What is up with gloves this year?

[Backwoods Savage]

I've looked all over the place so far this year and found only one place that has winter work gloves! Even Tractor Supply, who you would think would have a good supply has none. I checked 2 other places again yesterday and non were winter gloves. Do you suppose they think nobody works outdoors during the colder months? Yet, you can buy all sorts of winter gloves for outdoor sports but those will not hold up long when handling wood.

btw, I hate those thinsulate gloves. They work okay as long as you don't touch anything. But wear a pair of those when loading wood and your hands will freeze. Same thing goes for when riding the atv or a tractor. You need a heavy pile lining in winter work gloves. But where are they? Wells-Lamont gloves used to be easy to find and they were about the best but I haven't found any of those yet this year.


For those who will post about wearing the thin leather gloves or even the yellow fuzzies, you can do that if you wish but my hands will not take much cold so it is necessary for me to find good ones. My hands and feet both suffer badly in the cold and it is one of the things that polio left me with so I have to live with it.

Maybe I'll have to start thinking of cutting wood in the cooler months but don't like that idea at all. Fall is hunting time and spring is when the sap comes up plus there are just too many other things that have to be done then.

btw, I do always take an extra pair of gloves with me to the woods. I put soapstone blocks in the gloves and wrap them up to stay nice and warm. That is wonderful to put on a warm pair of gloves when your hands have gotten cold.

 

[ISeeDeadBTUs]

Congrats on the new ATV Dennis! The heated handles should help :cheese:

About a month ago, I bought Thinsulate ones at TSC. But they are pretty thick. They work well for driving the tractor and running the saw.

I still go gloveless for splitting wood and for handling wood.

Now what's weird is, I have found a mitten that works better than anything for handling wood. Heavyweight Suede shearling. Keep them dry and they hold up well plus keep your hands moderatly warm. What's weird is, they also are the best thing I've used so far for sticking my hands near super-heated refractory.

If you find them warm gloves yer lookin 4, report back please! I'm always lookin to try something new :cheese:

 

[DanCorcoran]

When I lived in Colorado, I'd spend hours plowing snow on my ATV. Chilly, to say the least, since my hands were always on the handlebars, in the wind. I found that Thinsulate gloves, worn inside of mittens, was the best I could do at keeping my hands warm.

 

[Danno77]

if you wear thick gloves then how will the new atv keep them warm. I'd hate to see a nice feature like that go to waste. I don't have good luck with winter work gloves.

One option (certainly not the best) is that I often wear your cheapo $1.00 stretchy cotton deals under a pair of slightly oversized leather work gloves. I generally weak a large glove, but for the winter I get an XL and throw those stretchy ones underneath. I get wet hands when working with the wood, though. someone suggested throwing some surgical type gloves on underneath. I was worried about sweating, but haven't tried it yet, so i can't argue with it.

edit, I just remembered that at the end of last season I got some of those rubber-dipped cotton deals for underneath the leather gloves. I remember that working a little better than the cheap cotton deals, but my gloves were pretty tight that way.

 

[BrotherBart]

I love Thinsulate gloves. If they are thick leather gloves with plenty of the stuff in them. I lucked out this year. I ran into the Aldi discount grocery store for a few items a month ago and they had Well/Lamont 2500 split cowhide work gloves with 100 gram Thinsulate for $4.75 a pair. I bought three pair and wish they had more of them in my size. 18 degrees out this morning and my hands were toasty.

 

[Danno77]

I love Thinsulate gloves. If they are thick leather gloves with plenty of the stuff in them. I lucked out this year. I ran into the Aldi discount grocery store for a few items a month ago and they had Well/Lamont 2500 split cowhide work gloves with 100 gram Thinsulate for $4.75 a pair. I bought three pair and wish they had more of them in my size. 18 degrees out this morning and my hands were toasty.

that was a good buy.

 

[mayhem]

I was at Tractor Supply yesterday, they had hundreds and hundreds of pairs of insulated work gloves...might even pick up a pair after Christmas if I don't get a pair.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Wow mayhem. They must not think we in MI work outdoors in the winter any more. On the other hand, one time my wife wrote to the company complaining she could not find any decent gloves. Well, she didn't have to buy any for a long time because they sent her about 10 pair; all different.

I looked in more places today including a big hardware store. They did have some good looking gloves......but all were sized as Large. I could not get my hands into them....

On the Thinsulate gloves, the worst time I've had with them has been handling the wood during the cold and driving the atv. I'm not talking about just going out to the wood pile for a little wood. I'm talking about cutting wood during the winter and then having to load it in the trailer. That is when they seem to be not so good.


On the other hand, I did pick up the atv today and had time for a short ride when I got home. Even with heavy gloves on, I felt the heat from those heated grips. I think I'm really going to like that machine! I'll get some pictures tomorrow.

 

[ISeeDeadBTUs]

I looked in more places today including a big hardware store. They did have some good looking gloves......but all were sized as Large. I could not get my hands into them....

"if the gloves do not fit, you must acquit."

 

[Gary_602z]

Dennis,

Same thing over at the Hastings TSC lots of gloves but no insulated leather work gloves!

Gary

 

[ROBERT F]

I buy wolverine leather insulated gloves. but alas it is a thinsalate glove, deer skin leather outer. 20 bucks for 2 pairs at sams clubs. cant find em at a wally world. elastic cuff, and the inner liner is attached to the shell so it dont seem like multiple pairs of gloves slipping around each other. Hand heaters, inside a top from a pair of tube socks, placed on the back side of your hand will do wonders at keeping your hands toasty.

 

[RoseRedHoofbeats]

Buy some silk glove liners and a size up of regular gloves. Works a treat.

~Rose

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I ordered 3 pair from galeton. They seem good except for when on the atv. The air just goes through them when on the atv and the fingers get cold even with heated hand grips. I think they will work okay but probably won't order any more from them.

 

[ecocavalier02]

Buy some silk glove liners and a size up of regular gloves. Works a treat.

~Rose

this is what i use for work. under armour liner gloves with carhartt uninsulated thin work gloves makes easy to pick things up and stuff i work with small screws and stuff and it sux. i hate wearing gloves so ill try and get my hands warmed up as much as i can then take them off. when splitting and cutting and stacking inless its 0 degrees i dont wear gloves.

 

[djblech]

I do carpentry on and off all winter. The best glove so far is made by Kinko, and sold by Tool Crib or at our local farm store (L+M). I did notice that both places had a limited supply. These gloves really work, I go through about 3 pair per year.
Doug

 

[chad3]

I've been to four different stores around me looking for the kinko waterproof insulated ones that I've used for the past who knows how many years. NO place has them this year. Don't know what is up with gloves...
Chad

 

[Danno77]

they make gloves? I thought they just made copies.