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Having just come back from a few days in Les Arcs, where every morning my gloves were still damp from the night before, I was wondering if there as such a thing as a glove dryer...
I found this peice of tat on the internet...http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/TravelLeisure/Outdoor/BootGloveDryer.htm
It would appear there are more professional devices out there, but I wondered if anyone has personal experience or recommendations ?
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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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Ah, that looks a little more like it! Thanks!
That's going on my birthday present list!
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Richie_S, if you want something non-electric (saves worrying about forgetting an adapter!) you could try the Dampire range - I have their boot dryers which I think are good, and they do apparently make smaller ones for gloves. I'm surprised your gloves don't dry out on a radiator overnight, though!
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vetski, Does your chewing gum loose it's flavour on the bedpost overnight? 
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No room on the bedpost for gum...that's where I hang the scalps of the sarcastic... 
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vetski, staying in a cheap hotel, where the rads weren't on! Stayed suprisingly warm thou! Still, I'd like to be self sufficient and be sure of dry gloves... It was almost as bad as putting on a damp wetsuit! 
Hmmm, that Dampire stuff looks interesting...
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Richie_S, no radiators on?  What is this hell-hole, so I make sure I never stay there?
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I second vetski's recommendation. The standard size Dampire will fit well enough inside a glove. They'll easily dry out boots and gloves for a week without being dried out. The absence of heat can only be good for the gloves (and boots, I imagine).
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Richie_S, We have 2 sets of spyderjon's recommendation and great for boots and skis 
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geri, those are the Dampire things. Good, aren't they?
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These are smaller dryzones which fit well into gloves and are great. Much better for leather palms etc than going anywhere near direct heat. Invested in these this season so that normal dryzones can be used simultaneously overnight for boots 
Sky Blue Leisure - Dry Zone
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You know it makes sense.
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I've got an old 1 litre ice cream container with a computer fan in it and corrugated pipes coming out. Plug in the box, insert 2 pipes into the gloves and 2 into the boots and leave. If there is a heat source to stand the box on then even better, but room temperature air still helps everything dry. Hubby has mark 2 ice cream container which has something clever like a resistor or something which heats the air first.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I got the small Dryzones for Hubby's gloves this year, and they really worked a treat. We didn't put the radiators on in the hotel room because it was so hot without them.
Jane L, I like the sound of your contraption - I'm going to see if I can make one. Now just need to dig out that old broken laptop, and buy some ice cream mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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uktrailmonster, those blower types work well but too noisy at night for me. Need to be well protected in baggage as well.
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Richie_S, uktrailmonster, I just bought one of those boot dryers above the other week and I have to say it worked very well. I do know what you mean though spyderjon, its too noisy at night for me as well, although what I did to get round that was put it on as soon as I got back to the room, left it on while getting ready to go out for dinner and whilst out, and then by time I got back later the boots were dry by then anyway. Put it back on in the morning to give the boots a bit of a warm before putting them on for the day.
I got mine from http://www.stockshotshop.co.uk/index.cfm?object=catalogue&mode=products&categoryID=40
they have a discount on it at the moment and cheaper delivery I think than EB. Theirs is is £29.99 instead of £35.00.
Haven't used it on gloves yet but should be just as good on those.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Sat 29-03-08 21:48; edited 1 time in total
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| spyderjon wrote: |
| uktrailmonster, those blower types work well but too noisy at night for me. Need to be well protected in baggage as well. |
I tend not to use it overnight, but if I do, not in the room I'm sleeping. I use the plastic case it came in for travelling, which fits fine in my bag. Worth mentioning that the thermic blowers are voltage specific, so you need a different model for use in the US.
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Worth mentioning that the thermic blowers are voltage specific, so you need a different model for use in the US.
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uktrailmonster, thanks that is indeed useful to know.
spyderjon, good point about noise through the night... I expect that even if using it straight after dinner on, say, my gloves or boots, it'll end up being needed for my wife's also...
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Those Dryzones also can be dried out in a microwave (might make your porridge smell of ski boots though).
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I used a thermic dryer for my boots for the first time this year and I'm an instant convert - warm cosy boots in the morning, but it did mean lugging the boots upstairs to our room to use it rather than leaving them in the basement.
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Megamum, better to lug them upstairs than leave them in a damp smellly basement all night. Brings back memories of my first school ski trip - wafting pong and cold wet feel of damp ski boots in the morning!
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Richie_S, Just for info, the fan type thermic dryers take about 30-45 mins to fully dry a sweaty pair of size 10 boots. I put the dryer on as I take them off in the evening, minimising any damp festering time. My wife's less sweaty size 5s take only about 15 mins to dry. I tend not to use them in the morning because warm boots end up feeling soft on the first run (when skiing straight out of the door).
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uktrailmonster, 45 mins?!? I think I'm sold !
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Richie_S, Yep, it's got to be the quickest way of drying them without risk of liner damage. You can leave the dryer on for hours, it doesn't get too hot, but they're dry after the first 45 mins. I only leave it on longer if I forget about it, so often several hours.
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