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Jon Doran
10/01/2002 at 15:52
Any more top tips for winterising your digits? Share your wisdom with the rest of us.

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Rob Sutherland
10/01/2002 at 19:20
I really want some of those Marmot winter glove/mit hybrids myself. I tried some last winter and they were just fab. A big thick fleece inner glove with a renforced goretex shell. Mmmmmmm, still, as they are going to be pointless this winter I shall leave the purchase until the summer if I see any in the sales (if they were available this year?)
Dan G
10/01/2002 at 20:09
Dunno about gloves, except my old LA Mountain Gloves were too hot and sweaty and started to smell reeeaaaal bad, and my newish Sticky Thicky aren't warm enough cos they're not proper fleece.

No, what really worries me is that I can't see the glove article on the homepage, despite hitting Refresh a few times. Eh?
Sally Hotchkin 1
10/01/2002 at 20:13
Hmm, odd. It's in features. Search for 'Glove Love'
joan collins
11/01/2002 at 11:44
So Mr Gear, any specific recommendations?

In my experience, gloves/mitts are by far the least satisfactory part of my winter kit. They're either not warm enough or not dextrous and grippy enough. And it costs a fortune to find this out each time. Patagonia Stretch Triolet seem so far to be the best of a rough bunch, but they're not that warm, so I end up having periodic digit defrosting sessions in my big mitts.

Do any of the manufacturers actually make a warm glove that you can work in? Or motorbike-style heated gloves? I wouldn't even mind carting a 6 volt battery around if it kept my hands warm.
Dan G
11/01/2002 at 13:50
It appeared last night, along with the facelift story. Not sure how the cache in IE6 works, but I reckon it had something to do with it.

On gloves, I've never found the quite perfect set up, though my current Sticky Thickies/Tuff Bags (special order, them were) is qute good. Probably should have gone for Sticky Windies. (Extremeties have top names!). Should that I'm a walker.

I also find it too expensive to try different gloves, when many pairs cost a cool £40
Jon Doran
11/01/2002 at 14:15
I asked Richard and he likes the Mountain Hardwear Exposure glove, partly because you can use it with a variety of inners. If you're looking for a warmer than average windproof fleece glove, their Windshear is good and the grippy stuff they use works reasonably well. Haven't come across a heated glove, though I don't doubt someone makes them. Alison Hargreaves used to use heated boots, so I guess the technology may have been applied to gloves as well. And of course there's that new TNF heated jacket, the MET5 I think.

Howevercheck this, yeah, not very technical I know, or, erm this or this or this. Actually that last one looks almost promising...

If anyone has the answer to hot aches, I will love them for ever. I've cried from the pain before now.

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joan collins
11/01/2002 at 15:02
If you shrug your shoulders rapidly for a minute or so when your hands start to get cold, it boosts the circulation a bit and can stave off hot aches. Not much help if you're halfway up something with an ex in each hand though.
joan collins
11/01/2002 at 15:02
Or even an axe.
Jon Doran
11/01/2002 at 15:06
Hmmm... Is there a Dr Freud in the house.

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joan collins
11/01/2002 at 15:19
Curse these useless typing mitts ot hell!
Hedgehope Aztec
11/01/2002 at 15:51
I'd like to know the answer to this one. Michele has Raynaud's and it's a bugger even in summer (we have to wiz pass the cold cabinets in Tesco's). Thank goodness the beer aisle's not chilled.
Jon Doran
11/01/2002 at 16:10
Mitts are useless for typing. As a guide, take your keyboard with you when buying gloves and ensure that the tip of hte glove is no wider than the keys on yout keyboard. Your problems with ex's well be over.

The cold cabinets in Glossop are a savage environment Mike, I often test fleeces simply by browsing through selection of cheeses or checking the additive in Muller Rice and its many variants. I think they have a policy of waiting for me to enter the store then turning all the thermostats to super low to get me out - it all dates back to the Urban Spliff incident.

If anyone knows the physiology behind hot aches, I'd be very interested. Really.

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Si
11/01/2002 at 16:17
Just to display my ignorance, what is Raynaud's? I'm guesing it has somethingto do with intolerance to cold things / places.

Si
Snappo
24/11/2007 at 21:06
Hi, can anyone help me out, I've heard some of my mates going on about a woollen mitt called a 'Bapstein' - not sure if thats the right spelling. I've tried a googley woogley on it, but I can't seem to track them down, any ideas?
Fossil Bluff
24/11/2007 at 21:11

Are you sure it wasn't dachstein mitts????

Very warm blah blah blah - shrink in the wash and not very flexible....

The most irritating itchy mitts 'Ive ever owned... Others will no doubt correct me.

Mark Southee
24/11/2007 at 21:36

Raynauld's disease affects the circulation:

Reynauld's

On a visit to the Gelert shop in Portmadog today, I picked up a pair of Sealskinz winter mitts for the bargain price of £9

Sealskinz mitts

Mark Southee
24/11/2007 at 21:46
Carrying an ex in both hands. Now that would chill me to the bone
Mal Mawr
24/11/2007 at 22:39
Love Glove - You can buy childlessness  <some would call that happiness>
Chris Oates
25/11/2007 at 00:57

On a visit to the Gelert shop in Portmadog today, I picked up a pair of Sealskinz winter mitts for the bargain price of £9

But are they any good ?

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