I have hopeless circulation in my hands. They get cold at the first opportunity. Even in Scotland it was tough to find a pair of gloves that would keep my hands warm. So now I have a Canadian winter to face! I'm sure they make better gloves for the cold here than in the UK, so I'm hoping I can buy a pair that do a reasonable job. Can anyone recommend any? Either brands, or the best places to shop? Any materials I should look out for? Really don't want icicles for fingers

Mittens. They are the best for keeping fingers warm. Make sure that the palms have some grip in them so you can hold the steering wheel properly. If you can get thin silk glove liners to go under them then you can take them off to fiddle with keys etc and not get too frozen.

Really? I never would have though of mittens. Thanks for the tip

I have the men's version of these and they are fan bloody tastic. They do mitts as well if you are interested.

http://www.canada-goose.com/products...ens-down-glove

I have the same problem and have yet to find a solution! For skiing I researched a lot online and came up with 'Outdoor Research women's Revolution mittens' which still leave me with cold hands but not as quickly as others I have worn.
For walking my favourites are fleece lined wool mittens, something like this:
http://www.simons.ca/simons/product/...d=&colourId=85
For driving/being out and about my current warmest gloves are from Orkney Angora. Weird website but brilliant products, their bedsocks are great too.
For slippers and boots I've found sheepskin lined to be good.

Definitely mittens.

http://www.eddiebauer.com/catalog/se...ens_All&init=1

I do like the essential down mittens, the orange ones in the link are a double layer one which are very popular amongst those that work outside in the winter.

I just pull my coat sleeves down over my hands. which works just fine because coat sleeves are always too long on me
Bizarrely, I rarely wear gloves or mitts.

+1. I used to have a close friend who had the same issue with freezing fingers and swore by mittens, specifically a brand designed and used widely in Newfoundland. I'm afraid I can't remember the brand though. Perhaps a NFL resident can help.

I see you have a pink sign, so the extra remark that mittens are useless when you have to write your name in the snow is likely not applicable.

Edit: I've just remembered another detail of these mittens; I think they were thumb plus 2 plus 2 if you see what I mean. Apparently the idea was that that you can still take a fish off your hook without taking the mittens off.

Yes but... don't you live in the big city where it never gets really really cold and even if it were to get really resaly cold then all you need do is scuttle underground where you casn feast onn sushi and drink Starbucks coffee all the while ungloved, unmittened..

Thanks for all the replies, they're really useful! I definitely can't go without gloves, my hands are already freezing and we've not gone below zero yet (well, except for this morning!).
Mittens sound like what I need, plus a pair of liners, and down seems recommended so I'll look out for that. I'll check out the specific links too. Thanks!
(Will also look out for strange 2 finger gloves )

You're referring to "trigger mitts". Less about fishing, more about hunting, back in the day. This Nfld resident is unaware of any particular brand as they are generally knitted. You can buy them in stores in St. John's but ours come from the Mrs's grannie who knits a mean pair.



Being woollen they are useless for driving.

I have a pair of those (smoking mittens) and a pair of fleecy (thrummed?) mittens. Both pairs hand-knitted by ladies in NF and given to me as a gift and they are both very good.

These are the warmest gloves I have ever owned - even below -40C my fingers were not cold.

http://www.marks.com/shop/en/marks-m...-country-20128

Yes, those would be the ones. She (my friend) had bought hers for sure. In Newfoundland.

Her Indoors has a similar problem with cold hands so we both swears by these. Use them on their own or as liners. They have grippy palms.



http://www.atmosphere.ca/en/apparel/...face-etip-4605