Truly warm fingerless glove recommendation

[Gohackyourself]

As per title - need advice on the warmest preferably not too bulky fingerless gloves for someone bordering on having Raynaud syndrome.? Thanks

[BarbaraofSeville]

I have some turtle doves and sometimes just wear then pushed back up my wrists rather than with my thumbin the thumb hole if I think they're getting in the way of what my hands are doing, but they still keep my wrists warm.

I got mine in a lucky dip event so were quite a bit cheaper than full price.

Maybe sign up to their mailing list OP and keep an eye out for special offers.

[AnotherFuckingUsername]

@Gohackyourself - my hands aren't particularly slender (I've just measured and from the outside of the lowest knuckle on my pinkie to the same of my thumb, I'm 10cm).

[CMOTDibbler]

I confess I have many, many sets of the Manbi wrist warmers which while inelegant are washable, repel water unless its hissing down, in which case I'll wear waterproof lobster gloves. The cashmere ones are for smarter wear - I have half sleeve things sold for 'modest wear' which are like high denier tights for work wear when its warmer but not enough to not have anything over my wrists and half hand.
Lifes too short to handwash anything, hence why I have a giant basket of gloves by the front door which go from down filled mittens (bliss with a handwarmer sachet in) down all the permutations of silk glove liners etc along with running gloves, cycling gloves etc

[lljkk]

When double gloving with wristwarmers I wear the wristwarmers over the gloves which works much better than the other way around.

So The outer layer gets wet.
What do you wear when you go indoors at destination since full finger gloves are impractical & outer layer is now wet & cold? And of course (if you're me) you still have very cold hands in most indoor temps? In pre-covid world I did keep dry spare fgrless-gloves at work for this potential problem, tbf.

I feel like I have tried a lot of expensive products over the years so now know that cheap lycra sleeves & acrylic fingerless gloves underneath my full finger gloves are about best there is - but still can't do the job cycling in true winter more than a few miles. I can't find a way to keep my feet warm on the bike for long disances in cold weather either. No amount of neoprene (that includes my neoprene gloves) can do the job. But thanks to this thread I dug out some (ancient, baggy) lycra sleeves which are insulating nicely. With acrylic fingerless gloves, wool jumper, t-shirt, fleece & neck buff of course -- and that's indoors. At least it's all machine washable.

I probably don't have patience to hand wash gloves, either, which cashmere seems to require. Can you just imagine getting dog crap on them (I was walking dog this morning in stormy conditions).

[Gohackyourself]

Thank you everyone ( I hate unfinished threads:-) ) I’ve looked at turtle doves but think they are a little expensive , but it looks like it’s unanimous lol.
I have quite wide hands and fat fingers - the doves look like they are meant to fit very slender hands ?!

[CMOTDibbler]

@lljkk When double gloving with wristwarmers I wear the wristwarmers over the gloves which works much better than the other way around. For me, wristwarmers are a comfortable all day wear with typing etc where gloves aren't, and I can wear thicker wristwarmers where fingerless gloves would need to be very thin.
When cycling, I use arm warmers pulled down from their normal position to bridge the sleeve/glove gap properly and come to my thumb joint

[NotMeNoNo]

Do you actually need touchscreen gloves? I think of fingerless gloves as best for chilly indoors rather than really cold outdoors.

[NotMeNoNo]

Have a look at Catherine Tough for ones with separate fingers.

[MrsAvocet]

@lljkk have you tried "lobster" style gloves for cycling? It took me a couple of rides to get confident in only having a "claw" and not all my fingers free but now I wouldn't wear anything else in the winter. I find them much warmer than regular cycling gloves, even ones that are supposed to be highly insulated.

[AnotherFuckingUsername]

I was going to suggest Turtle Doves (warm and ethical) and now see so many have mentioned them before - deservedly so. I have Raynaulds and they help so much (I put them on routinely to avoid getting cold). Very good quality and value for money.

[HasaDigaEebowai]

Otherwise can't see anything special about turtle gloves, and know from experience that design doesn't help me much.

There's nothing "special" as such about them other than they're made from recyled cashmere which is an ethical and sustainable choice and they're super soft and warm.

[MrsPnut]

I have cashmere fingerless wrist warmers, not turtle dove but purpose made. I can’t be without them because they really work.

[BikeRunSki]

I was going to say Turtle Doves!

[BaseDrops]

I’ve got the fingerless gloves which keep my hands and wrists amazingly warm. I quite fancy adding the wrist warmers for extra length.

[lljkk]

I am immensely skeptical about the turtle gloves. Probably because facebook constantly advertised them at me. And they push back uncomfortably under full finger gloves (yes of course I double glove when I go out, especially when cycling).

Otherwise can't see anything special about turtle gloves, and know from experience that design doesn't help me much.

[CVGap]

I bought some insulated ones from next last year. Men's section, but a small fit fine. Used them at -13 when I wanted to take pictures of the kids. Stupid touch screen cameras!

[Hobbes8]

I’ve just bought my first pair of turtle doves wrist warmers and I love them.

[Y0ubetterwerk]

I've stumbled across this and so excited at the thought of warm hands.
Would you recommend the turtle dove wrist earners or fingerless gloves? If wrist warmers do you wear with other gloves??

[Sentos]

Ah, I thought they just did the wrist warmers, but have found the ones that go to the knuckle now, thank you

www.turtle-doves.co.uk/products/bright-green-cashmere-fingerless-gloves

[NotMeNoNo]

Turtle Doves come up to about the first knuckle. Otherwise look for cashmere/wool/alpaca fingerless gloves? Or get knitting?

[Sentos]

Hmm, would turtles doves work for my thumb joint that gets painful when it gets cold?

[ranoutofquinoaandprosecco]

Definitely turtledoves I had Reynards and they were great.

[MrsAvocet]

I bought some turtle doves for my sister last Christmas, having seen people recommending them on here. She has Raynaud's Syndrome and an underactive thyroid and is always cold so I was hoping they were as good as everyone says, but a bit sceptical. She says the first time she wore them to walk the dog she was disappointed but by the time she'd got back home she had forgotten about them and was amazed how warm her hands were. She wouldn't be without them now so it seems they really do work.

[Gohackyourself]

I can’t wear the mittens that fold over as I’m using some equipment that needs fingertips! So they are too bulky , but thanks for suggestion.
I bought some compression fingerless gloves last year which are ok but not great.
Have been eyeing up the turtle doves as it comes up on insta a lot .
Do they go over your fingers though too

[JulesCobb]

How does the sizing work for the manbis?