Harbor freight winter grip gloves and MN winters

[Lupin_IV]

Are great. Got ‘em for $3 during the Black Friday sale. Finally moving on to my 2nd pair and not even because I absolutely need to… went through 5 pairs of atlas insulated last winter. Gone as low as -5ish pre-windchill and they’ve been great with a surgical glove vapor barrier. Figured I would pass it on.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

VBL's for hands and feet go a long way in maximizing how extremities stay warm. Dry insulation works...wet doesn't.

Lately I've changed my view on some HF products. Some are a great value when I compare the cost/performance ratio. Sounds like you found a good ratio in these gloves

 

[Jonny]

I’ll try them out next time I see them. Is the brand name Hardy?

 

[Lupin_IV]

I’ll try them out next time I see them. Is the brand name Hardy?

Yes. They are indeed hardy, surprisingly

 

[oldoakman]

Bit of a silly question, but Tom, what are VBL's?

 

[Jonny]

Vapor barrier lock I think.
Like a latex or nitrile glove underneath the insulation.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Vapor barrier liner

Plenty of good info out there about VBLs. Even some in my Cold Weather Comfort article

 

[TimBr]

I had a little bit of a tough time finding the article. It was in the archived articles section, which I think I found by using a drop-down menu off to the side of the articles page.

Thanks for mentioning the existence of the article. I generally come straight to the forums, and over time I end up forgetting about the wealth of information available on the rest of this website.

Here is my attempt to post a link to the article in the archives that you mentioned above.

http://treebuzz.com/pdf/coldweather.pdf

Thanks again, @Tom Dunlap. Tim.

 

[treebing]

my go to is the cheap latex gloves. 50 cennts a pair on amazon... i get wool underliners at the army surplus. the underliners last all winter and i go through a pair of the dipped gloves 1 to 2 times a weeks depending. not super environmentally friendly but i cant stand the latex coated like the atlas gloves because they peel. the dipped just wear but dont peel.