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

[sixdogs]

Does anyone make a very thin pair of battery heated gloves that will allow me to work for three hours outside in the cold with hand tools and smaller sized parts?

I need to help with an outside tool job and that means I have to have a degree of dexterity to handle tools and parts. I used to use a thin pair of leather men's dress gloves but the temps will be below what I can do with those and my hands will get cold. Any suggestions?

 

[George2615]

I have heated gloves for occasional motorcycle riding but they are not thin.
Below is a link I found for thin heated gloves. Don't know if they would work for you.

7 Best Thin Heated Gloves Reviewed in 2020 - Best Winter Gloves

Top quality thin heated gloves review for extreme cold -20℃ and dexterity. Use alongside your Ski, Snowmobile, & Motorcycle gloves as liner for warmest feel

bestwintergloves.com

 

[sixdogs]

I have heated gloves for occasional motorcycle riding but they are not thin.
Below is a link I found for thin heated gloves. Don't know if they would work for you.

7 Best Thin Heated Gloves Reviewed in 2020 - Best Winter Gloves

Top quality thin heated gloves review for extreme cold -20℃ and dexterity. Use alongside your Ski, Snowmobile, & Motorcycle gloves as liner for warmest feel

bestwintergloves.com

That's a good start for me. Thank you.

 

[oosik]

I would guess - the thinnest will be those made for use on a motorcycle. I had heated gloves when we rode snowmobiles in Alaska. They were pretty bulky but really kept your hands warm.

Thin heated gloves and some degree of dexterity don't really seem to go together very well.

 

[oosik]

When I HAVE to go out in damn cold weather, like today, AND know I'm going to be using my fingers. First - I think twice about this foolish act and be certain it's justified.

I have, at least, a dozen pair of gloves. Three pair came with me when we moved down from Alaska. They are paw/thumb only and two pair are designed to function down to minus 70 F. They have multiple removable liners. At least one liner is fingered.

Anyhow - I put on the fingered liner and the outer shell. The hand stays warm and the liner keeps it warm when I remove the shell to do more intricate hand/finger work.

These three cold weather gloves are by - Eddie Bauer, Outdoor Research & Carhart. Outdoor Research cost approx - $225. Eddie Bauer - about $175. Carhart - ~$80.

When you and your snowmachine are 150 to 200 miles from BF Nowhere - you don't want to loose control of your hands.

 

[sixdogs]

I have heated gloves for occasional motorcycle riding but they are not thin.
Below is a link I found for thin heated gloves. Don't know if they would work for you.

7 Best Thin Heated Gloves Reviewed in 2020 - Best Winter Gloves

Top quality thin heated gloves review for extreme cold -20℃ and dexterity. Use alongside your Ski, Snowmobile, & Motorcycle gloves as liner for warmest feel

bestwintergloves.com

This is the best chart and comparison of thinner, heated gloves. For anyone looking for a comparison, this is it. Thank you.

 

[Oaktree]

I would guess - the thinnest will be those made for use on a motorcycle. I had heated gloves when we rode snowmobiles in Alaska. They were pretty bulky but really kept your hands warm.

Thin heated gloves and some degree of dexterity don't really seem to go together very well.

I hear ya. Tough to find thin men's gloves, period.
Anyone have any of these? How do they run size wise? I have rather large hands, and it's hard to find any gloves that fit.

 

[jyoutz]

Try this: slip on a pair of vinyl disposable gloves, then put your hands into the heated gloves. For jobs that need finger dexterity, take off the heated gloves. The vinyl gloves will hold the heat in for awhile. When they get cold, slip them back into the heated gloves for awhile.

 

[sandman2234]

I had very good service from Gerbing gloves, and for that matter... a complete suit to wear when riding my Harley in the cold. Plugged into the bike was great for the suit and gloves plugged into the suit...However, I did have to buy my Wife a set of gloves with batteries because we only had one power supply cord on our first trip out, and She needed gloves, like right NOW! So battery powered worked for her, with a pair of spare batteries in her pockets in case She started getting low on power.
Ebay seems to be a good place to look for Gerbing...
David from jax

 

[seville009]

Try this: slip on a pair of vinyl disposable gloves, then put your hands into the heated gloves. For jobs that need finger dexterity, take off the heated gloves. The vinyl gloves will hold the heat in for awhile. When they get cold, slip them back into the heated gloves for awhile.

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

 

[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.