With winter approaching I'm looking to pick up a new pair of gloves and am curious if anyone has some suggestions. I've got some fat ski gloves right now and they're pretty blah for working in. I'd like to find something that is warm first and foremost but would also like to get something nimble enough to let me handle a stylus, tape, etc.
If you've found something that works great for surveying feel free to post a link.
From my days working up in Northern Canada:
For cool days:
Helly Hansen polypropylene gloves, everyone makes polypropylene gloves now, but back in the 90's HH were the only game in town.
For cold days:
Expensive gloves designed for ice climbing tend to be nice and nimble. Black diamond and marmot make good ones. Expect to pay more than $100/pair.
For freezing days:
Full leather lobster claw gauntlets with removable wool liner, typically available from Inuit women. We would use shoe goo to glue a pencil eraser to the pointer finger for punching buttons.
When I was in the field, I took to wearing liner gloves, chemical heating pad, "regular" gloves on the outside. That also helps when wearing 2 layers of socks with a chemical heating pad between.
I know you guys get colder than it gets around here, but I like to wear the military wool glove inserts under a pair of insulated leather work gloves. I can pull the leather glove off to type on the DC, without loosing all my heat to the wind. Again, our cold isn't like yours, so that may not even be an option.
I don't know where she found them, but my better half got me a pair of these for Christmas about 15 years ago and I don't go anywhere without them. When you need your little pingers to punch on the DC you just slip them out of the mitten cover.
Those are great. Google "glomitts" to find plenty of choices.
I just received two dozen of these:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=West+Chester+K708SF
At $4.00 per dozen, they are disposable when dirty. I doubt they would work for you in Idaho but you could wear something over them most of the time. If it gets too cold here for those to be enough, I go home and get on this board to complain about how cold it is! hehehehehehe
James
I like glove mitts. I buy half a dozen of the cheapies and make sure I start the day with three dry pairs. When one pair gets wet I just swap them out. I've found having multiple pairs is also helpful when coworkers make a mistake and leave their gloves at the office.
I for sure put on a pair of socks... and maybe a windbreaker.
