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Can anyone recommend any for me?
Why do I see a lot of silk inners on ebay etc? Are silk ones the best type?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Merino wool liners are pretty good too (and don't get holes in them as frequently).
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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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They sell silky ones in Decathlon. I've never used them for skiing as my mittens are really warm, but I do use them under motorbike gloves.
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either will do, my hands start to feel the cold around -20 and if i'm wearing them they are fine!
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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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| Snowy wrote: |
| Merino wool liners are pretty good too (and don't get holes in them as frequently). |
Yep, I've got some effette little merino numbers made by Icebreaker. Very poofy, but they work nicely.
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I've used silk but didn't find them much use. If your hands are really cold mitts are the answer. I wear gloves but take a pair of mitts with me as spares and put them on if is really cold.
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v1cky24, all the comments above have their merit, but I use the cheapest I can find as then you can treat them as ( fairly ) disposable. I got some yesterday from my local Cotswold Outdoor shop for £5.95 whereas I think the Merino type ones were £20 odd.
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Thanks for the info.
I have a pair of mittens but my hands were still cold last year. My 'inner' glove was a cheap £1.50 pair of magic stretch gloves from H&M and they just didn't cut it.
I'll pay the money to avoid the pain this time I think!!
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v1cky24, I also find that you can increase the warmth in your hands by reaching inside your jacket for the hip flask 
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Mountain factor have\had some icebreaker womens liners in on offer for around 15
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| Timberwolf wrote: |
| I got some yesterday from my local Cotswold Outdoor shop for £5.95 whereas I think the Merino type ones were £20 odd. |
Merino glove liners are really expensive but last several times longer than silk ones.
Perhaps if wrapping your hands in tin foil would help?
Mittens don't work for me either. I'm going to see if gore-tex xcr gloves help (to keep the damp out). Gore-tex (non-xcr) gloves are only ok to a point, so I shall see if the extra 3 letters do the trick!
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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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I don't suffer from cold hands persay, I wear glove liners because I seem to be constantly faffing on lifts ( camera, piste map, hip flask, cigarettes etc ) with my 'main' gloves off...
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You know it makes sense.
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I use silk liners (Slush & Rubble's own brand I think) and get on pretty well with them. The only issue I find is that they tend to get caught on velcro (and lets face it, skiing tends to involve a lot of velcro!). It means they quickly got ladders and pulled threads, so whilst they still do the job, they certainly don't look all that great any more.
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He appreciates the photos when we get home though! 
