# Best thin (or flexible) warm gloves? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646 "2004-12-19T14:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/1 "2004-12-19T14:32:04Z")
My car is no longer living in a garage for the first time in years, and today there is nearly a -20 windchill. Getting a good pair of gloves has suddenly shot way up on my priority list. I’m not talking arctic survival gear here, folks. I want five finger gloves that I can wear and still deal with car keys and spare change. I’m willing to lay down some serious money if necessary. I’m thinkin a hundred bucks is serious money for gloves, but what do I know? Maybe you can spend thousands on gloves… well, someone can, but I can’t. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/2 "2004-12-19T16:51:04Z")
-20 is truly cold. I regularly have to deal with 0 degrees f. -20 maybe a couple times a year. I can, have, to start my car for about 15 minutes or so in the morning before I leave. It barely warms up in that time. I live in the sticks, so there is no worry about it being stolen. Generly speaking, I hate gloves, and really hate to drive in them. I hope that the next car I buy will have a heated steering wheel, but I’m not holding my breath. I’m interested in what dopers will recommend, I have seen a new work glove out that looks like it would have great dexterity, and at least a little warmth. I look for it and post if I find it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/3 "2004-12-19T16:56:33Z")
Thinking more about it. Visit your local lumbar yard. Frammers are working year round now, and that’s where I have seen these gloves. They have to be pretty nible to finger nails, yet be tough and at least somewhat warm. I think they are neopream. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/4 "2004-12-19T17:31:05Z")
You don’t need to lay down serious money in this case. The solution to your problem need cost no more than ten bucks. Flip mitts. Mine are knit wool with a layer of Thinsulate[sup]TM[/sup] inside, and cost $8.99. They’re essentially fingerless gloves with a mitten flap that can cover your fingers, or be flipped back leaving your fingers free to manipulate keys or change. They’ve become very popular hereabouts, where -20F windchill is a very run of the mill winter day. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/5 "2004-12-19T17:35:03Z")
(if you’re a redhead) _hold off on shopping for now, you’d never know what you get later in the week…_ ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/6 "2004-12-19T17:45:55Z")
I find that a pair of batting gloves that I bought in the Sporting Goods at Wal\*Mart work well. They are reasonably warm, leave me with a pretty good sense of feel and I don’t mind wearing black and white gloves with the manufacturer’s name prominently displayed. I use them for winter golf since the exceedingly dry air often cracks the skin on my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/7 "2004-12-19T18:02:58Z")
I really like my Isotoners. They won’t keep your fingers warm if you are out in -20 for an extended period of time, but they are fine for the short time dashing in and out of buildings, brushing the car off, getting gas…etc. I keep a heavier duty pair of mittens in the vehicles in case I break down, but the Isotoners do the trick for me. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/8 "2004-12-19T18:13:52Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > (if you’re a redhead) > > _hold off on shopping for now, you’d never know what you get later in the week…_ I am, I don’t understand though. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-thin-or-flexible-warm-gloves/280646/9 "2004-12-20T07:04:47Z")
eh, my bad. i assumed the charlie brown (newspaper) reruns are the same everywhere. he spent about a week pondering on buying a glove (which he cannot afford) for the little red haired girl; by the time he’d sold off all his old comics to buy one, she had already got one herself.