Cold Weather Clothing

[Sir Henry]

When I went shooting this weekend (sorry, it was with my Nikon), I was plenty warm with some long johns, a sweater and a long sleeve shirt. However, my hands got very cold. It was around 30, early on, and the knit gloves I had on just weren't cutting it. I cut off half of the right index and thumb to give me good control of shutter and control buttons and wheels. That worked well for control, but those two fingers got especially cold. One of my friends was leaving and offered me the Hot Hands warmers he had fired up earlier. That made a big difference.

I don't often need really warm gloves, but when I do, I need them. I need to go look and see what's available. Not sure any of them are worth a kidney, though.

I would recommend these types of mittens. They aren’t extremely warm in sub-zero but can be warm with an over mitten.

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[Ernie]

My preferred mittens are chopper mittens with the leather over mitten treated with bees wax. I used to get them at Walmart at a reasonable price but now they are hard to find and you have to order early in the season.

[Sir Henry]

My preferred mittens are chopper mittens with the leather over mitten treated with bees wax. I used to get them at Walmart at a reasonable price but now they are hard to find and you have to order early in the season.

I had never heard of them till I looked them up. They are a combination of my felt mitts with gore-Tex shells and leather mittens. I like the idea because they are the best of both worlds. I saw some online that went halfway to the elbow

[Ernie]

I like the wool inner mitten. Warm even when wet if you keep the wind from blowing through them. I use bees wax to keep the leather as dry as possible. They are pretty flexible.
I have the longer mitts and they have a place but if you need to pull them off to do things that require a thumb the shorter ones work better.

[Sir Henry]

I like the wool inner mitten. Warm even when wet if you keep the wind from blowing through them. I use bees wax to keep the leather as dry as possible. They are pretty flexible.
I have the longer mitts and they have a place but if you need to pull them off to do things that require a thumb the shorter ones work better.