Mechanix Gloves ?

[karlori]

Hi,

After freezing my hands off for the last few days I decided that it was time to get some new gloves.
Have you used Mechanix gloves before, how are they on the insulation part of their performance ?
I'm looking at their original model, does it offer any cold protection or should i look elsewhere ?

Thanks !

 

[swoop]

These gloves.
http://www.rei.com/product/803525/the-north-face-etip-gloves

With one of these in BOTH pockets.
http://www.rei.com/product/829214/grabber-hand-warmers-3-pairs

Keeps me warm during the winter and allows the dexterity needed to work.

 

[karlori]

These gloves.
http://www.rei.com/product/803525/the-north-face-etip-gloves

With one of these in BOTH pockets.
http://www.rei.com/product/829214/grabber-hand-warmers-3-pairs

Keeps me warm during the winter and allows the dexterity needed to work.

I would need them just for driving my car + bike occasionally and photograph with a cable release. So i don't really need the touch capability.

 

[sevo]

Do Mechanix have insulating gloves? At least in Germany they only distribute mechanical protection gloves. I have a pair for logging and building work, which are not warm at all.

In the current weather you will probably be better off with something for mountaineering or winter sports. I have some older Roeckl Kamets that I once bought for winter mountain biking, which have done nicely today. I can even handle less minute cameras with them - done a couple with the GSW690II in the morning when it was too seriously cold to unglove even for a minute.

 

[karlori]

Do Mechanix have insulating gloves? At least in Germany they only distribute mechanical protection gloves. I have a pair for logging and building work, which are not warm at all.

In the current weather you will probably be better off with something for mountaineering or winter sports. I have some older Roeckl Kamet's that I once bought for winter mountain biking, which have done nicely today. I can even handle less minute cameras with them - done a couple with the GSW690II in the morning when it was too seriously cold to unglove even for a minute.

Thats what I wanted to know. Some of my friends use them for paintball/airsoft but the running keeps them warm...
I managed to get my skin to stick to the tripod not a happy experience by a long shot.

 

[jammcat]

These gloves.
http://www.rei.com/product/803525/the-north-face-etip-gloves

In examining reviews on the website, two major complaints were that the were a.) not warm and b.) not durable. Sounds like a waste of $40.

 

[Tim Gray]

I use these (or ones very similar to them):
http://www.amazon.com/Manzella-Casc...82J6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1328200389&sr=8-4

When it's real cold, I wear a pair of glove liners underneath. You can also kind of arrange to only have your shutter finger exposed and keep the others under the mitten part. I'm sure if you are in REALLY cold weather, there are better options, but for the kind of stuff I'm exposed to (northeast and midwest USA), they are fine.

 

[Sparrow]

Dent's make the best gloves, and they don't look like one is off up the Eiger at the weekend ...

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

I use these (or ones very similar to them):
http://www.amazon.com/Manzella-Casc...82J6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1328200389&sr=8-4

Hey, I'll second this link. Under $20, look very practical, just ordered two pair. Thanks for the link.

 

[d_c]

If you can still get hold of a pair these look like they would be great - I've tried to get a pair myself but unfortunately they're pretty much sold out in the UK at least.

http://www.dirtyrigger.com/Dirty-Rigger-Sub-Zero-The-Cold-Condition-Work-Glove/default.aspx

 

[rbsinto]

I've tried for years to find gloves that are warm enough and yet thin enough to let me use my cameras outside in the winter, but have not found anything even remotely close to filling the bill.
I've discussed this with city outside workers, Police SWAT Team snipers, hunters and fishermen and none of them can suggest anything. Their consensus of opinion is that the person who does come up with a thin but warm glove will never have to work again.
I currently use a pair of half-fingered gloves with the mitten pieces that can fold over to cover the fingers, and I wear a pair of thin work gloves underneath. It's a poor solution at best but there just doesn't seem to be a good alternative available at any price.

 

[Roscoe]

I use these for dirt bike riding in the winter. Insulating neoprene with a synthetic leather palm which is thin enough to feel the bars and controls, and slightly curved to not bunch up. Which would mean great for holding a camera or tripod without being to bulky. Mechanix gloves do nothing for cold, just skin protection.

http://www.motosport.com/dirtbike/2012-FOX-POLARPAW-GLOVES

 

[Sparrow]

I've used these for years http://www.dents.co.uk/products/48/Men's-Rabbit-Fur-Lined-Leather-Glove.asp

 

[SteveM(PA)]

Gerbing Core Heat battery gloves, expensive, but you can say goodbye to cold hands forever. This is my 5th season of sub-freezing motorcycle riding with them. I've used them with my cameras and other sedentary activities. They have a nicely broken in leather palm and wipers on the fingers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEEIe8ItZMk&feature=player_embedded

I never realized my Mechanix (standard model) gloves weren't insulated. I use them for sub-freezing wood chopping, and often have to take them off because my hands get so warm. They do in fact work with my iphone though.