Gloves or Mittens

[goeduck]

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What kind of lifting tongs are those in your signature line? Sorry for the tangent.

 

[two_bit_score]

I just purchased these Milwaukee heated gloves a few days ago.

Purchased their heated jacket/pockets a few years ago and it's worth every penny/dime/dollars...

I should of purchased these gloves many years ago because I'm sure it would of eliminated a lot of freezing cold finger pain.

KC

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...UM-USB-Battery-and-Charger-561-21XL/305584034

Yep, Ive thought about that.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just curious. I have always wondered. Watched Eve (BOLTR) the other day. What's with fingerless gloves? Does this help to keep fingers warm, yet available for service?

 

[MossRoad]

Just curious. I have always wondered. Watched Eve (BOLTR) the other day. What's with fingerless gloves? Does this help to keep fingers warm, yet available for service?

Yes. I wear wool fingerless gloves fairly often when ice fishing. Keeps most of your hand warm and dry, yet keeps your fingertips available for dexterity. When you aren't using your fingers, you just make loose fists and the fingertips curl up in the wool of the palms anyway. On really cold or wet or windy days I slip on oversized welder's mittens over the fingerless gloves. Easy to take off quickly when the fishies bite. :thumbsup:

 

[RalphVa]

My favorite Gortex gloves have seen better days. I'm considering trying a mitten.

Anyone changed over from a glove to a mitten? How do you like mittens?

If you don't need finger work, mittens are warmer.

 

[MF RED in MT]

What kind of lifting tongs are those in your signature line? Sorry for the tangent.

It's a "Timber Tuff TMW-54 Mini Log Grapple", that I added 7 sets of additional teeth that help grab smaller diameter logs (it's grabbing strength is from the weight of the log).

Here's a picture of my system to cut up a load of logs from a logging truck.

And here's a link to TSC:

KC

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/timber-tuff-mini-log-grapple-22-in



Also since taking this picture I've reinforced the top edge of my FEL bucket (because I had noticed a very sight flex when picking up 14" - 16" diameter logs).

Sorry for the off topic post jaydee325...

 

[Jstpssng]

Just curious. I have always wondered. Watched Eve (BOLTR) the other day. What's with fingerless gloves? Does this help to keep fingers warm, yet available for service?

Definitely, just as wearing a sleeveless vest keeps your body warmer. I used to lay out and survey precommercial forest thinning blocks. I was doing a lot of writing, so wore fingerless gloves and had a pair of wool mittens inside leather "choppers" mittens which were big enough to put my gloved hands into. Back then the plastic flagging wasn't as cold resistant as it is now, so every time that I
tied a ribbon I would have to warm it in my hand first.

 

[scaredychicken]

Gloves IF I HAVE to, never mittens though.

 

[/pine]

Once the cold gets to your fingers through gloves or mittens they are not doing much good...
If I have to work in the cold I keep several pairs of the cheapo brown cloth gloves (10 pairs for $10 deals)...
...And I use chemical hand warmers...I always have a pair of the above mentioned gloves wrapped up around the had warmers...when it gets to the point where your fingers just quit working...it's nice to slip on a pair of really warm gloves...

 

[Tomtint]

All of my fingers have been broken at one time or another. Several of them multiple times. My right hand little finger and ring finger have some damage causing them to get cold fast. Actuallylly physically cold to the touch when my other fingers are warm. I need to keep gloves somewhat loose because the tight ones seem to expedite the cold. I never really liked mittens..But in extreme cold if I'm not working with my hands..they would probably be warmer

 

[Captain Dirty]

Definitely, just as wearing a sleeveless vest keeps your body warmer. . .

For years I bought into the idea that keeping one's core warm would cause warm blood to flow to the extremities and keep them warm. In my fifties I would often feel beads of sweat rolling down my back while my hands or feet were numb. I started wearing long-sleeve T-shirt and jackets rather than a vest which probably stopped some heat loss from my limbs. I would buy only shells with pit zips that could be closed on the arms while leaving the trunk open. I also started wearing over-mittens which I now love.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^^

There's extremes. If you run around in a tee shirt your body will struggle to stay warm. If mst of your body is warm, it's easier to keep your extremities from freezing. Note that I also said I would put on wool mittens when I didn't need the dexterity. When my hands get extremely cold I put heat on my wrists, because it stops the pain faster.
In my younger days I once got so cold by the time I got back to my truck that I held my keys between the palms of my hands to unlock the door, then get the engine started. I lay on the truck seat for some time not moving, until it warmed up enough so that I thawed. I still had to get back out and load the bleeping snowsled.

Then there's the old wives tale about most of your body heat escaping from your head. THat's only true if it's the only part of your body which is covered...

One thing which I realized years ago was that wearing a wrist watch would make that hand get cold easier.

There's an old adage "Cotton Kills". It's one thing to wear something while working around the yard, or someplace where you can get to a warm place easily. However, I might snowsled 10 miles, then snowshoe 2 more. If my hands get wet and I can't get them dried back out, it really can be life or death. I also have resisted the electric clothes for the same reason, although a couple of hand warmers are part of my emergency kit. I also prefer wool to most synthetics...

 

[cqaigy2]

You first. :laughing:

I'd say pictures, but in this case..... :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

:laughing: