cold hands

[ortonville]

after fishing all weekend and having cold hands i cant take it any more.i must have 50 pair of gloves and mittens whats the warmest glove out there? i have tried everything i can think of what do you do to keep your hands warm saturday was brutal

[Archerysniper]

Ice armor I have the gloves but the mittens will keep your fingers together and warmer.

Heres a discussion about them.

Gloves

[dfeste]

Snosuit mittens

[LunkerCity]

Ice armor I have the gloves but the mittens will keep your fingers together and warmer.

Heres a discussion about them.

Gloves

I like the Ice Armor gear that I have, but after wearing then for 10 min my hands are sopping wet with sweat. When you take your hands out you can't get them back in since the fingers pull out. I do love the mittens though, mostly use them on the wheeler or sled then switch to insulated leather for set-up or fishing on the ice.

[mww24]

I had the ice armor extreme gloves until last year when i left them on the roof of my car. I bought the frabill FXE snosuit gloves this season. Night and day snosuit wins. I was out yesterday morning when it was around 8 degrees and never got cold. Theres a store right now that has mountain in its name that has them onsale on-line. I have problems keeping my hands warm and these work. Plus the leather palm is very soft and nice to grab and wear while doing things. I was able to unscrew the vent cap on my auger with them on. so dexterity is there in the glove. Also the nylon that the rest of the glove seams to be much tougher than the ice armors. The ice armors were starting to rip after just 2 seasons. I don't see the snosuit's doing that.

[DuckBlind]

I never wear gloves, hate it trying to get them on and off. Get a NICE handwarmer muff and bring a few hand warmers and stuff them inside. Your hands will be plenty warm. They even make some with rechargeable battery packs that have built in heaters. Great for hunting and ice fishing.

[Gekhang]

was using glacier bay waterproof gloves on saturday morning in 0 degree weather. my hands were warmer than ever and its water proof! it is a pain to remove and put back on though.

[hamms-scooter]

I wear wool gloves with the fingertips cut. I make sure my chest area is warm that will make your hands warm. I rarely wear gloves when ice fishing, only time is when drilling holes. Something as easy and light as a polar fleece vest just that one extra layer does it for me.

[Eric_Kruger]

Snosuit FXE task gloves...you can wear them while fishing, they are water proof, not bulky....I have 3 pairs for myself and a pair for the wife...Best gloves I have ever owned.

[c0untryf1sh3r]

I just have a pair of Wells-Lamont insulated leather gloves from runnings and my hands stayed plenty warm last week. Best part is that they are only 10 bucks

[harvey lee]

I have the Ice Armor, Artic Armor and a few other brands and none of them did a great job.

I purchased a set of SnoSuit mittens and finger gloves.

2 years ago on Rainy Lkae with the morning temps for all 4 morning below the -30 mark, we got on our sleds and traveled 10 plus miles each morning and my hands never got one bit cold at all.

The mitts are warmer than the finger gloves but both were the best I have ever worn hands down.

All b-s aside, these gloves are worth the extra dollars and I am sure you would be more than happy with a pair of them.

[MNice]

Zippo hand warmer!! About 15 clams at fleet farm, uses zippo lighter fluid. I tried mine for the first time on Saturday and it was great.

[TruthWalleyes]

I actually use extremely thin gloves 99% of the time when i'm fishing, and typically i'm hole hopping. They are manzella wind stoppers. Probably only .030" thick, but do stop all wind and reflect heat back to your hands. Great for fishing as i can tie jigs, etc with gloves on.

I spent two hours hole hopping in the frigid weather saturday with no cold hands.

[FirstIce]

I had the regular Ice Armour gloves 2 years ago (Not the X ones) and they were junk. Didn't keep my hands dry and between the thumb and index finger they would always wear and break apart. I think the wear in that spot came from running the auger a lot. Kinda interested to try the Snosuit ones

[OnAFly]

I picked up some Tech H2O gloves at Gander for $18 and they worked well up in Ely two weeks ago. I usually use mittens, but wanted another backup pair and ended up wearing them most of the time.

[Zelmsdawg]

Hamms-scooter said it best. If you want to keep your hands warm, wear a lot of layers on your upper body. By keeping that very warm, the blood pumped to your hands will be enough to keep them reasonably warm.

So far I have been unhappy with my ice armor gloves (on my third pair-there will not be a forth) and will have to check out some of these others types being named.

[randallt]

Best gloves I own are SealSkinz waterproof,warm and thin. As mentioned above keep core body warm and hands should be good unless you have circulation problems. Hand muff with warmers work well if this is case.

[BoxMN]

I wear two different kinds - just the normal and not great Ice Armor gloves when driving the sleds (and trail riding) or atv, and maybe drilling holes. Then when fishing I wear the thin work gloves, can't recall the name, that you can get at menards. They have the black rubberized palm and are simply fabric. Thin enough and grippy enough to take fish off easy, bait a hook (even with gulp) or crack a beverage without taking them off. They are awesome, but I wish the backside was windproof. If they were I bet that is all I would wear. Easy to slip into pocket or bibs when not using hands, and relatively cheap, about $7 I think...

[Jbotto]

I own both the Ice Armor Mitts, and the smaller lighter gloves. The mitts are too warm to wear until my hands are froze. Puts that problem away in a hurry though. They are always brought along with. The little IA gloves were nice for the first two seasons I wore them, but now they are little more than a driving glove. I like that they are light enough that I can usually fish with them, but since they are worn, the waterproof-ness and the warmth they once had are no longer. I'll have to look into the Snosuits for next year!

[macminn]

I may need to check into a pair of these snosuit gloves. I'm fine except on the wheeler or snowmobile getting to and from.

[KrabbyPatties]

Ice Armor mittens are reasonably priced and SUPER warm. I've never used them, but they also have little pockets for hand warmer packets.

[walleyehuntR1975]

Tried the Ice Armor gloves, very warm but not all that durable. Picked up a pair of the yellow and black Frabill task gloves and they are not that warm either but I don't think they are made for fishing in extremely cold temps for that matter. I also picked up a pair of the Snosuit FXE gloves and they have been pretty sweet so far. I keep a pair of wool fingerless gloves in my pocket for when I want to fish outside the house and just got one of the zippo handwarmers just for that purpose, gonna give the handwarmer a test run tomorrw.

[Ice_hunter]

I have the Artic Armor Mitts and love them, They keep my hands super warm and are also watter proof for breaking out some skim ice on those cold days. I also wear wool gloves with no finger tips under the mitts for when I hole hop I can fish and switch hands if they get cold.

[firefish_12]

I have the X ice armor gloves and live mine except when u get wet hands

[Northlander]

I found the AA gloves and mitts make my hands sweet too much and arent easy to get on and off. I had some Ice Armor mitts that were ok but the best I had was the Sno Suit mitts. Not as warm as my leather choppers with double felt liners but darn warm for being so light.