winter gloves for below zero

billy whippet

whichever supposed winter gloves I have bought are frankly useless and none can deal with below zero morning commutes. can anyone genuinely recommend gloves that really do work at, say minus 5 degrees C?

Nuggs

In properly cold weather I use Pearl Izumi Amfib gloves over North Face inners.

ride_whenever

Wind chill is the big factor in this. I find a set of sealskinz with a thin altura (neoprene-y sort of thing) windproof glove keeps everything warm.

ChillyGetsTrilly

ride_whenever wrote:

Wind chill is the big factor in this. I find a set of sealskinz with a thin altura (neoprene-y sort of thing) windproof glove keeps everything warm.

ride_whenever is spot on. must cut down the wind chill to really be effective. anything with wind resistance and double layer.

whydoesitalwaysrainonme

You don't need to worry about spending that much money, these gloves are perfect, everybody at my club uses them, and they're only £3.99
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7178.htm

giant_man

I've used the Aldi ones for a couple of years but when it's very cold my hands don't always stay warm, so I think they're good but not that good. Just bought some from Decathlon which i have high hopes for, time and weather will tell ...

de_sisti

whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:

You don't need to worry about spending that much money, these gloves are perfect, everybody at my club uses them, and they're only £3.99
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7178.htm

I've tried them and didn't find them to be that good. I suffer from Raynauds Syndrome so
for me to have warm hands during the autumn/winter months, gloves have to be very
special indeed. I've spent £000s over the past few years and have yet to find any that
are suitable for me.

akkers

maander wrote:

whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:

You don't need to worry about spending that much money, these gloves are perfect, everybody at my club uses them, and they're only £3.99
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7178.htm

I've tried them and didn't find them to be that good. I suffer from Raynauds Syndrome so
for me to have warm hands during the autumn/winter months, gloves have to be very
special indeed. I've spent £000s over the past few years and have yet to find any that
are suitable for me.

Same for me - tried em all, and have the current Assos layer system and even that doesnt work. If you have Raynauds I dont think theres anything that works as the circulation is the problem.

If anyone has any solution Id be delighted to know :-)

de_sisti

I too have tried the Assos layer system (£90 thank you very much) and didn't find them
any good. :x

knedlicky

akkers wrote:

maander wrote:

whydoesitalwaysrainonme wrote:

You don't need to worry about spending that much money, these gloves are perfect, everybody at my club uses them, and they're only £3.99
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7178.htm

I've tried them and didn't find them to be that good. I suffer from Raynauds Syndrome so
for me to have warm hands during the autumn/winter months, gloves have to be very
special indeed. I've spent £000s over the past few years and have yet to find any that
are suitable for me.

Same for me - tried em all, and have the current Assos layer system and even that doesnt work. If you have Raynauds I dont think theres anything that works as the circulation is the problem.
If anyone has any solution Id be delighted to know :-)

See if you can get hold of the winter cycling gloves Aldi sell on the Continent. They are warmer than the winter gloves Aldi sell in the UK because they have to deal with colder winters in central Europe.
Or try Aldi skiing gloves. These are a bit bulky when it comes to needing to shift gear much, but along a route where you mostly stay in the same gear, they’re fine.

Or get some very thin silk gloves from a mountaineering shop and put them inside the UK Aldi winter gloves. Such gloves are sold in mountain equipment shops to act as liners for mountaineering gloves. I know people who have some for skiing in very cold conditions.
Probably you can also get similar thin gloves made out of modern materials nowadays too, same sort of material as used for thermal vests, etc. For less than £5.

de_sisti

I've tried the silk liners and ski gloves. They didn't work for me. As mentioned before,
sufferers of Raynauds Syndrome have great difficulty in finding gloves that keep their
hands warm during cold weather.

(I don't have any problems with my feet though).

MadMurdoch

One option is to get hold of some disposable hand warmers from one of the outdoor shops (cotswold outdoor, snow and rock etc). They are very small / slim paper packets - when you shake them up they get really very warm and stay so for several hours. Very clever little things really. Shove one in the back of each glove (i.e. on the back of your hand next to your main blood vessels) and it should help.

I do a lot of winter and alpine climbing and this method has worked for me when I'd run out of glove options...

Other than that - make sure your gloves are windproof, try ones that are 'lobster' style (mitts are a LOT warmer than finger gloves), and don't bother spending loads of money as it won't make a blind bit of difference.

Hope you get it sorted.

cookiemonster

musto frostbites or similar serious sailing glove, e.g.

http://www.sailingclothingstore.co.uk/S ... sc447.aspx

good enough for sailing round scotland in winter with ice cold water being tipped over your head every 5 seconds

They're a bit bulky to begin with and I do end up sweating in them quite often, so too warm really, but the neoprene just soaks it up.

£20 and works for me

jon

neeb

Other than that - make sure your gloves are windproof, try ones that are 'lobster' style (mitts are a LOT warmer than finger gloves), and don't bother spending loads of money as it won't make a blind bit of difference.

I agree that mittens are the only solution to extreme cold conditions (or if you are sensitive, or both). I also get mild Raynauds and I live in Finland... Full mittens are better than the lobster style ones. It's basic physics - heat loss is proportional to surface area. Gloves isolate each finger, so the surface area to volume ratio is greater. I use leather mittens with a faux-sheepskin lining inside, and if it's really cold I sometimes wear a thin pair of thermal woollen gloves inside of that. It takes a while to get used to using the shifters and brakes with mittens but it's fine once you get the hang of it.