Gloves to sport the cold!!

We often discuss camera bags to carry our gears, so I thought I also throw in a discussion relating to gears we use to handle those said gears...specifically gloves!! [:)]


I've gone out shooting twice in the last two days and couldn't stand to bear the 8degF and the wind for more than 5 minutes at a time. I would lose all sensations in my hand!


So I'm in the market for acquiring some gloves. Specifically looking for something that will allow me to still mess with the dials and buttons on my 7D. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations??

Oddly enough, I just bought some gloves last weekend to fulfill that very need. They were something like this. I got mine from Eddie Bauer but they don't show the model online, or I'd link directly to them. However, something like this might be even better.

I don't have experience with these, but I'd give them a try: Aqua Tech Sensory Gloves


They are not cheap at all, but they might be worth the money.


Personally I'd have bought them if I could get them without the shipping to my country being more expensive than these gloves themselves [:S]

Ahh!! All those are exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for the links Sean and Oren!!

Go to Basspro or Cabelas and look through their hunting gloves. There

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Oddly enough, I just bought some gloves last weekend to fulfill that very need. They were something like [url="http://www.amazon.com/Mens-Micro-Fleece-Convertible-Mittens-Shipping/dp/B002Y2UMXM/ref=pd_sbs_a_2]this[/url]. I got mine from Eddie Bauer but they don't show the model online, or I'd link directly to them. However, something like [url="http://www.gloves-online.com/proddetail.php?prod=FH-11]this[/url] might be even better.
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Just ordered myself a pairfromthis. Thanks, Sean for the info!

Denise

I use these gloves. Click for biger photos.


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<span class="HW"]These gloves are made from several layers. Useful in very cold weather. There isn't hole to pull out <span class="HW"]thumb. But i found this "bug" not so bad and useful in other situations, because your thumb is always in warm glove and you can still press camera buttons easily [:)]


<span class="HW"]Especially i like longer part around the wrist.

Like other have pointed out---Hunting and sporting goods shops are probably the best place to go to look. Personally, I prefer a good set of hunting mittens over gloves. They keep your hands much warmer, but allow the escape of all your fingers when needed--including the thumb. Here is one of many examples: Mittens.


Good luck,


Bob

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I don't have experience with these, but I'd give them a try: Aqua Tech Sensory Gloves

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These look nice, I may ask for a pair for Christmas.


Another suggestion that I read about was to cut a slit in the first two fingers of an old pair of gloves. I'm not sure if a parallel slit or horizontal slit would be better. I'm kind of thinking that a parallel slit would make it easier to push your finger out of the glove.





Rich

I use a pair of the convertible mittens, REI brand. They work quite well in moderately cold conditions (down to about 15 &deg;F or so). If it's colder than that, I have a pair of thin gloves designed for ultra-cold material handling (sourced from a scientific supplier, intended for laboratory use) - they keep my hands/fingers warmer, although there's an occasional incorrect button press.

Up here in the Great White North, I survive with hand warmers inserted in my gloves. Then it doesn't matter what you wear. Here's an example of what I'm talking about:


http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444254 1029&amp;FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302696025


These are non-reusable chemical packs (but they're environmentally okay). They last a long time, so if I'm done before they are, I just slip them into a small zip-lock bag to stop the reaction. These work a lot better than the sodium acetate liquid heat packs you might have seen elsewhere (the ones that regenerate in boiling water).

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I have a pair of thin gloves designed for ultra-cold material handling (sourced from a scientific supplier, intended for laboratory use)

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Haha I wonder if there's one laying around somewhere at my lab. I know we have bulky Autoclave mittons....haha


After reading through the suggestions and reviews online I decided to go with the Aquatech Sensory Gloves. Minimal fingertip exposure and better insulation than fleece, especially at the tip where it gets thinnest. Should get them in the mail in a few days.


I'm heading for Japan later this weeks so gotta prepare for whatever weather they'll throw me there! Just watch... I bet it'll be in the 40's haha [:P]

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I have a pair of thin gloves designed for ultra-cold material handling (sourced from a scientific supplier, intended for laboratory use)

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Haha I wonder if there's one laying around somewhere at my lab. I know we have bulky Autoclave mittons....haha


After reading through the suggestions and reviews online I decided to go with the Aquatech Sensory Gloves. Minimal fingertip exposure and better insulation than fleece, especially at the tip where it gets thinnest. Should get them in the mail in a few days.


I'm heading for Japan later this weeks so gotta prepare for whatever weather they'll throw me there! Just watch... I bet it'll be in the mild 40's and 50's haha [:P]

It's got legs!! It's even got hands!! [:|]


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Haha sorry, but just a bit excited about the Aquatech Gloves that I got! It just so happened that their Medium size fits me PERFECTLY!


The index finger and thumb tips are very easy to expose, and thin enough to easily work the 7D (and my Droid camera phone [:)])

Excellent!!! Those gloves will be nice for some of those colder prefectures in japan....


I know i could use them here in Minnesota right now!