data farm 26
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- Casablanca
Those ones are great.
I like the kinkos for really cold days, I have the gloves and mittens.
Winter gloves
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I like the kinkos for really cold days, I have the gloves and mittens.
data farm 26
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- Casablanca
Oh yeah those ninjas are nice, good reminder!
Serf Life
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- Maine Island
Yep, 550xpg mk2. Think it added $60 but was on sale. It can get too hot if doing constant cutting like firewood.
Treetopflyer
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- Coastal N.J
I’ve had in past bellinghams they were good
Looking to restock before the bitter cold arrives myself t
Looking to restock before the bitter cold arrives myself t
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Dude, heated handles are the shit and well worth the extra cost. I wish my top handles were heated. I can say that every saw I buy from here on out will have heated handles.
I use Showa( I think the brand has changed) Thermograb gloves. They are like Atlas gloves but better, longer in the wrist keeping your blood flow to the fingers warmer.
Try adding a pair of rubber surgical gloves under any glove for more warmth like Tom suggests. It works! I like using real thin nitrile dipped gloves under the Thermograb that are one size larger. That gives me a more dexterous durable glove for the delicate tasks but still offering warmth instead of direct skin exposure.
For real cold mini driving or stump grinding I use military surplus trigger finger over mittens over my regular gloves.
I am interested in a warm waterproof glove if anybody has a suggestion. For the cold rainy days.
Matias
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- Butte County
Having used 5 different models of Ringers gloves, I'd bet they are worth investigating. I used to order direct from the manufacturer, but since Ansell bought them, Airgas has been my supplier for two years now. They're not the cheapest, but if you go down to your Airgas shop and batch about how much they've gone up relative to their in house brand, and talk shit on their house brand's quality... well they can lower the price there at the counter if they want to, and have done it for me for years.
www.ansell.com
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southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Stihl has to be ordered from Canada or Europe.
Madsen's thinks they can get a 572xp with a heated handle. Waiting to hear.
Seems like Macguyver-piping a little exhaust through the handle would do it. MacGuyvering a clean-out port would be smrt.
Madsen's thinks they can get a 572xp with a heated handle. Waiting to hear.
Seems like Macguyver-piping a little exhaust through the handle would do it. MacGuyvering a clean-out port would be smrt.
Barc Buster
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Last I checked Bruce @ Daytona power has the 572xpg (as well as other G models) in stock. They’re even on sale:
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Serf Life
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https://www.bartlettman.com/product...24980&pr_ref_pid=6801415602210&pr_seq=uniform are decent
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Shadowscape
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- far north
Arbsession has the 592 with heated handle. If they can get that, maybe they can order others.
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Same saw is 1180 from Bruce in my link above vs. 1569 from arbsession. Just sayinArbsession has the 592 with heated handle. If they can get that, maybe they can order others.
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Treetopflyer
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- Coastal N.J
Bought some Pfanner ice grip gloves
Hoping they are warm enough with some decent dexterity will report back after use
Hoping they are warm enough with some decent dexterity will report back after use
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
I just ordered some Showa 282-2 gloves to try out they are a long gauntlet type. So we'll see.
Waldo
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- Portland, OR
These are the best gloves i've used. We have a lot of winter rain here, so everything is wet. Great grip on rope, keeps your hands dry enough.
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
Well I received my order today and my first impression is a little meh. But I will abuse them just the same and see. The insulation seems thin and the fit is tight so order a size or two bigger than normal. The length is good about a third of my forearm is covered but I doubt I can get a jacket or hoodie sleeve under them, not the end of the world.
Dan Thornton
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- Smithsburg
Vapor Barrier Liners are indeed the way to go. It is not possible to have gloves thick enough to keep you warm when fairly inactive and then not sweat in the same gloves when working hard. Either you have three sets of gloves that you constantly change depending on your work intensity level (comparable to adding and removing layers of clothing when hiking) or you have vapor barrier liners. In the VBLs you may sweat a little bit, but sweat stops when the hands sense 100% humidity in the VBLs, which happens very quickly. Plus, the VBLs don't allow your hand water vapor getting your glove insulation wet. Wet insulation will no longer keep you warm.
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- Retired in Minneapolis
Yes...the basic principle of VBL systems. Its hard to accept at first blush. Doing the right/left comparison test is the easy way to see it work
bobs yeruncle
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- Golden Horseshoe
My fingers get pruney inside rubber gloves, which is a sign of blood vessels shrinking. Body heat is fungible but only as long as blood is flowing properly. Less blood, less warmth. I find the merino liners under a vapour barrier far more comfortable than the barrier next to the skin, the merino liners absorb moisture but never enough to get saturated, only damp and thus still retain the bulk of their insulating ability. I never get pruney fingers with this strategy and thus never lose blood flow.
https://andrewskurka.com/vapor-barrier-liners-theory-application/I like this dive into it by Andrew Skurka on the relative merits of vapour barrier liners. He finds them indispensable but also wears base layers underneath them for comfort.
Ultimately there's no one-size fits all solution for glove comfort, but everyone sharing their different strategies hopefully points someone else in a direction they find works for them, their body, their activity and their conditions (and hopefully they save money trying to figure it out in the meantime).
https://andrewskurka.com/vapor-barrier-liners-theory-application/I like this dive into it by Andrew Skurka on the relative merits of vapour barrier liners. He finds them indispensable but also wears base layers underneath them for comfort.
Ultimately there's no one-size fits all solution for glove comfort, but everyone sharing their different strategies hopefully points someone else in a direction they find works for them, their body, their activity and their conditions (and hopefully they save money trying to figure it out in the meantime).
Treetopflyer
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- Location
- Coastal N.J
The Pfanners are good I’ve been rockin so far I like the warmth, level grip and dexterity are all a bit better than the therma grey showa formerly atlas I would use mostly this time of year
