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Cold weather gloves

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Here in Helsinki it sometimes gets very cold - 20 degrees below freezing or so. Most gloves work OK but the fingertips sometimes are not protected enough and it would be nice if a system of tubes within the gloves permitted warm air from blowing into the gloves through a tube at the wrist could warm the fingertips.

sand, Mar 24 2008

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You would get the warm air from an external source? Your mouth? I know what you mean, because I often make a fist inside my glove and then blow into the wrist to get the fingers warmed up again.

I wonder if a version of a heat-pipe could absorb heat at your palm or even higher-up on your arm and artificially transfer it to your fingertips. For those reading that aren't familiar, heatpipes are a tube with a thermal fluid in them for conducting heat--they're often used in high-temp electronics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe

Unfortunately, this might make a glove that didn't move enough to be useful, though.

hrench, Mar 25 2008

I guess a heatpipe would work. Sand, you need to get some of these.

http://atmizzou.missouri.edu/jan04/glove.htm

hrench, Mar 25 2008

When my hands get cold I take my gloves off and blow into them with my mouth a couple of times to warm them. This works fine but even a brief exposure to extreme cold makes my finger cold. A system of thin tubes molded into the glove lining with a wrist tube for my mouth would help.

sand, Mar 25 2008

I use neoprene gloves when I'm ice fishing. They are waterproof and keep my hands very warm. The trick is to buy neoprene gloves that are tight to your hand . Find a pair that your fingers extend all the way to the tips of the gloves and you will have warm fingers.

The trick here is that any air space between your hand and the glove allows evaporation to occur, resulting in cold spots (like fingertips). They do have to be readjusted from time to time to keep your fingers all the way to the tips.

Hyenuf, Apr 09 2008

At very low temperatures moisture (blowing in your glove) is not an asset.

simpsonjaycat, May 08 2008