How do you guys keep your fingers warm enough to keep working in cold and still be able to work data collector? I've used thin polypropylene ones to keep dexterity but it's at the expense of comfort that's for sure.
Any better ideas?
Use gloves, and a stylus?
Polypro glove liners inside wool shooter's mittens. You can retract your fingers inside the mitten in between fondling the data collector. I also found my hands stay warmer when my feet and core stay warm, so felt lined pack boots with wool socks, and lots of warm layers go a long way to that end.
Move to Arizona; it's going to be 109f there Today!
Being in East Texas, the only gloves I ever wear surveying during the winter are fingerless gloves.
These were the last ones I bought. It it is too cold with these on, I go home.
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On a really cold day I will wear, thin clothe gloves under wool fingerless. I sometimes use the eraser of a pencil on my buttons and do not use any screen only devices. I cannot work a screen only device in any weather, as my finger tips do not register, so I am always reaching for a stylus at the store.
Paul in PA
BTW, why are you asking this question in July?
BTW, why are you asking this question in July?
Because it's winter where he is.
There is an old trampers saying, "If your feet are cold, put on a hat".
Your body works very hard to get enough heat and blood to your head. If your head is warm there is more bloodflow available to the extremities.
I see that there are some fleece gloves around designed to work on touchscreens.
Me - I sometimes use a thin pair of polyprop gloves, but mostly I just dont bother.
I had the same reaction as Paul in PA at first, then realized the NZ on the end of Luke's name referred to New Zealand.?ÿ Probably about the coldest time of year there.
Stay in the office is the simplest answer.?ÿ Schedule the workload to work around the most miserable days if there is any option to do so available.
Other than that, stay as close to a heat source as possible even if it's just an exhaust pipe on some sort of vehicle.
I worked some cold jobs in Maine. One of the coldest was a survey around a failing dam.?ÿ I found that numerous pairs of inexpensive mitten gloves work well.?ÿ ?ÿI'd bring three or four pairs and as soon as they started getting damp from sweat or melting snow, I'd just slip on a dry pair.?ÿ It also gives you the advantage of having an extra pair to lend a coworker.?ÿ
Another good option is to go to a marine supply store and get some of the gloves designed for cold weather commercial fisherman.
Here's a snapshot of today's weather in upper NZ, I think Luke is about in the middle, near Hamilton. I come from Whangarei and I see the daytime temp is going to be 14 deg C, which is unacceptable, and hence why I'm sitting at a slightly higher latitude of about 17 deg S, where it's 25 deg C.
Several pairs of thin wool or polypro liners to fit inside whatever gloves your using. As soon as the pair you're using starts getting any moisture in it, swap it out for a dry pair. Moisture conducts heat much faster than dry air. Cold hands are often a symptom of poor circulation, swinging your arms while pumping your fists forces blood into your fingers and will warm your hands up, or just get yourself a pair of trappers beaver skin overmits and throw in a couple chemical warmers and your paws'll stay toasty all day at -30F.?ÿ?ÿ
When my hands get cold I'll bare 'em and shove them into my pants or armpits.?ÿ Of course that slows down productivity 'till they warm up.
IF you are a smoker, quit. Smoking restricts the capillaries, which leaves your extremities feeling cold. Just one more reason...
I cut the index fingertip off the right hand of my work gloves. Or just cut a slit in the glove under the first joint of my index finger. Gives me just enough feel to operate.?ÿ I do this also on worksites that require safety gloves be worn at all times.
Making sure that you are otherwise warmly dressed, as Jim suggests, helps a lot.?ÿ?ÿ
Thanks for all the suggestions, particularly the keep your head/core warm, good to be reminded.?ÿ Non smoking here too, don't know any surveyors around here that smoke anymore, think that message got through.
Today was my favourite kind of field day, hard frost but no wind so by time traveled to site and gnss base was setup the sun was out and getting moving, aka clearing a path to a stream edge through blackberry, even had me starting to sweat.
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Today was my favourite kind of field day, hard frost but no wind
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I know what you mean...
Clear from the very edge of the coastal plain across to the mountains and beyond.
