Is there such a thing as very thin battery heated gloves?

[sixdogs]

I do this (put disposable gloves on first) with regular non-heated gloves; it helps tremendously.

Now that you mention that, rubber gloves did work for me one cold day under my thinner gloves. I remember thinking if I got sweaty the moisture would make me even colder but it didn't happen. It's worth a try.

 

[Jstpssng]

If you put on a pair of thin gloves, heated or not, then wear a pair of heavier fingerless gloves over them your hands will stay a lot warmer but you will still retain finger dexterity. I used to do this when I was laying out and surveying thinning blocks, back when we had winter in winter here.

 

[2manyrocks]

Dual layers of gloves make sense to me. Do they also still sell those handwarmer things or would you have immediate access to any source of heat to warm your hands as you work?

I was shoveling snow today with a shovel that had been outside in the cold. It sucked the warmth right out of my hands through my gloves.

 

[sixdogs]

Dual layers of gloves make sense to me. Do they also still sell those handwarmer things or would you have immediate access to any source of heat to warm your hands as you work?

I was shoveling snow today with a shovel that had been outside in the cold. It sucked the warmth right out of my hands through my gloves.

I've been told the Japanese make the best hand warmer there is. I wouldn't mind having a good one but never looked into it. I've heard they are immediate heat for longer periods and are foolproof. Anyone know about these?

Years back, and I can't remember the outcome, we used to put those dry heat packets on our wrists while outside in the super cold of New England. Apparently, warming the inside of your wrist warms your whole hand. I don't remember the outcome but do recall we all did it so it must have worked. Anybody know more?

 

[oosik]

The old handwarmers I remember were by Coleman. They had heavy gloves with internal pockets for the warmers. Those old warmers could get VERY warm.

You could put on a thin pair of gloves and the Coleman glove over it.

I had special pockets in my duck hunting bibs. Supplement to my back pockets. Kept my hiney warm. Duck hunting always was a lot of sitting on very cold and often wet benches.

 

[sixdogs]

Here's an update. I'm the OP and have tried some of the suggestions here. There really isn't a thin battery heated glove I could find that allows the use of fingers. The wires make the glove thicker and manufacturers add a thin layer of insulation that makes it too thick.

I did find some success in something mentioned here that I forgot. I put on a pair of thin rubber gloves like the surgical gloves so common today and then put my thin leather gloves over them. Rubber isn't supposed to insulate but my hands felt and stayed warmer for maybe an hour in 28 degree weather. Normally, I could only go maybe 15 minutes. That did work for me and no loss of dexterity. After a while let your hands warm up, change the rubber gloves and start over but for a lesser time.

Also, I've read that putting a small hand warmer on the inside of your wrist warms the blood and makes your hands feel warmer. I'd like to try it but the dry-packet hand warmers aren't hot enough and I can't find a quality metal hand warmer that's small. That's where I'm at.

Thanks for the great ideas.