I am looking for running gloves that can deal with temps ranging from 0 to 32 degrees fahrenheit. I have really bad circulation in my hands and all "running gloves" I have tried do not do the job.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
I am looking for running gloves that can deal with temps ranging from 0 to 32 degrees fahrenheit. I have really bad circulation in my hands and all "running gloves" I have tried do not do the job.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
I'm guessing that you've tried mittens?
3 pairs of socks?
Check out gloves for cross country skiing. Next level is mittens.
I have problems with cold hands below around 30F, even if I double glove. The solution for me was battery-heated gloves. I went with these battery-heated gloves because the battery, and thus the battery weight, is not located in the glove http://www.ebay.com/itm/Touchscreen-Weightless-Battery-Pwrd-Far-Infrared-Heated-Glove-Liner-by-ActiVHeat-/151646879537?var=&hash=item234edbbf31:m:moju3f7MhObE2ucKHDz1olw. The downside is you have to deal with the wires, but I prefer the wires to having the battery in the glove.
Stop isolating your fingers. I use mittens. Get stuff at a ski/snowboarding shop if you can't find it elsewhere... I can go out in 10 degree weather and my hands will sweat if the mittens are heavy enough... and I have REALLY bad circulation in my hands.
Like another poster said, wear thick ski/snowboard mittens. My hands always freeze if I wear gloves in the winter and I can't think about anything else. Big mittens might look kind of funny but they're the only thing that keep my fingers warm.
I am going to go along with the other posters suggesting mittens. If just the pair of mittens doesn't work you can throw in one of those handwarmers too.
It's 2016. There are plenty of pharmaceutical options available to guys with poor blood flow to their "fingers".
Man up.
mittensmittens wrote:
Stop isolating your fingers. I use mittens. Get stuff at a ski/snowboarding shop if you can't find it elsewhere... I can go out in 10 degree weather and my hands will sweat if the mittens are heavy enough... and I have REALLY bad circulation in my hands.
I also have poor circulation in my fingers. Gloves constrict the fingers. Even a tiny constriction further limits circulation, so mittens are the way to go if you have circulation problems.
Around this time of year, I look for sales in charcoal hand warmers and buy an entire winter's supply. You can use each one 2-3 times. Just put it in a ziplock bag when you finish running, squeeze all the air out, and seal it. Lack of oxygen stops the chemical reaction. Since a charcoal warmer lasts 8-10 hours, you can always get two and sometimes three uses out of each pair.
When you pick out the mittens, first put them on, put the back of the mitten close to your mouth and breath out. If you can feel hot air, don't buy them. This goes for gloves as well. Some gloves that will keep you warm standing around won't work when you're running because the wind just blows right through the fabric.
mittensmittens wrote:
Stop isolating your fingers. I use mittens. Get stuff at a ski/snowboarding shop if you can't find it elsewhere... I can go out in 10 degree weather and my hands will sweat if the mittens are heavy enough... and I have REALLY bad circulation in my hands.
+1
gave up on gloves years ago.
also, nix the "convertible mittens", these still separate the base of your fingers.
there are several real mittens out there.
As with all other keeping-warm problems, use layers. Gloves with warm mittens over them.
I lived in the northeast (Rochester, NY) for 12 years and ran outdoors every day, down to 0 F and sometimes just a bit below. Several times I ran with inadequate hand protection for the conditions and suffered minor frostbite. That made my hands much more sensitive to cold. When I left Rochester, I needed gloves for anything much below 60. But the damage was at least partly reversible. I've now been in a warm climate for 13 years and I have no problem running with bare hands down to below 50, and thin gloves work fine down to about 40.