 Poster: A snowHead
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I just got a new pair of gloves and would like to add some security against dropping them off a chair lift.
I had a pair of gloves before that had a type of lanyard attached that you put your wrist through and then tightened a toggle to secure them to your wrist. This meant that when you removed a glove you didn't risk loosing it. Unfortunately my new gloves do not have this facility.
I was sure that I could buy these separately but so far I can't find any. I am unsure what to search for.
Does any one know what they are called or where I can by some?
Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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palumbex, I've always known them as idiot straps, not sure where you can get them separate from gloves though.
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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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I recently bought some gloves without the straps and asked the guy at the counter for some. He took some off another pair of gloves and said - "There you go"
Try asking where you bought them?
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palumbex, easy to make if you can't buy them. Just need a wide (about an inch) elastic band around your wrist, which doesn't have to be tight. Attach this to some cord. Sew the cord to the inside of the glove cuff. This is pretty much what the hand cuffs on the Hestra gloves are made of.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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palumbex, as Zero-G, says. Some of my gloves have had them, others haven't but I've always made something for the children's gloves - dead easy and potentially save what could be a miserable afternoon
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Another DIY version: use a cord long enough to connect the two gloves while you are wearing them, the cord goes through your jacket sleeves and across your back.
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palumbex, Good question and one that I've asked in the past. If you do find them, they are expensive. I have an old Helly Hansen jacket pretty high tech in 2001 as it had meshed front vents, pit vents and a rear vent. The Shoulders and arms were heavily protected with kevlar. A few ski resorts have used the same jacket for their staff and it lasted them three full ski seasons worn daily! Manufacturers won't make anything like it now as they last so long. Glove makers make more money when you lose gloves, so it's only a good idea from the consumer viewpoint!
These may do the trick though : http://www.justforcamping.co.uk/Manbi-Glove-Glue-Glove-Retainers_i6373
I made my own "Glove Retainers" using a very thick/heavy shoelace as cotton based rope is better than nylon which doesn't grip.
Fit a tight-ish washer to slot over the cord when doubled, and then tie a knot and over sew the knot to prevent undoing.
Sew the open ends into the inside wrist edge of each glove - this then allows you to take gloves off whilst on lifts safely.
Light bulbs are the same - there are still some light bulbs running since WW2 -again they don't make them like that anymore! 
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why would you need to sew the cord/string/lace on? Dont all gloves have the wee clip bit where they join together? Could you not just lash your cord to that bit?
On a related issue, my wife got me a pair of gloves recently which had the strap thing, and i finally realised what the little buckle on my ski jacket mid forearm is for. Genius.
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I searched for some last year but gave up and made my own. I used the stretch elastic from round the bottom of a redundant fleece and the toggles that were sewn on said fleece to tighten the cord. Cut cord into appropriat lengths, slot through toggle to make a loop that you can resize at will, threath one end of the cord through the label on the glove (the one that lists what it's made of), knot securely...et voila!
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whoa there don't give up.... North Face make some with the "idiot strings" attached....... I've bought a new pair for each season for about the last 8 seasons (yes I am that hard on gloves but usually do the damage on the 1st day and then have spent the rest of the season with duck tape wrapped round my gloves!!
I think they're called North Face Mens Montana Gloves.. have nice long cuffs too so good for deep stuff!
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| Dont all gloves have the wee clip bit where they join together? |
monkey, Actually no they don't 
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palumbex, The link provided leads you to a ready made supplier, and if the gloves have clips, then it's an easy-peazy job. Sadly some suppliers don't provide clips either - it's all part of the plot to help you lose them and buy new ones! 
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You know it makes sense.
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marcellus, I know they they make gloves with a wrist loop. It is just the loop I was interested in as my new pair does not have them.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone remember the age old solution from School?
A long piece of elastic theaded down both arms of your jacket, and each securely sewn or poppered to each glove..
Idiot proof..
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Bob wrote: |
Anyone remember the age old solution from School?
A long piece of elastic theaded down both arms of your jacket, and each securely sewn or poppered to each glove..
Idiot proof.. |
Ehh yes Adrian mentions it a few posts up and Jivebaby provides a link to it before the OP says he wouldn't do it
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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monkey,
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| palumbex, =It is just the loop I was interested in as my new pair does not have them. |
Mouth of a horse. 
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Zero-G, Hmmm
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Garsy23, That sort of thing all right, but I am too miserly to pay £7.80 for a pair. The bungee and toggle from an old fleece is the closest thing to what I'm after so far.
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| Jivebaby wrote: |
| Zero-G, Hmmm |
They are made of elastic band. Truly.
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I have made a pair from the thick 'lace cord' from an old rucksack and pair of those sprung loaded toggles from old fleeces etc. as referred to above. Sometimes you need to stick a look of thin webbing to the glove, but once you have a set you can move them from pair to pair as you change gloves.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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Feast,
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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(massive) bump - any updated, or alternative options available does anyone know? Ta
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Poster: A snowHead
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A word of warning. I usually carry my gloves by just slipping them off and let them hang from the wrist staps. The warning is be careful when you have a pee. A glove full of pee is nice and warm initially but cools rapidly.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Making these things does not require a high level of skill or specialist equipment, you know. You can make some perfectly good ones without even having to do any sewing.
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Mistress Panda, Thanks, Yes, I noticed they were out of stock on the E&W website. I'll try the skibartlett one if the ebay option doesn't work out (I've ordered them now).
Stevo, Thanks, but currently unavailable (through Amazon at least).
Serriadh, Noted! 
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Why are you taking your gloves off on chairlifts anyway? 
Just be a bit careful.
I took the straps off my Hestras as they were a pain and I don't drop gloves.
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They're easy to make from bits you can get at any decent outdoor shop. Just a bit of flat boot lace and a couple of cord locks will do it. I don't personally like shock cord for this.
Burton AK jackets (and no doubt others) have things on the sleeves designed for retainers, although I like just a loop around my wrist which is simple and works irrespective of whose jacket you're using.
For photography they're invaluable: dump the mitts, take the shot, put 'em back on again. You need long enough straps so you can tuck the mitts under your arm pits when relieving yourself.
I would certainly chop any strap you don't use; each to their own.
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| philwig wrote: |
| ...For photography they're invaluable: dump the mitts, take the shot, put 'em back on again... |
under a new name, ^^ This, primarily 
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| philwig wrote: |
| They're easy to make from bits you can get at any decent outdoor shop. Just a bit of flat boot lace and a couple of cord locks will do it. I don't personally like shock cord for this. |
I've added these type to all my gloves that didn't come with them already. I tend to wear very thin windstopper type gloves as I rarely get cold hands. Just stitch a loop of flat shoelace to the cuff on the glove and add a small cord-lock 
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We used to make fun of the kids at school who's mothers persisted with that method longer than the arbitrators of kiddy cool decreed that they were unacceptable. Forty years later I am not so mature that I that I would risk a micky take. 
