Hunting gloves - battery or packets?

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jonnyB

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I'm interested in buying a pair of heated gloves - either battery operated or with the heat packets or both. Using them for winter upland hunting.

Can't find them in the stores; Cabela's or Gander, but they are available on line.

Does anyone have experience wearing these? What brand? Are they too thick in the finger to reach the trigger? Fit well?

Would appreciate comments from anyone that has experience with heated gloves. Thanks!
 
It's cold but not that cold down here in the TX Panhandle. I use the packets inside the glove on the top of my hand and bottow wrist. Seems to work for me.
 
I use the chemical packets on the top of my hands in normal gloves like JMC mentions. LL Bean makes a waterproof 'Partridge Glove' that is a good combination for me of being thick enough to provide adequate warmth in the bitter cold, but with enough feel to work the safety and trigger on my o/u (provided I'm walking enough). When it's sub zero I wear a thin leather glove on my trigger hand, and a large insulated rancher style 'Kinco' glove on my forehand. I keep the thinly gloved hand tucked in a hand warmer pocket with a chemical warmer and I cross carry the shotgun with the thickly gloved hand exposed. Works for me.....down to -20 later December. Any colder than that it's time to play Cribbage and wait on warmer weather.
 
Can't say from personal experience except to say that the chemical packs are reliable, but they will only warm the backs of your hands, not your fingers where you are (likely?) normally cold. I have not messed with electric gloves, but I have tried one pair of electric socks and one pair of electric Insoles for late season bowhunts - both didn't do much and then did nothing (broken) and were sent back. Tricky thing to solve, with something that requires so much manual dexterity as wingshooting. I hunted with a guy who wore thin gloves and one of those hand warmer tubes (usually for big game or waterfowling) on the front of his body. He had chemical hand warmers in that and alternated which hand he carried his gun in. Not ideal, but better than mittens!
For what it's worth, another friend has Raynaud's disease causing painfully cold fingers, and she had some success with b12 supplements, but I have no idea what the medical basis for that was.
Dave
 
I saw battery gloves at Cabela's in WI a couple weeks ago. They had all sorts of battery operated gear. I'm pretty sure they were $199 on sale for $149. I just shook my head wondering who's headed for a 2 week muskox hunt at the north pole. MAYBE for ice fishing??? These things were huge and no way suitable for upland hunting
 
As a kid, I messed up my hands and feet by staying out too long in harsh cold with soaking wet shoes or boots and sodden mittens. Don't know what I injured--either nerve endings or capillaries in fingers, but I can be crippled by deep cold.

I pay for it now, big time. I use the small packs in the gloves or in a pocket, so I can get immediate heat on cold hands which don't provide heat. Electric stuff has always been clumsy and not real effective...but it has been years since I've looked at the new technology for hand and foot warmth.
 
Thanks for the comment, Mike.

Not sure any battery glove can be made to accommodate upland hunting, with tight fitting index finger and thumb. If they seemed to fit in the store, certainly one would want to experiment inserting a finger in the trigger guard or attempt reloading an automatic.

I used a pair of heavy knit - type gloves last week shooting sporting clays. Not bad, but not ideal in very cold weather with a wind.

Guess I 'll keep on looking...
 
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