Winter Gloves

[Hay Dude]

For me it's mostly working in the woods with berry brambles and moving branches and other stuff around that will rip your hands up.
I like having good gloves when doing chainsaw work or even sharpening chains.

I have not found reasonable priced mid weight gloves that I like that fit well enough to have some dexterity, but still stay warm to around 30 for long spells in the woods.

Also working in an open cab tractor in snow and cold can really freeze my hands.

Ken, I’m neck deep in a huge brush clearing project. Have same problem, bramble, multi flora rose and those 1” spikes on the russian/autumn olive.

I use the tight knit gloves “dipped” in rubber. Made for cold weather.
Like these below.

They don’t puncture with thorns easily, but still allow good tactility with the saws & brush cutters.

I really like these and as a professional, I recommend them highly

 

[Duds13]

Ken, I’m neck deep in a huge brush clearing project. Have same problem, bramble, multi flora rose and those 1” spikes on the russian/autumn olive.

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I use the tight knit gloves “dipped” in rubber. Made for cold weather.
Like these below.

They don’t puncture with thorns easily, but still allow good tactility with the saws & brush cutters.

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I really like these and as a professional, I recommend them highly

These are great too. Inexpensive

 

[Hay Dude]

These are great too. Inexpensive

I can’t find them anywhere but Amazon for $25 for a 2PK. Only in Large.
No XL & XXL
Let me know if you have cheaper source.

 

[RayIN]

Tractor work in below freezing weather caused me to buy a pair of snowmobile gloves. They keep my hands warm easily, but they are bulky and prevent me doing some things.
I bought them to use when moving snow or round bales mainly.
I also have a few pairs of thinsulate gloves.

 

[Duds13]

I can’t find them anywhere but Amazon for $25 for a 2PK. Only in Large.
No XL & XXL
Let me know if you have cheaper source.

Here's a couple Kinco equivalents in XL

Amazon

Amazon

 

[oosik]

I try to get all my outside tasks completed while it's still warm outside. Slower circulation and age keep me inside and out of the extreme cold. There are exceptions. Fortunately - I have the clothing to stay warm at ridiculously cold temperatures.

We had our first snow five days ago. It only lasted a day BUT - it's natures signal.

"Hey - old man - it's time you stay indoors".

And to think - 50 years ago - we lived in the Land of the Midnight Sun - and joyfully romped outdoors in the very cold weather.

This year is the same as the last five years or so. Nothing remains constant. This fall/winter it's the humidity. Not the cold, not the wind - just the higher than "normal" humidity. It drives the cold into my old bod like an icicle.

 

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I use wells lamont gloves, the all-leather yellowish ones; I occasionally buy huge packages of them through costco.com as I destroy the gloves working with wood & brush. Rather, I destroy the ends of the index finger and thumb, and to a lesser extent the second finger, mostly on the right gloves and a bit less on the left. Yes I'm right-handed.

Anyways for winter, I grab a pair of the next-size down -- I wear XL in summer, so I grab a pair of L, scoop out a glop of snow-seal and pretend I'm washing my hands with it. Get it good and gooey all over, then warm them by the fire and let it soak it. Repeat it as those are thirsty gloves.

Result is a pair of relatively cheap but tough gloves that won't immediately get wet. They're definitely not perfect wet-weather gloves, but I haven't found tough gloves I can easily take on&off that stand up to brush & blackberry work, which is my primary winter outdoor work as the ground is soft enough to tear it out without leaving many roots behind.

I wouldn't mind some somewhat warmer waterproof gloves, but I'm not paying $25/pair for work gloves because they just don't last long enough... I figure if my hands do get that cold then I should probably go in.

 

[oosik]

My Aero Stitch Elkskin gloves are going into their fifth winter this year. It's probably due to a couple things. About every three months I rub copious quantities of leather preservative into them. Then over the stove so they get violently hot and this oil preservative soaks in. So much oil preservative has soaked into these gloves - they are really quite stiff when first put on.

AND - they have never been used in any of the steps necessary to thin my pine stands. Handling and chipping green pine trees will eat a pair of gloves in a heart beat.

 

[deserteagle71]

I try to get all my outside tasks completed while it's still warm outside. Slower circulation and age keep me inside and out of the extreme cold. There are exceptions. Fortunately - I have the clothing to stay warm at ridiculously cold temperatures.

We had our first snow five days ago. It only lasted a day BUT - it's natures signal.

"Hey - old man - it's time you stay indoors".

And to think - 50 years ago - we lived in the Land of the Midnight Sun - and joyfully romped outdoors in the very cold weather.

This year is the same as the last five years or so. Nothing remains constant. This fall/winter it's the humidity. Not the cold, not the wind - just the higher than "normal" humidity. It drives the cold into my old bod like an icicle.

Man, I can sure relate to the above! For years I rode a motorcycle everywhere and in all seasons and laughed at the cold. Wrapped a special thin chain around the tires for traction on icy roads.

But the last few years I've become a complete wimp as far as cold. My body just shuts down circulation to my extremities as soon cold air hits it. Working outside a few day ago in 40 degree temperatures my hands got so cold they would no longer function; when I went in the house to warm them they hurt like hell. Can't stand it...and now I understand why so many folks my age become "snowbirds" and head for Yuma, Arizona this time of year.

Been an early winter here this year. Normally I don't have to worry about storms until after Thanksgiving. This year the storms hit a month ago; we get another one about once a week and now everything above the valley floors is white with snow. I-80 through the mountains has been closed several times already in the past few weeks.

 

[Egon]

It's time, maybe past, brr, for a new pair of insulated water proof gloves. I like an open cuff because I need to easily take them on and off while I care for my horses.

I need a little bit more protection from the cold then the usual TSC offerings by Carrhart, etc. plus my local stores do not stock XX large.

What does everyone recommend?

Leather outer mitts with heavy wool or thinselate inner gloves.

Waterproof gloves will retain moisture that freezes into solid ice lumps.