Re: [RBW] Best mitten design for very cold weather

[rltilley]

I have problems with extremities in the cold and have never found a glove system that works all the time for me. We get temps down into the 20’s so we don’t have the extreme colds other people go through but it’s cold for us.  For feet I have found that Sealskinz waterproof socks help keep my feet warm. The one downside is that your feet sweat a lot when wearing them. So a wool layer helps there. I’ve never tried a glove made of similar material so maybe that would work? We did a few snowmobile trips in Yellowstone and it was -5 degrees out and there was a lot of wind. Plus the wind you experience doing 30 - 40 mph on the snowmobile. The first day we suffered and our feet and hands were painfully cold. The worst I have experienced. The next day we put a couple of heating packs in each boot and one inside each glove and it solved the problem for the most part. So if I had to ride regularly in cold weather I’d be looking at heated gloves. Something like these are expensive but would be worth it to me if they solved my problem and had a reasonable useful life. I have definitely spent more testing out various gloves. Upwell sealskinzusa.com Robert Tilley San Diego, CA Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2023, at 1:15 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:  The fall style thread raises a question about keeping your hands warm in very cold temperatures (for me, very cold means in the teens F). My fingers are very sensitive to the cold. I've bought 2 or 3 pairs of PI Lobster gloves but I've been disappointed in the fit and the warmth.  I've used Outdoor Research heavy nylon mitten sheaths with thick boiled wool mittens underneath, and those were very warm indeed, but very awkward to ride in, even on a fixed gear where you have to handle only the brake levers. Varusteleka currently has a number of mil surplus mittens with separate thumb, separate thumb and trigger finger, and separate thumb and first 2 fingers. The whole point of mittens is to bundle the fingers together in one compartment for mutual warmth, so each added finger compartment sacrifices warmth. Does anyone have thoughts on a glove or a mitten or a system that gives the best mix of warmth and dexterity? And perhaps some particular gloves or mittens that fit the bill? Right now, I've got hugely oversized 5-finger gloves under which I can wear wool knit gloves, under which in turn I can wear silk liners, but this sort of layer system is cumbersome to put on and take off. Thanks. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When thou didst not, savage, Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes With words that made them known. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtDHuqkZE7RkaCaxmi2AHd2nEngLi9CSS4u03q3HUHVfg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8999A2B0-511D-4C0C-AF48-A4C6A5DA5B6C%40gmail.com.