 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Of all the gloves I have tried, I have found that the ones that work best for me are Swany. They are great down to -25 with no liners (I haven't tried them when it has been colder 😀) and I only stop wearing them when the warm
Spring weather comes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| jellylegs wrote: |
| My fingers got cold when the gloves were exposed to cold wind, particularly when sitting on cold chairlifts. And when they got wet they were even worse, despite using waterproofing wax. Sounds like its a bit of a lottery. |
That's the problem with buying leather gloves that don't have a Gore-Tex or similar membrane in them. Only 2 or 3 Hestra models have a wind/waterproof insert, most don't, so for me they're just too much hassle with leather balm, nikwax etc.
Seems to me, Black Diamond's approach is much better - pretty much all the 'winter' gloves have a membrane and they're also all temperature rated so you know exactly how warm they're supposed to be. Takes most of the lottery out of the buying decision.
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| clarky999 wrote: |
| Gotta say I'm surprised by every who's finding Hestra's cold. Mine are now 6 seasons old, have a hole worn through one thumb /through the outer and the liner), and still keep my hands warm. |
You're still young! Wait till your arteries start getting clogged and you've only got 50% circulation 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| jellylegs wrote: |
Now you all tell me! .... Sounds like its a bit of a lottery.
Have any magazines done a glove test? My fingers got cold when the gloves were exposed to cold wind, particularly when sitting on cold chairlifts. And when they got wet they were even worse, despite using waterproofing wax. |
I think that you got it spot on there. It is a lottery, both between similar-looking and constructed gloves and between different individuals' hands, activities and requirements.
I'm sure that many tests have been done: but do you believe them and do they apply to you???
I agree with you and find that any leather gloves, once having any wet inside or out, get cold on lifts and when exposed to wind. Personally, I'm not a fan of leather for that reason (although it's just cost me a fair bit to confirm that again!) and I generally prefer, as someone above said, some cheapy nylon/polyester ones with fleece lining and usually some kind of membrane. Really pe'ed off that I lost my favourite many-year-old pair last month in Austria, so just now busy cutting the cuffs off a £4.99 pair to sew them onto another £4.99 pair to make a pair with an extra long cuff! Advantage to me is cheapness, usually very lightweight (so you can carry several pairs in a sac and change over if damp in or out - though I've never found a pair that actually did get wet on the outside, as leather does) and usually very non-restrictive and comfy. I've had many pairs (I think mostly Decathlon's cheapest Wedze own brand, though of late they don't look quite as good as they used to be) that have had a lot of use and never torn or ripped or let me down in any way over many, many years of service for all purposes. But doubtless someone else will tell you the opposite from their own experience.
I'm a great fan of inner liner gloves. Someone mentioned Merino, but there's also silk and polyester and fleece and all kind of stuff, think and thin. I find them very warm, even when wet: in fact, I often ski only in a pair of silks, and I'm not a super-hot person, etiher. I've winter/alpine mountaineered and skied in really nasty cold conditions, snow & wind, in thin cheapy ski gloves with 2 pairs of silks underneath in and never had a complaint as long as the cuffs were long enough and draughts closed off.
I bought the Hestra Army pros because I liked the thick liner and the long cuffs, but I'm not yet convinced that they are worth the money compared to appropriately-sized cheapies with inner gloves; if I was shorter on funds then I certainly don't think that I could have justified the £100 ish cost (nor for any other make of gloves) - especially if you might lose them...
The mitten version of the Hestras was recommended by an artic survival article which I read, but the gloves are not going to be as warm simply because they're not a mitten design. But that same article also said that if you didn't want to shell out the money then for warmth then there were many army surplus options available that were just as good (is that a glove test, therefore?). I tend to agree; if it's squaddie-proof and it fits (not always good for females or small-handed men) then it's often good kit. British, Finnish, Swedish, doubtless German, Austrian, Italian... Anything designed for Arctic, cold, snow etc, etc...
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. . .mountain equipment couloir gloves . . .waterproof, breathable, warm . . .love em
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Thanks for pointing these out. I picked up a pair of claret coloured ones for Mrs C on sale for £50.
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@chivdog, nice one. Can't imagine there's a better ski glove anywhere in the world for £50. 
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