bdickens
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I would imagine that there is some place more local to you that has the same thing or something similar.
winter gloves for shooting
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Outdoor Research has worked well for me, too. They have lighter weight ones that are touch screen compatible as well
Skylerbone
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Also a fan of liners down to 0 or so. Good control as designed and warm in dry conditions. When hunting with a rifle my strong hand goes in my pocket and I can easily slip the liner off to make a shot.
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The point to the mitts is to keep your hands "warm", and they do that better than anything else Ive ever used. Ive worked and played outdoors most of my life, and that was in all kinds of weather, and once youre out, youre generally out the whole day/night, and sometimes both. If youre not prepared, its going to be a miserable time.
Ive tried pretty much anything you can come up with (across the board too, clothes, boots, etc), and in a number of combinations, and a good pair of straight-up "mitts" have always been the warmest for my hands.
And of course, for anything that requires dexterity, they pretty much suck. That's why you pop them off as needed, and pop them back on as needed.
The problem I found with trying to wear light gloves with the mitts was, the same as gloves in general. They isolate each finger, from each other and the rest of your hand, and your hands get cold quickly and stay cold, even in the mitts. How many times if you were wearing gloves, did you pull your fingers back into the palm and try and get them warm?
And thats where the mitts shine, they allow the meat on meat contact, that gloves lack.
I prefer the mitts that are oversize and will come off quick, with just a shake. They go on and off a lot easier, which is what you want. Depending what youre doing, you can dummy tie them together, and run that through your coat/sleeves, like your mom use to do, and they are always there.
Or you can do what I usually do at work, and leave then loose, so you can use them like a "muff" (you now, that furry tube like thing your grandma used to use back in the 50's and 60's
), which works great with a set of bibs and your needing your hand out a lot to do the fine work. Just stuff your hand in the mitt, behind the front of the bibs and pull your hand back out, and it will just sit there when you need some warmth.The other advantage to them being loose is, you can through them on the ground, snow, mud, whatever and use the (waterproof) back side of them as knee pads/insulators for when you need to get down and do things. They are just handy for all sorts of stuff.
As I said earlier, if you want them "really" warm, throw a heat pack in each one and they are always toasty, with no wait.
But hey, as with most things, the only way to know whats best, is try as many things as you can, and figure out what works best for you.
If you havent tried them, I would highly suggest you give the mitts a try, especially if you want warm hands.
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I used to think the same. First arctic gloves I ever had in the military where the trigger finger mittens shared in post 18 on the last page. Those were warm, but had no dexterity. The blend between dexterity and warmth is well handled. You have a larger mitten and an inner glove or trigger mitten. Shoot, and shove your hand back in. The last pair of gloves I had in the military were a high dollar OR pair. Looks pretty similar to these.
https://www.outdoorresearch.com/us/lucent-heated-sensor-gloves-271543?cat=15,4
Ours weren't touchscreen capable (not a big deal) and we would shove disposable hand warmers in them instead of powered units. Otherwise about the same. Best pair of gloves I ever had. Worth every bit the $300 the Army supposedly paid for them. The outer shell isn't flexible enough to shoot well, but better than a mitten. And kept my hands warm like a mitten.
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