, but it seems a good one!
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