Winter gloves

It's not that far to get home (6 miles) so I don't need tons of heat, just enough that I'm not accompanied by the sound of myself saying "owwwwwwwww" the whole way home.

£210 gloves are a bit out of reach at the moment :( I'd play the lottery but even that's a bit out of budget these days.

Maplin have some, only medium and large though.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/electric-heated-premium-gloves-medium-large-531709

Are you using merino liners?

Maplin have some, only medium and large though.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/electric-heated-premium-gloves-medium-large-531709

You star - I might treat myself to the heated insoles too!

Are you using merino liners?

Yep. I have rubbish hands.

If you get them please report back on how you get on, I am very tempted by both the gloves and the inner soles.

Will do!

I have tried the inner soles, which are very good. I know someone who has used the gloves, which are warm, but not very well made, they were cumbersome, not designed for dexterity, and the heat followed wires which didn't run into the thumb, and took a while to heat up the gloves
If you are flush these http://www.rohan.co.uk/Product/Detail/MensSaleOffers_03211?ocode=03211595 are amazing (what I currently use). Not cheap, but extremely well made gloves, very good in their own right, but when you get cold, switch them on, and they get very toasty very quickly, the heat spreads through the fingers. Not unduly bulky, I can operate ergolevers happily.

I've got some Altura Night Vision gloves and some Defeet gloves and they both keep my hands warm enough in recent temperatures, except for the wind. My thumbs and the ends of my fingers by the stitching get really cold as they're facing the wind.
Are they any good windproof gloves? Are the seal skinz ones any good?

I think she meant those £15-30 battery pack one.

I would'nt head out on my bike during the winter in those 15 note jobbies. But then I've lost some use in my right hand through frost bite on the bike (Struggle to do up my own shoe laces, cant seem to do the kids laces at all. Forget lego). I will quit cycling in the winter before I risk going through that again. I suppose we have different needs. Tis a feck load of money though.

I use those gloves I linked to up there ^^^ on motorbike. I can still feel the cold after about an hour with them on all the time, but the windchill is pretty severe on the motorway at the moment!

Another pair of heated gloves for consideration?

http://www.blazewear.com/heated-gloves/powermax-sports-glove-6.html

I've used the original Blazewear ones, they are toasty but too bulky for me to feel capable of using brakes/gears with them (admittedly not a huge problem fixed). Scott BRP was advising them on product development at one point so maybe they've improved.

I had a pair of those for a winter, quite good, but they failed after a while, the wiring broke somewhere inside, nice gloves though. I remember someone on here working with them to sort out some of their shortcomings, I haven't seen the latest ones.

I bought a pair after Scott's write-up last winter, specifically for Friday Night Rides (on another forum), but have been using them on the commute recently. I have no complaints, especially as I use the lithium batteries in preference to the regular AA ones. Did think about using them whilst running but decided that might be overkill :-)

I have tried the inner soles, which are very good. I know someone who has used the gloves, which are warm, but not very well made, they were cumbersome, not designed for dexterity, and the heat followed wires which didn't run into the thumb, and took a while to heat up the gloves

I've got a pair of these (the Maplins £12 ones) and the thumbs on mine are the hottest part.

Are what you refer to as "thumbs" the same thing that the majority of other people would know by that term?

Are what you refer to as "thumbs" the same thing that the majority of other people would know by that term?

Yeah, the grotesque flesh coloured meat stump that comes out of the side of human hands.

Well I never tried them,
that info was second hand

Are what you refer to as "thumbs" the same thing that the majority of other people would know by that term?

so dammit what's your best winter glove so far?

Well I never tried them,
that info was second hand

• took a while to heat up the gloves*
  
  

Mine heat up pretty quickly, in a couple of minutes or so. Maybe they've changed design / supplier.

One tip: don't use rechargeable AAs as they only put out ~1.2V (vs normal AAs @ ~1.5V) and don't work very well with these gloves.

They are way warmer than my £35 Sealskin™ all-weather / waterproof gloves, even with the heating part switched off.

so dammit what's your best winter glove so far?

Warmest are the Craft Lobster mitts, but they significantly degrade dexterity.

I think heated gloves might be the way forward.

Although, all of that said, the best gloves I ever had were some wooly Carhart ones with Thinsulate lining in them, I sadly lost them.

Heads to Gooogle

Warmest are the Craft Lobster mitts, but they significantly degrade dexterity.

I think heated gloves might be the way forward.

Although, all of that said, the best gloves I ever had were some wooly Carhart ones with Thinsulate lining in them, I sadly lost them.

Heads to Gooogle

interesting info.. thanks..

I got caught out last year and had to emergency call into Evans. OMG!!!

Picked up some Louis Garneau Winter Mitts with lining gloves for approx £30-£40.

I have not yet had to use the lining gloves. Even in these -4 temps I am sweating in the mitts though they are quite thin and dextrous. I love them cos I am a blouse when it comes to cold hands.

I've got some Altura Night Vision gloves and some Defeet gloves and they both keep my hands warm enough in recent temperatures, except for the wind. My thumbs and the ends of my fingers by the stitching get really cold as they're facing the wind.
Are they any good windproof gloves? Are the seal skinz ones any good?

I have the Sealskinz winter gloves and they are quite good although not quite warm enough for a Raynauds suffer like me. If you run hot I would have thought they would be ok (mine are still waterproof after a few years as well).

Are your gloves tight fitting? I get numb finger tips with the Sealskinz now as they have shrunk a bit and push on the end of my fingers triggering numbness. Loose fitting large gloves seem to work better.

There was this arctic explorer bloke on The One Show last night who emphasised how important it was that you cold-weather gear was not to tight as this will obviously impede circulation and make them useless, regardless of how insulating they are.

He also gave an Eskimo tip which was to shake your hands to force the blood flow into them, rather than rubbing them together or clapping them.