Best Gloves... HELP PLEASE...

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I'm in pain... I've had to walk my horse every 2 hours for 1/2 an hour at a time due to him having cellulitis... (He's been really poorly over the last week and it's touch and go so I'm doing my best to keep him going) but I have Raynaud's syndrome so now my hands are a mess... I have chill blanes on all my fingers and really they're very painful. I've been wearing fleece riding gloves which I have always used in the past when riding and have worked for me but now they're not doing the job.

Does anyone have any good suggestions... or do I just take a trip to 'snow and rock' and hope that these do the job...

Thanks

Bx
 
Porelle winter riding gloves! They're pricey (£28ish) but absolutely brilliant and 100% waterproof. I fished chuncks of ice out of my field trough this morning and didn't even feel the cold. Really can't sing their praises highly enough. I've never spent so much on a pair of gloves before so I'm absolutely paranoid about losing them, but they are soo, so worth the money.
 
Have you tried any Motorbike shops to see what they sell? Bet they have something that will do the job, bikers have to keep their hands warm in this weather when riding their bikes.
 
I've just bought (not for riding) but for generally around the yard, mucking out, leading in etc (though have to take them off to do fiddly rugs and headcollar buckles as they are a bit bulky) some Rohan Weather System Gloves - level 2 for Cold! They are pricey and not ideal (see above for fiddly things with horses) but having cried with pain on Thurs AM doing the horse (with knitted gloves!) it made Friday and today more bearable! I'm sure others will know of a really good cold weather glove that also allows you to still do buckles etc but for the moment these will do me. Here's hoping your horse and you feel much better soon.
 
I have a pair of pigskin leather Mark Todd gloves lined with thinsulate fleece - they are really warm and good enough grip to lead / ride in. But would also echo the others, if it's that bad can you get those little heat pads you break / shake to put in your gloves.
 
I have leather, buttersoft stuff, lined with warm but not fleece, very clueless as they were unclaimed at school so I took them! They are amazing.

I've heard the Porelle are stunning, Sealskin, defo. V expensive but v worth it, apparently.

I just ordered neoprene gloves from Shires (I think) on ebay: the groom, weirdly called Rohan, had some last year and was sweating inside them! Bring it on.

Trouble is, your hands need to be warm before you put on gloves, think that's the key. Put plastic/latex gloves on under any other gloves. It all helps. Don't put your hands in warm water to unfreeze them. The agony made me cry the other day when I did this thinking the water in the sink was cold.:(
 
Hello,
I definatly recommend the sealskinz ones; having suffered terribly with frozen hands on thursday & friday I made a beeline for the tackshop this morning to get some super warm ones!

I got the sealskinz all weather comfort ones for riding/yard stuff and although pricey I did all the yard jobs in them, filled buckets, made feeds, drained wet hays and rode (including tack-up/bandage etc) and they're amazing!!

(so much in fact that i'm going back to buy the thermal waterproof socks tomorrow :D)!

They also do some really chunky 'cold weather comfort' winterproof ones but they were a little chunkier but looked seriously warm.

Hope this helps,
Kx
 
orangepony said:
Hello,
I got the sealskinz all weather comfort ones for riding/yard stuff and although pricey I did all the yard jobs in them, filled buckets, made feeds, drained wet hays and rode (including tack-up/bandage etc) and they're amazing!!

(so much in fact that i'm going back to buy the thermal waterproof socks tomorrow :D)! QUOTE]

You've made my day - I had no idea they did socks too :D
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I've just ordered a pair of battery operated heated gloves from Blazewear. No good for riding, but hopefully good for general purpose. A bit pricey though.

They also have battery insoles and other heated items of clothing.

Hope this helps.
 
Unbeliever said:
I've just ordered a pair of battery operated heated gloves from Blazewear. No good for riding, but hopefully good for general purpose. A bit pricey though.

They also have battery insoles and other heated items of clothing.

Hope this helps.
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Scary. A girl on another forum had a slight issue with her battery operated gloves going up in flames!
 
Izzwizz said:
Have you tried any Motorbike shops to see what they sell? Bet they have something that will do the job, bikers have to keep their hands warm in this weather when riding their bikes.
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Good suggestion :D

I've dug out my Dianese Goretex ones that have some knuckle damage on (from a previous off so not suitable for road riding now) and they are great for riding & handling (rubbish for fiddling things like stiff buckles on front of NZ's tho :o)
However - we also use heated grips on the bikes - can't finda plug-in on the equines to do that (yet!)

Go to a Hein Gerike store if you have one locally - or Infinity MC's - both are doing very good deals on bike gloves at present :)
 
bad news im afraid. gloves work by keeping in the warmth that comes off your hands naturally. if you have reynaud's syndrome (like me) once your hands have gone white, no blood is going to the skin & so next to no heat is going to be given off. that means that once the blood flow is gone, no gloves no matter how thick is going to warm your hands up. its miserable. i know. the heat packs are an idea but be wary of chilblains getting worse when in contact with the heat (mine do). the trick is to stop the hands going white in the first place. easier said than done. i have the sealskinz winter riding gloves. if i keep my fingers busy like if i am riding then they are ok, but if my fingers arnt doing much then they still freeze. if anyone has any better suggestions im all ears
 
Sealskinz Gloves ... i have the pimple ones for yard work , and have a pair of the winter riding gloves .
had them for about 5 years now they are great . -12.9 here just now and my hands are toasty .
 
i really sympathise with u as i also hve raynauds. its my second winter with it and i hve some tablets which seem to be helping a bit at the moment. but i cant stop crying coz i'm so cold all the time and i feel bloody miserable. anyway, i bought some fleece riding gloves from ebay, not expensive and they are by far the warmest gloves i've got. probably gonna get another pair. bandit_and_storm is the seller and they still hve some more. i also wear rubber gloves over gloves when i'm washing up bowls and picking out wet muddy feet. this helps keep my hands clean so i dont hve to wash them in freezing water. hugs xox

link to gloves..http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Really-Warm-F...hing_MJ&var=&hash=item800ed293ee#ht_500wt_922
 
I am looking into getting sealskinz gloves for christmas.....but I don't know which to get??/

The all weather or the winter riding? Are the winter riding a bit too bulky for things like doing up a bridle etc?

I get cold hands very easily, though I really feel for you lot with reynauds syndrome. My friend has it and spends a lot of the winter crying as it is so painful, especially when she gets back into the warm house.
 
Trekmates gloves are meant to be good. A girl at work has Raynauds, and she said when they were new she could lift chunks of ice out of the troughs in them. She says she wears liners with them when it's really cold.
 
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