Thermal gloves/liner recommendations

[htb]

Try Ginko bilobo pills/tablets, they help me with my raynaulds. I get mine from healthspan and take them from late Sept to Apr

[Mark Bolam]

Thanks for that tip htb, I’ll give them a go.

 

Mine hasn’t got any better, but it hasn’t got any worse.

 

My hands are just useless when cold and wet.

Jobs on the ground are fine, you can wear pretty much whatever you want, but the specifics of climbing are more tricky.

Pfanner ice grip are the best I’ve tried.

Cheap enough to rotate pairs at breaks so you always have dry warm ones.

Base layers with thumb holes help, pulling your sleeve onto your hand.

The single use shaky teabag style hand warmers get popped in when it’s really brutal.

Last resort is a big pair of heated mitts with D-cell batteries in the wrist.

You can’t work in them, but if you keep them in a joey pocket in your jacket you can stuff your hands in them for a minute or two now and then and get some heat back in to your fingers.

Heater on full chat in the front of the Transit works as well, but I’ve struggled to get it up the tree so far.

[Ratman]

I’m not climbing trees or owt like you guys, but when we get frozen trailer brakes stuck on up the yard, or an odd fuel filter thats waxed up and needs changing which means your out jacking a cab up to get to em etc, i double up on nitrile gloves which obviously keep your hands dry, but warm too cos your two’s up [emoji6] then i wear a pair of task appropriate gloves over the top.
One thing i have found though is to not constrict my wrists too much, i.e avoid wearing elasticated wrist banded gloves, i find it cuts my circulation and i end up with tingling achy fingers and wrists and it can also give me achy elbows too.

[Gnarlyoak]

Decided that a multi pronged approach might be the best step forward to try & see if I can ease my additional winter aches and pains. So gone for a combination of taking Ginko extract; silk glover liner; or a nitrile glove liner (or 2) when its wet under my existing choice of daily work gloves. Then a couple of pairs of Pfanner Stretchflex Ice Grip gloves for when it get really unbearable/miserable.

 

This recent cold snap has already started to play havoc with me hands. The knuckle joints are already swollen and twisted, they look more gnarled than me grans, and she's been dead for nearly 20 years!

[Darrin Turnbull]

13 minutes ago, Gnarlyoak said:

Decided that a multi pronged approach might be the best step forward to try & see if I can ease my additional winter aches and pains. So gone for a combination of taking Ginko extract; silk glover liner; or a nitrile glove liner (or 2) when its wet under my existing choice of daily work gloves. Then a couple of pairs of Pfanner Stretchflex Ice Grip gloves for when it get really unbearable/miserable.

 

This recent cold snap has already started to play havoc with me hands. The knuckle joints are already swollen and twisted, they look more gnarled than me grans, and she's been dead for nearly 20 years!

Keep the wrists warm and covered . Makes all the difference ( for me anyways )

[Mark Bolam]

Ginkgo arrived yesterday.

I’ll let you know how it goes htb.

Aye, keep the wrists covered Darrin. The Rab base layers with thumb holes are ideal.

 

It’s not cold yet, mind....

[Ratman]

Lad at work has started taking tumeric capsules, hes been on them a good twelve months now and a few others have followed, apparently they have made a difference, could be worth a try. Think he got a years tub for £15 off a company called
“nu-nutrition”

[htb]

18 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

Ginkgo arrived yesterday.

I’ll let you know how it goes htb.

Aye, keep the wrists covered Darrin. The Rab base layers with thumb holes are ideal.

 

It’s not cold yet, mind....

It takes a good month really to show, well it did for me.

I started taking it last year around xmas, then stopped for the summer and restarted in september

[htb]

Mark etc any improvement, mine still get cold just not as bad, makes it manageable, with rotating gloves at breaks

[Gerbutt]

I wear these when it’s real cold/cold and wet. I pay around £15 which may seem expensive, but I’ve not had cold hand since. Tuck the long cuff up your sleeve and it’s lush! If you need extra grip you can always put a pair of builders gloves on over them.