I have the same considerations as most surveyors when it comes to gloves; dexterity and warmth.
One of the steel inspectors recommended ice fishing gloves and that seems a good bet. Waterproof, non slip grip for holding fish and relatively light weight.
Anyone have any other good recommendations?
I don't work in what most would consider cold weather, but I have crappy circulation in my extremities, so I'm always on the lookout for ways to keep them warm in the winter. For the last couple years I've been using something that looks like these that I found at my local hardware store:
When fingers aren't needed you keep the top on, when needed fold the top back and tuck it under the flap (not shown).
Scott-
Here in the "Banana Belt" we wear this type of nylon knit glove similar to "SureKnit Filament Low-lint Nylon String-knit Glove".
If you are working near a flame source (smoking) the glove will melt just as your Gammon Real plumb bob string will.
When the nylon glove gets wet, your body heat will dry them out or put 'em on the window defroster to heat/blow dry 'em.
When it gets real cold and we are cutting line and great pencil/button pushing is not needed, on go the lined leather mitts/gloves.
Back when the Earth was cooling and in K&Eland mode when I was an instrument man working on the New City Hall in Toronto, (gosh that was a fun position !!) I used wool socks on my hands and found them a very good 'workaround'.
Hand warmers are possible too if circulation is a probload.
Cheers,
Derek
An idea. These are made in the USA choices. I can't tell if the page is displaying right or not, but they should be gloves.
Scott,
It soesn;t get as cold in my neck of the woods as it does where you work, but I wear a pair of fleece gloves very similar to what Jim Frame posted, but I weare a pair of the brown, cotton Jersey gloves inside of them. It keeps my hands warm enough to work. If my hands get too cold, I stick them inside of my jacket pockets for a few minutes.
I have some of the warm hands pocket things, but rarely use them.
Jimmy
I tried the "ice fishing" gloves, but they didn't keep my hands warm enough. Maybe I didn't have a good pair.
My personal choice is deerskin gloves. Warm and not as bulky or stiff as cow leather. I buy a new pair every year as the inner liner becomes compressed/worn out.
I'm always on the lookout for the perfect surveyor glove, but haven't found it yet, at least not for Wisconsin winters.
Get the kind that Peyton Manning is using tonight.
So far they seem to be working for him.
Seriously, I was at a big box sporting goods store recently and the selection of athletic gloves keeps expanding all the time.
I guess they would keep your hands warm and have max dexterity .
I guess the drawback may be durability but one would have to test them in the field.
What I always kept going back to was a polypropelene glove liner inside a military wool glove liner, then a disposable hand warmer in the palm of my hand..... also oversize beaver mittens with hand warmers for timeout warmups....
You fellows are making me shiver just thinking about super cold days. I'm a jersey glove kinda guy until it gets danged cold. Then it's the jersey gloves inside the standard farmer's cotton glove. Can do dang near anything while wearing the jersey gloves but become as dexterous as a walrus on land when additional layers are needed. Would not survive outdoors in the frozen tundra areas as I would keep pulling off my gloves.
I don't remember where, but just the other day I saw some knit gloves that had special tips on the fingers that worked touch screens. Might want to try looking for something like that. If I can figure out where I saw them I'll come back here and let y'all know.
I didn't spot the ones I saw, but if you Google
"gloves with touch screen fingertips"
you'll find lots of possibilities. If that is something that would be useful.
I use the Seirus Xtreme gloves. They are waterproof. A lot of times my hands are sweating while I'm working. They also have a version that works with touch screens.
I second the fleece convertible mittens shown early in the thread if you're running an instrument, especially if they are wind block. Add is some liner gloves when it's really cold and you should be good for all but the coldest days. For working the rod or anything not at the instrument I like the Cabelas gore-tex work gloves. Warm, durable, and waterproof for when you drop the hammer in a puddle.
Back in the bad old days when I worked outside in the winter, (in Tennessee) I would wear a pair of cotton jersey gloves. I would take my pocket knife and make a slit in the index finger across the palm side at the second knuckle joint. That way I could keep my finger tip covered except when I needed to push buttons (manual total station or HP48GX). Then I would peel the glove back off the tip of my index finger, but I could put it back when I didn't need the finger exposed.
I also found that when it got colder, wearing two pair worked pretty well. But then, we did not often work outside when it was bitter cold. I would buy gloves by the dozen and just keep them handy. When a pair got too dirty or frayed, I'd just toss them and put on a new one.
when it comes to gloves, just have a bag full of em. All different kinds, nothing is perfect for everything
well, I guess they did not work for him after all.:-)
but I would be curios to see if a UA glove would work for you.
http://www.underarmour.com/shop/us/en/mens-coldgear-infrared-storm-stealth-gloves/pid1240113-002
Jersey gloves + Handy Andy's?? Wow, that brings back memories.
:good: My first choice.
I use a lot of different combinations depending on conditions. I must have at least a dozen varieties to choose from depending on the temperatures and conditions. Lots of fresh snow, somewhat warm, ski gloves that go up my forearm with fleece liners. Twenty below, beaver trapper mitts that hang over my shoulders with a pair deer skin gloves for liners. Hands get cold, just plunge them in. Super wet weather and two degrees above freezing, 'Atlas' commercial fishing gloves with wool liners. I could go on.
One trick I learned is when you take off your gloves to do something just wearing your liners, put your gloves inside your jacket close to your skin so when you put them back on they are toasty warm!
Gortex thermal lined gloves to get from here to there
then I switch to
Normal jersey glove on my writing hand for the few minutes of keeping notes
B-)
