Ski gloves/mittens

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Hi, anyone used or recommend heated ski gloves? Do they do mittens ? Do they last the day?

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I have a pair of Hotmitts ( https://www.warmthru.com/warmthru-hotmitts-leather-heated-mittens-waterproof-c2x24040331 ), bought them last year and used them for 4 weeks plus numerous times in the snowdomes. I get very cold hands even with the thickness 'arctic gloves', electric heating is the only thing that works for me.

The good: They definitely work, battery life is excellent too.

The not so good: The element in mine is a bit too near the back of my right hand resulting in a blister, solved this by wearing a pair of woollen gloves inside the mittens.

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Hi thanks for that ,they sound ideal, and they last all day ? or do you need spare batterie's ?

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I've found one set of batteries last the whole day, I did buy 2 sets of batteries, suspecting I'd only get 1/2 a day out of them. However, they haven't gone flat once, so not had to swap over during the day.

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Brilliant, many thanks ,will be on my Xmas stocking list !!

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I think they are designed for hands. For stockings look for boot warmers.

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Hi. Tried all sorts of gloves / electrical elements as I too get cold hands (gloves in UK from September to April-ish when walking the dog) to the point I thought I would have to can skiing as cold fingers are pure agony. I stumbled across this set up and no problems since - A pair of thin inners, a pair of "normal" windstopper gloves topped by a pair of Hestra leather goretex mittens. I then put a Little Hotties sachet at the end of each mitten (and carry a few spare just in case!). The Hotties go in around 0800 hrs and stay warm until the end of the day.Get some touch finger windstoppers so if you do have to use a phone it stops you losing the heat in your hands if you take a mitten off. Get a big box of the Little Hotties on Amazon and take them with you. Everyone is different so it may not work but life changing for me!! Good luck

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if you need to use your hands for anything (eg snowboarding binding/unbinding), then mittens can be a PITA.

wonder if the liners would be a better option https://www.warmthru.com/heated-glove-liners-c102x3325838

I met an elderly gentleman in Val d'Isere a few years ago who suffered from Raynaud's phenomenon to the extent that he'd thought he was going to have to give up skiing.

He tried all sorts of solutions when in consultation with his French doctor the subject of Viagra came up. Since then he told me he took the weakest dose of Viagra every morning on the way to the slopes and it solved the problem completely. Given that Viagra was originally designed to be a circulation stimulator it seems to be a perfect solution.

He said the only issue he'd found to date was when he was on the chairlift with a pretty woman Laughing

but otherwise he could ski again all day without suffering.

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"But doctor, I only need it to keep my hands warm when skiing...."

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I asked the same question last year so there will be a thread with recommendations.

We ended up buying Snowdeer heated liners which go under normal gloves. The batteries lasted all day if on the middle setting but struggled a bit on long, cold days when turned up to maximum (think out at 8:30 and on the last lift). They were ok if my wife remembered to switch them off when we stopped for coffee etc. The spare batteries are ca £40 a pair so I plan to buy some for this year.

Note that they don't really keep your hands feeling warm but they do stop them getting cold and kept my wife's Reynauds at bay.

ps I see they now do 3200 ma batteries rather than 2200 which my wife has so they should definitely do a day

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@Nigel57, Mrs U has quite severe Raynaud’s - washing salad in cold water on a hot summer’s day brings it on.

Without an active solution she’d have had to stop skiing 14 years ago and having skiied a lot for the prior 40 years that would have been disappointing.

After many setups, The most recent set up are SnowDeer (Amazon, other “brands” available) heated liners with spare batteries.

And Lenz heated socks with spare batteries.

Big advantage of liners and socks being that they can be used for other cold activities.

More importantly, the elements on the liners go all round the fingers. Often heated gloves just heat the back of the hand which is useless.

Heated teabags in her case useless as well.

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My wife has cold hands even in the summer and has used the Thermic mittens for years with great success. She also has heated soles in her boots. Just charge up overnight and they both run all day

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+1 for Therm-IC ... my partner has Raunaud's too and these work excellently.

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@ipken, @Blackblade, The only issue with the Therm-ics is that they stay in your ski boots. The Lenz socks can be work for e.g. XC, hiking, anything really.

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As someone else who has a severe problem with Raynaurd’s I now can’t be without my Lenz Socks and Thermic Mittens.
Lenz have different battery sizes and I find the bigger ones get me nearly through the day (I also use boot covers at times)

I’ve bought a back up pair of Thermic Mittens for the coming season just incase, as I think some of mine are on the way out, they are over 5 years old and get used 80+ days a season so for me definitely worth the cost.

I’ve had heated footbeds by Thermic in the past in 2 sets of boots but the Lenz socks are far far better.

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Not directly related to the discussion above, I’ve no issues with the cold.

I’ve large hands and find that most companies alleged XXXL or similar don’t fit. I need new gloves. Anyone here in a similar boat, would you recommend a Hestra model?

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The snow shepherd (or venitex if you're being thrifty) ones with the fluffy insides pack out after a few days and become cavernous.

Edit: TBF, if you don't get cold hands, Screwfix have a decent range!

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I'm normally a size large in gloves and have the Hestra size 9 which actually feel a bit larger than other size 9s.

FYI coincidentally I'd just been looking at getting some 8's to try. LD Mountain centre have some offers ATM the army leather heli mitt is £91 vs rrp £130

Thank you for the replies about large gloves and Hestra. Any retailers in London/SE you’d recommend who stock a large selection of Hestra? I’ve looked online, but it doesn’t tell you the actual picture when you get to a store.

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@richb67, I'm typically a medium and take Hestra 8s

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@Smokies and Wine, depends on the model IME. I,ve found Hestras very good.

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@rob@rar, interesting, thanks.

@Smokies and Wine, mmmh, I rarely encounter a situation where a down mitt would be called for! And they wouldn't help Mrs U either as her version of Raynaud's doesn't work that way, sadly.

For me/us Hestra Army Leather gauntlets work perfectly fine 90% of the time. I carry silk liners for very cold days. Mrs U wears the mitt version Dec thru Feb (unless it's forecast to be mild) and typically gloves thereafter, always with heated liners. The gauntlet aspect essential to go over the battery packs, IHO.

But a key for me is removable liners, as I have sweaty hands and they can become quite odiferous, quite quickly. So the liners can be washed easily.

This "solution" has been working quite happily since, I have no idea but 2010 or so at least.

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@rob@rar, I can also understand this.

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