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DaveC, 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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well, i carry a spare pair of gloves in my pack anyway but that's only after a buddy lost a glove in a big big fall and a totally numb hand w/ frostbite potential was the last thing extra we needed in the situ... plus, they're nice on wet days.
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Last season I treated myself to a high quality pair of gloves (can't remember the make) at about £65. I also bought a pair of gloves from Lidl at about £5.99. Of these, which did I lose one of on the third day of a ski week? Sod's bloody law 
The Lidl gloves were bought just for resort use but have turned out to be warm and dry in some fairly foul conditions on the mountain. Just a little short in the cuff for my liking - I prefer a gauntlet type so that I can avoid a chilly gap between glove and cuff. I also got some good fleece shirts in Aldi at a modest price. The problem with these stores is that they seem to have particular themes each week, so if you miss the ski week you've had it till next year.
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| Picadilly wrote: |
| I refuse to spend £70 on Spyder gloves or anything that expensive, but I just wondered if anyone had any suggestions. |
You really do pay for what you get with gloves, arguably the most important piece of ski clothing in my opinion, bad leaky or cold gloves equals an unpleasant days skiing. An extra £20-£30 on gloves is a small price for not spoiling a couple of days of your expensive ski holiday.
I have a pair of top-end £70 Patagonia gloves for cold and wet days, and a cheaper £35 pair of Salomon gloves for spring conditions.
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| BrightonSki wrote: |
You really do pay for what you get with gloves, arguably the most important piece of ski clothing in my opinion, bad leaky or cold gloves equals an unpleasant days skiing. An extra £20-£30 on gloves is a small price for not spoiling a couple of days of your expensive ski holiday.
I have a pair of top-end £70 Patagonia gloves for cold and wet days, and a cheaper £35 pair of Salomon gloves for spring conditions. |
Mehhh, well if I spend a large wedge on another pair I am STILL not buying Spyders cos they don't have leashes and there's no way I'd risk losing one of them! Will look into some getting Hestras and keep my other ones as spares. Thing is, my Scott ones were originally £50 (half price in a sale though!) so I thought they'd stay dry inside. Ah well.
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So it's not cool to have a cord up one sleeve, across the shoulders & down the other & have your gloves dangling from them when off your mitts?
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Only if it's elastic so people can twang 'em. Idiot Mittens (TM) are so in for '08.
Level gloves are the best I've tried recently - seperate inners too, so they don't turn inside out and can be taken apart to dry overnight.
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I wear cheap gloves and have never got wet hands 
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Reusch for skiing and Flexmeter for boarding. Warm dry paws at all times.
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You know it makes sense.
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Level for boarding and now I have taken the biomex out, for skiing as well. Bombroof and warm. The outers are mitts and the inners are removable fingered fleece gloves. I had Hestra gauntlets before and the Levels are better.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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After my Dakine gloves gave up the ghost, I bit the bullet and bought a pair of Hestra Army Leather XCR Gloves. I love 'em. I suffer from sweaty hands now and again, but it doesn't seem to happen with these.
For the fashion-conscious, the leashes are removeable. They also come with a little carabiner that you can use to hang them from. There's even a small leather loop on the little fingers so you can hang the glove with the opening downwards so you don't get snow inside.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I got some excellent phoenix gloves (most cheaply in the sale  ), they are really comfortable and I'm panic struck about losing one, even though I've never even dropped a glove, let alone lost one.
I have some cheaper (lesser quality) gloves for the backpack should one be lost and I'm seriously considering getting out some elastic and a needle & thread! Ooh!
Edit: I have only ever got the wet sweaty hand discomfort from cheapy gloves.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 8-01-08 15:20; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My old Lowe Alpine mountain gloves are on their way out now, after 15 odd years of winter climbing and a few of skiing. I put my own wrist leashes on (often have to take them off and let them dangle fiddling around with gear - the same holds with chair lifts). I did find that buying gloves designed for mountaineering was a lot cheaper in the past but now they have started to attract the trendy price tags... guess I'll make mine last another season and buy cheap in the spring sales.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I use Marigolds, and never suffer from wet hands.....
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DaveC, I like that I can answer my phone on a lift
Burn him! 
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I always have warm hands and feet so insulation is not a big issue when I am skiing so I wear some leather motor cycle gloves. The ones I use have lasted at least ten years of two weeks a year skiing. I got some more for Mrs Trenmold last year from our local hairy biker shop and they were about £30 for high quality, soft leather ladies gloves. Certainly better than being ripped off for £50 or more for so called "skiing" gloves.
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Skied for nine weeks in Argentina so did the whole season, freezing weather through to warm and my Dakine gloves stood me good for the whole season. A group of 40 of us all with different gloves so it was a good test. The dakines I got were £70 off season and have a removable fleece inner (perfect for taking out and washing if you get sweaty palms.) One issue a few of the guys found was carrying freshly edged ski's in the palm of your hand will slice a rip into some of the less quality gloves, notably rossignol gloves tended to rip really easily. Mine stayed perfect so my vote is for Dakine. .....although they are really snowboard gloves rather than ski gloves.
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Soooo... how come Snowheads doesn't have a 'report spam' link anywhere obvious on posts or discussions? Is it really that infrequent here?
It is just a case of 'pm admin', or am I too blind to see the magic buttons?
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My north face gore tex gloves work really well in all weathers. I think you're going to have to suck it up and buy some technical ones.
If you want to look at some bike gloves try Gore windstoppers or sealskinz winter gloves, I've used both riding in the winter.
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fixx, cheers. I'll make a note for next time!
homers double, check the date of the OP...
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Darn these thick gloves, I appear to have hit the "delete" button 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Ha, sorry.
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I get stupidly warm hands, I use the cheap and nasty £1 one size stretch to fit gloves you find in bargain bins everywhere, I carry a couple of spare pairs in my pockets, if they get wet I swap them over. I do carry a pair of waterproof mitts just in case it gets crazy cold but they have only been out of my bag a couple of times whilst in Canada in January, I didn't need them whilst actually skiing but it would have been purgatory on the lifts or waiting at the bus stop in the minus 28c temps.
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You know it makes sense.
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Another vote for Hestra. Mine are leather and while I have a problem with cold hands, these are the best gloves I've found for wicking moisture out and away from the hands 
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