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I have poor circulation which has got worse over the years. Last year I tried those disposable heat packs inside my ski gloves however they only warmed my palms and not my fingertips, which still remained cold despite the heat.
Can anyone recommend heated gloves, have you tried them, do they work on fingers and thumbs?
Also, unfortunately, my feet suffer but not quite so much. Any ideas much appreciated.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Have you tried mittens and inner gloves?
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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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What do you wear on your head?
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Some things to try:
1. silk inner gloves
2. wear sweat bands over your wrists
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I wear silk gloves inside mittens - much warmer than gloves
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Heat pads inside the gloves worked a treat for me at Christmas. The £1.50 a pair from Milletts type. They are slim enough to go into the palms of your gloves and still grip a pole around them.
Don't fight it.... 
CD.
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Despite spending the best part of £100 on some super-duper Gore-tex gloves that only got worn once (when being tried on!), Mrs NBT now uses mittens with inner gloves as Mosha Marc suggests and finds them brilliant.
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chrisdavis, did you read the OP? karenhenry has tried the heatpacks you suggest and they;re not good enough
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karenhenry has tried the heatpacks you suggest and they;re not good enough
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I am not a great sufferer from cold hands, but I also find that if I use the heatpacks in gloves, the fingers are too isolated from the warmth, and can stay cold. I find it best to wear mitts, so I can curl my fingers round the heating packs on lifts. For me, that solves the problem. Also, it's best not to hold on to the bar on button lifts; they conduct the heat away from hands very quickly.
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Thanks for all your suggestions.
"What do you wear on your head?"
Anything I can get my hands on that morning 
I have some mittens, which didn't seem to do the trick. I think I'll try some silk inner liners with them and see if that makes a difference. Thanks Moshamarc, sallywt, kitenski and nbt
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karenhenry, I think that Wear The Fox Hat was alluding to the fact that most of your body heat is lost through your head, therefore wearing good headgear can warm up the extremities of the body Try wearing 2 hats 
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karenhenry,
I suffer from this problem too and I have finally found a system that works:
LikeWear The Fox Hat, I believe you need to keep your core temperature up with a woolly hat which covers the ears.
Then a set of Icebreaker thermals - expensive but well worth the money. (plus all your other breathable layers and outershell)
And the only system that I have found keeps my hands warm (I do not use heated hand warmers any more):
£60 Patagonia Mittens
And the REAL inner warmth comes from a pair of woolen mittens (from Monsoon/Accessorize of all places) worn inside the Patagonia gloves: http://www.monsoon.co.uk/invt/19829073
I have discovered that this system is great if you ever have to take your gloves off cos the Monsoon gloves have the little caps on them so your hands stay warm when you are scrabbling around for change for the cafe au lait/rootling for your chapstick on the chairlift etc.
If you don't fancy splashing out on the Patagonia gloves, maybe just try putting the monsoon gloves inside any set of mitts as a cheaper starter?
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oh but you need to make sure that the inners of your outershell gloves are mittens and not finger gloves (all of the burton/dakeine etc ones for this season are Mittens with finger glove liners - so the monsoon gloves don't work inside)
Looking at the link to the Patagonia website - it doesn't say whether the liners are mittens or finger gloves so you will prob need to go to a shop and try them on rather than order online)
In fact I bought my Patagonia ones in Chamonix 2 seasons ago and they were £80 so I'm not sure these ones in the link are the same?? 
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You know it makes sense.
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The only gloves I have had that I never had cold fingers with were Ami Chaud ones, but not sure where you can buy them now, if at all. Keep your core and head warm and your hands and feet will follow. If it is a medical problem though, it can be helped with medication
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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And these ones have more wool % so are warmer....I've just ordered some more myself! 
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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sarah, funny, but I have got Pheonix gloves now too. I still have my Ami Chauds, but they're a bit worn now.
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Helen Beaumont, long live your Ami Chauds! If I had known how hard it was to replace them I would have patched them up somehow
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Helen Beaumont, those ones are good, right size but bad colour though for me  The embroidered Ami Chaud on mine was a bit different I think, perhaps mine were truly ancient!
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I tend to suffer from cold hands (quite painful at times), so this year invested in a pair of Dakine mittens with inner gloves, certainly worth the effort. Didn't have any problems at all. The gloves were quite snug, but the mittens themselves were, if anything a lttle on the large side, but I think this helped but providing a bit more of an air gap around my hands.
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I think this helped but providing a bit more of an air gap around my hands.
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Yes, I think this is quite important. I can't wear tight gloves anyway, because my hands suffer a bit from arthritis. Biggish mittens also leave space to curl hands round a warming thing. I think I might see whether my local TK Maxx have any of those Ami Chaud gloves - my husband got some super Millet ones there earlier, but they didn't have a lot of choice.
I think I'm going to start wishing hard for cold hands, looking at the rain currently forecast down the line...
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I have poor circulation which has got worse over the years. Last year I tried those disposable heat packs inside my ski gloves however they only warmed my palms and not my fingertips, which still remained cold despite the heat.
Can anyone recommend heated gloves, have you tried them, do they work on fingers and thumbs?
Also, unfortunately, my feet suffer but not quite so much. Any ideas much appreciated. |
Get a pair of mitts a size too big and wear a pair of fleece gloves inside them, work great for me.
A lot cheaper than silk also.
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Low alpine / North Face silk Thermal gloves, and good water proof gloves over them never fails. THe thermal gloves are designed to hold heat so put them on the radiatior before you leave in the morning and this will help.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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sarah, Either Handforth or Stockport, can't recall which - but quite probably saw them in both when the ski gear first arrived. Handforth didn;t have any of the smartwool stuff in my size by the time I go tthere though
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Poster: A snowHead
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Try rubbing petroleum jelly into your feet. I used to do this when playing football and it always kept my feet warm. Don't know how well it would work for hands.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Our TKMaxx has nothing left in ski stuff apart from a couple of jackets in clearance.
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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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Auclair leather gloves are *obscenely (my spelling gets worse as gap year progresses) warm, as are Hestra. I've got Hestra's and have been toasty down to -32 ths year. Niiiiice.
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karenhenry, I have some toastie new gloves, goretex but down-filled which seems to make all the difference
http://www.snowlife.ch/
I got them at a local ski shop in Sussex (not sure where you are) They may do mittens and think might even do heated gloves, try Google search...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Gordini make some very warm gloves and mittens, also with down and "Lavawool" (proprietary fiber). When i bought my gloves i tried one of their "warmer" model and they were much wamer (felt that after 10 seconds in the shop, my hands were too warm). Didn't get them as i thought they were too warm. I have a pair of Goretex Gordini gloves, they are of high quality and are helding up good after 2 years.
http://gordini.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=564&Itemid=5
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Has anyone checked out a new Heated Glove Liner Called "Vaso" ? it says it is the most effect in stimulating blood flow (the loss of which causes cold hands).
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I wore my new merino wool thermals for the first time acoupleof weeks ago.They have longer cuffs with thumbholes. My hands were warm even in the coldest weather, so perhaps i have solved my problem.
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Camski, *sings* spam, spam, spam, spam...*sings*
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nbt, perhaps, but no url there yet.
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Helen Beaumont, Camski had made two posts when I added mine...
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FAQ
Next hols Thermics fitted, Mittens and silks I was right as rain. 
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and have been in Manchester Fort, Handforth and that one over the motorway from the Chill factore recently and not seen any of the Ami Chauds. To be honest I am probably ok with my Phoenix mitts now, just getting a bit nostalgic last night! TKs seem to be clearing everything out now in all branches so there's very little left but if you happen to be very lucky there are some good bargains. I bought a childs suit for £40 for my son for next year, same suit is £120 in 
