How to keep your hands warm

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Scottwax

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I will have to call the pool guy I bought them from to find out exactly where he got them, but the gloves are neoprene and I wear the knit gloves underneath. My hands still get cold after a while and I loose some sensation, but without them in near freezing weather, I have to stop every 2-3 minutes to warm my hands. I can go 30 minutes with these babies on!
 
Intel486 said:
I have some neoprene gloes just like that but I don't wear any glove underneath. It doesn't get that cold here :)
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32 when I started this morning and it is supposed to be in the upper 20's tomorrow morning. :(



I hate winter more and more every year. I honestly despise cold weather.
 
I'll be detailing this Saturday and it will be about 0-1 degree celsius (about 32-34F) :shocked



Im almost afraid to put the wax on :nixweiss



What I do is get some thin winter gloves and put some large size disposable clear gloves over them. So I am warm and protected from water :cool:
 
Scott,



I wondered if you were out yesterday morning. This morning was even worse...26. Guys from up North, don't laugh. That's cold for us poor boys from Texas.



Scott, did you see an earlier post regarding Sealskinz gloves available from Cablela's? You might not have a need for the glove liners providing a bit more dexterity. Can't say from experience, but just from the catalog description.
 
Scottwax said:
32 when I started this morning and it is supposed to be in the upper 20's tomorrow morning. :(

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These temperatures are Celsius, right. Aren't Dallas/Fort Worth suburbs of Arlington? No way it can be 32 degrees fahrenheit.



By the way, 32 is cold for washing cars anywhere, not just for the poor boys from Texas.



Charles
 
Mr. Clean said:
Scott,



I wondered if you were out yesterday morning. This morning was even worse...26. Guys from up North, don't laugh. That's cold for us poor boys from Texas.



Scott, did you see an earlier post regarding Sealskinz gloves available from Cablela's? You might not have a need for the glove liners providing a bit more dexterity. Can't say from experience, but just from the catalog description.
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Got a link for those gloves?



I was out this morning. I had 3 to wash, 2 to wash and wax, so I had to start by 9 am when it was right at 32 degrees. Warmed up nicely enough that I was in a t-shirt by afternoon...probably low 50s with sunshine.
 
scott check glove liners at ski equiment retailers or mt climbing sites like north face or any mountain quality thin linergloves will be better than cotton knit
 
Scottwax said:
I hate winter more and more every year. I honestly despise cold weather.
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I prefer cold to the hot summers we have... Hmmmm be cold or be soaking wet, all sticky with a headache. Such a difficult choice...



My truck's temp thing was reading 38 degrees today. Windchill was like 29 I think? I was very tempted to wear shorts this afternoon :p
 
Intel486 said:
I prefer cold to the hot summers we have... Hmmmm be cold or be soaking wet, all sticky with a headache. Such a difficult choice...
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I much prefer the heat. I would much rather sweat and be able to quickly dry a car than freeze and take 10 towels and 30 minutes to dry a car because water doesn't evaporate well at low temps. I'll take 100 degrees over 40 degrees anyday...along with the 14 hours of sunshine.
 
Scottwax said:
I much prefer the heat. I would much rather sweat and be able to quickly dry a car than freeze and take 10 towels and 30 minutes to dry a car because water doesn't evaporate well at low temps. I'll take 100 degrees over 40 degrees anyday...along with the 14 hours of sunshine.
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Alrighty, Guess you need to move down here and I need to move to like Denver. :D
 
I found some basic, lined neoprene gloves at Home Depot - I think they were around $7 or $8. Used them for the first time today (in 35 degree weather) and they did the job just fine.
 
Scott,



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I have a hard time moving anymore at those temps, much less sticking my hands in the water. I got out the other day and QEWed the Volvo, but it was much warmer than 32 or 26.
 
If those liners are cotton, cotton's a no-no for cold-weather wear. It absorbs moisture but then holds it, sucking the heat from your hands. You need to go to wool or poly., which are better at pulling the sweat away from your skin (ideally, the outer shell would breathe, allowing the moisture to escape, but I don't think you want to spend the $ on Gore-Tex, and I don't thing you'll have the same form fit as you do with the neoprene). I have some military surplus wool liners that work well, for the real deal, check out www.orgear.com for their PS150 (power stretch) liners. If you can find some cheap basic Polartec fleece liners (I try to only buy Polartec), these should work well also. By the way, you've helped me before, if you need advice on outdoor technical wear, I'm pretty knowledgeable in this area, feel free to ask, maybe I can help. Take care.
 
Our framing and siding crew buys little chemical packet handwarmers at Lowe's/Home Depot/Menards this time of year. They are extremely small (maybe 2"x3"x 1/4" thicK) and slip inside your gloves. Some put them in the palm of their glove and some tape them to the back of the hand so they don't slide around and they can still grasp hammers, etc.



These things last a couple hours and cost less than $1.00 each. Since the entire crew uses them, I assume they work.



Not sure if they would work in your application but might be worth a try.



Bill
 
I have Reynaud's syndrome and my hands really suffer in the cold. Here are a couple of



The little disposable packs are great: they are actually biodegradable, just vermiculite, charcoal, salt and iron. Open them to the air, and they work for 7+ hours. Local camping and outdoor shops should stock them for about $1.25 for a 2-pack. Or order from Campmor.com for $2.99 for 4.



Campmor also carries a Crazy Creek product which is a soft pocket to hold the warmer pack which uses velcro to attach at your wrist. So the warmer keeps the arteries that feed your hands warm, and your hands stay warm as a result. Works great. Costs about $7 for the pair, including 2 warming packs.



Also, I've found the most effective and thinnest glove liners to be capilene and similar high-tech camping fabrics. Ultra thin, yet much warmer than thicker knits, etc. Marmot, Patagonia and Mountain Hardware are some of the companies to make them.



Here in Durham, NC, we're in day 5 of no electricity at home due to the big ice storm that hit last Wednesday night, and brought down tons of trees onto electrical lines and transformers. So staying warm has become quite a concern! Big learning: wear a hat! Bless Polartec and their fleece.
 
Intel486 said:
Alrighty, Guess you need to move down here and I need to move to like Denver. :D
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Denver is great right now. Considering it's unseasonably warm right now, our highs the past week have been in the 50's. No complaints here, and I can still ski by driving an hour up into the mountains.
 
Simple solution: you can get lined Playtex gloves at your local grocery store that work real well. I know they're not fancy or trick but they sure do the job and you can still get a good grip on the wash mitt.
 
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