What are the best gloves or glove liners you have found to stay warm when holding a shovel, axe, flagging sign, or any sort of tool.

I’ve heard that silk liners work well. Do you agree or know of something better? Fine dexterity is not needed as I won’t be trying to handle small objects like screws or nuts and bolts, but mittens won’t always work.

Pretty much just standing around with those things in your hands, or engaged in physical activity?

I kept some cold weather gear when we left great lakes for visiting relatives up north.
I have a pair of Navy issued Thinsallte (sp?) gloves that are pretty good but I have a pair of eloura gloves that were made for snowmobiling. I bought them for riding my motorcycle in less than optimal conditions and they are phenomenal.

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Milwaukee Tools USB rechargeable heated gloves..

I use 100% wool inserts with Wells Lamont Hydra Hide leather gloves sized up a bit. The best I have are USGI surplus cold weather mittens w/ inserts.

Swany gloves. Bring your credit card!

I've been living in Texas the last 9 years, but prior to that lived 5 years Alaska, did project work in Arctic Circle, lived in Canada, and lived in Upper Midwest.

I have 3 levels of gloves depending on weather and activity level:

-50F arctic survival gear. I've worn it in Alaska's arctic circle (i.e. North Slope), but to be honest I'm management not a laborer. I didn't own arctic survival gear at the time, but as a Purdue student I did go downhill skiing in January 1994 when it was -29 or -30F. Liners and ski gloves were fine and other body parts made me go indoors before my hands.

Ski gloves. Downhill skiing in Canada, the Rockies, and Upper Midwest. This is active and holding something. They're moisture wicking and only time I felt the need to wear liners was the once in the aforementioned record storm in January '94. I'd also wear these when using my snowblower in Alaska when it was single digits or colder.

{Thin Option A} My favorite Work Gloves - I just wear my normal mechanic or gardening gloves. They're more rugged than option B and I don't care if I get them dirty. Bonus points if it has a finger that allows smart phone use. Frankly, Harbor Freight has some goatskin riding gloves that are great for this, are reasonably priced (frequently on sale for 7.99), and are reasonably rugged.

{Thin Option B} Thin Gloves that are nicer and not rugged - These are similar material to silk liner, but do have a very light duty palm in them and have the pointer finger smart phone usage feature. I don't want to get these dirty or torn up so reserved for snow blowing >10F, scraping off windows on truck, skiing when it's too warm for ski gloves, etc. Apparently, I didn't buy these on Amazon so no link.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Swany gloves. Bring your credit card!

I googled swany gloves, and I can tell you that YooperSigs Did Not lie!
Rod

I received a pair of Swany gloves as a gift but somehow lost them. Since I did not buy them, I was clueless as to their cost. I was shocked when I went to their website and saw pricing.
They are excellent gloves but very pricey. Wait for a sale!

I cannot come up with the name right now. Starts with an H iirc. Costco sells them. An excellent cold weather glove with not being overly bulky and expensive. Worth a try. I have a pair and work really good.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Swany gloves. Bring your credit card!

Thanks a lot! Now I have an expensive pair of gloves.

I like leather with liners.

I have my old US Army black leather gloves, which served me well in New England winters with just the wool liner. When things get really nasty, I use a silk liner, then a wool liner, and then some form of outer shell, either leather or nylon. Have used the three layer combination in the coldest conditions of the New Hampshire mountains; 0 ambient, -35 windchill.

If you use leather and live in wet conditions, before you use the gloves, get a can of SnoSeal (the can, not the tube, damnit), warm the gloves to 120 or so in an oven, or over a woodstove, apply the SnoSeal generously, let it melt in, and let the gloves (or boots for that matter) stay warm for 15 minutes or so. Coat a second time, let that melt, then let the items cool to room temp. Buff off any excess SnoSeal with a soft cloth.

They will stay waterproof and flexible in the nastiest conditions, and can be re-treated as needed.

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Originally posted by sig sailor:

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Swany gloves. Bring your credit card!

I googled swany gloves, and I can tell you that YooperSigs Did Not lie!
Rod

Damn!

I’m paying that much for gloves, they better shovel the snow themselves!

I’m in NW PA. Running my snowblower would always freeze my hands till they hurt. I bought a pair of rechargeable heated mittens, got them from Amazon. If they give up the ghost I will definitely buy another pair. SUPER worth the money.

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Originally posted by Schmelby:

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:
Swany gloves. Bring your credit card!

Thanks a lot! Now I have an expensive pair of gloves.

LMAO I swear this place should be nicknamed enablers-R-us!

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Pretty much just standing around with those things in your hands, or engaged in physical activity?

With the sledgehammer or shovel, it’s a little better; but when we flag for traffic, you aren’t moving. That damn pole gets cold.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
That damn pole gets cold.

Maybe you need heated underwear, not gloves?

Mittens if dexterity is not required.

I use Mechanix brand insulated gloves at work. Not the warmest thing out there, but combined with putting your hands in your pockets when you're not actually using them, they're good down to about zero. They're not horribly expensive, small enough to fit in a patrol jacket or cargo pocket, and provide enough dexterity that I can shoot, write, and open doors and stuff while wearing them.

I like this kind with the elastic wrist rather than the velcro strap variety because they're quicker and easier to pull on and off:

amazon.com/Mechanix-Wear-ColdW...mFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

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Swany gloves. Bring your credit card!

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I googled swany gloves, and I can tell you that YooperSigs Did Not lie!

HAHAHA! Man, I am down to pay for good stuff, and I didn't think their prices were unreasonable at first but, if I am paying made-in-USA money, I'd like a USA glove.

Swany has a history in the USA, but it seems none of their current manufacturing is done here. Not done in Japan where their owning entity is either. Made in China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc, according to Google.

F that.

I think Outdoor Research has some made-in-USA models. They are issued by the Army in Alaska, so they have to be of domestic origin.

ETA: Apparently OR doesn't sell their US-made gloves commercially. The Convoy or Convoy Sensor glove is the one. They're plentiful on eBay brand new, for a fraction of the price advertised on OR's site, and for a fraction of a Swany. ~$50 for a pair of US-made current-issue "arctic" gloves is a good buy, IMO.