Crock pot glove warmer

[BeezFun]

It's been much colder than normal here this year, I was complaining about how cold my hands were working in the unheated barn. My wife brought out one of her old crock pots and put 3 pairs of gloves in it. Works great, when my hands start getting cold I take off my gloves and throw them in the pot and take a warm pair.

 

[GolfAddict]

Clever wife!

 

[murphy1244]

Smart Girl!

 

[SSdoxie]

maybe she is just trying to keep you out of the house. :cool2:

 

[BeezFun]

maybe she is just trying to keep you out of the house. :cool2:

She throws deeper than that, usually she packs my bags, calls my buddy, and tells him it's time to take me away hiking for a few weeks.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Arn't they wet? If they are, the moisture has to go somewhere.

I bought one of those boot warmers on sale that also has a provision for gloves. Biggest problem is I keep forgetting to use it.

 

[deerseeker001]

good idea,what ever it takes.

 

[Looking4new]

She's a 'keeper'.

 

[BeezFun]

Arn't they wet? If they are, the moisture has to go somewhere.

I bought one of those boot warmers on sale that also has a provision for gloves. Biggest problem is I keep forgetting to use it.

When I'm in the barn I stay dry, just get cold. Lastest project is metal, so everything I touch is made out of steel and my hands get frozen. You're right, wouldn't work for wet gloves. I also have one of those boot/glove warmer things that blows air through them. Works great but it's in the house and I never make the trip inside until the end of the day.

 

[s219]

That's a great idea. I could have used that when processing some firewood after we got snow a few weeks back. I couldn't go more than an hour without my gloves getting to cold/wet to use, and finally had to quit when I ran out of dry gloves.

 

[creekbend]

Great idea. Whatever works.

 

[CobyRupert]

Seem like a bad idea. I just looked up some temps; what I found was crockpots can heat up to around 190F. Didn't find much on autoignite temps of gloves, but found one source that says oily cotton can combust at 120C (248F). I know my gloves can get oily.
I bet 190F is the temp measured of liquid, but without liquid, hot spots in the crock may be a lot higher, possibly in the 250F range, which would be bad.

 

[Ed of all trades]

I just use an old blow drier. Use it on my hands, down my back, ect. The guys at work laughed at me when I got it out of the truck and then lined up for a chance to use it.

 

[/pine]

As I posted in the "cold hands" thread...most of the time I use the cheap brown gloves you can buy in bulk at TSC...I use a small "hothands" chemical warmer and keep one pair wrapped around the hand warmer in a pocket and when the cold get through the pair I have on I switch to the warm pair...

on really cold days I use two warmers and 3 pair of the gloves...

 

[Iowan]

I just looked and we have five crock pots, and now we have four and I have one. :thumbsup:

 

[BeezFun]

As I posted in the "cold hands" thread...

Found a couple other threads on cold hands in different forums, got a lot of good ideas.

most of the time I use the cheap brown gloves you can buy in bulk at TSC...I use a small "hothands" chemical warmer and keep one pair wrapped around the hand warmer in a pocket and when the cold get through the pair I have on I switch to the warm pair...

I use those chemical handwarmers a lot, but never thought to preheat the gloves with them. I usually stick them to the back of my hand under the glove, when my fingers get cold I put them on the back of my hands.

 

[BeezFun]

I just looked and we have five crock pots, and now we have four and I have one. :thumbsup:

Yeah, we had 4 of them. I didn't ask why we needed 4 crockpots.

 

[BukitCase]

"I didn't ask why we needed 4 crockpots."

You must be originally from Africa - around here, we call 'em 'gators...

 

[luckysmith]

She's just looking out for you, man. :thumbsup:

 

[leveled]

To bad I just gave my old crock pot to my sister. Good idea though :thumbsup: