I just got them in the mail–about $8 including shipping for these heated fingerless gloves that connect to the USB plugs on my laptop. This is going to be so nice for the winter when we have the thermostat set at 55 degrees. WoohoO!
Oh… the gloves don’t type for you then?
Just what I need… winterwear that nags me to plug it into a higher-speed port.
I’ve wondered if these work, so I will be awaiting a review on these. Since my weight loss I am FREEZING, particularly my hands, if the temperature is less than 72. Supposedly it’s “vascular spasms” and there’s not much the doctor can do about it, so these would be a great addition for when I’m working.
$8 including shipping for these heated fingerless gloves
For 8 bucks, including shipping, I’d be worried about what these gloves might do to my computer If I plugged them in.
Are you friggen crazy?! You live in MA, woman! 
Seriously though, I thought we set our thermostat on the low side but you have us beat by 5-7 degrees!
I solved my cold hand problem. I just push my couch in front of the fireplace and get a roarer going.
Do you have a link to the gloves you got?
I am in Connecticut and we set to 40-50, and use the woodstove in the winter =) Fuel oil is freaking expensive, wood is cheap [well actually free, we have the permission of the guy behind us with 44 acres of woodlot to go for squaw wood and selected trees =) ]
I wish we had that option. We did pretty well on wood this year. We bought 4 cords, seasoned, delivered for $700. Unfortunately our fireplace doesn’t heat the entire room (almost all of our 1600 sf is 1 room - with cathedral ceilings).
We use oil and even keeping the heat around 60-62, it was still costing us $300-$400 per month (plus another $200 per month for firewood).
We brought in a plumber to try to fix the heating issues and we took the drinking/showering water off the oil. We are also replacing the broken glass from some of the storm windows and we’re re-glazing ALL of the storm windows. Last winter was our first winter in this house so we had no idea what kinds of problems we had until it was too cold to do anything about it. Hopefully this winter will be less expensive and we’ll be able to keep the temps lower. Luckily, we’re both ok with the bedroom being on the cold side.
Getting the wood early and at such a discount will definitely help keep the costs down this winter. We’ll be happy if we can keep the oil costs at around $200 per month.
I grew up in South Dakota and my parents set the thermostat to 53 during the day and 50 at night. You dressed warmly and sat near the radiators. I could have worn shorts all year at school though as it was so dang hot there.
Slowly start turning it down a degree or two every couple of weeks. You can get there.
I thought it was apparent by the at the end of that sentence.
I WAS KIDDING PEOPLE!!! 
I am not a wuss about the cold. I prefer the cold. However, I am prone to icy hands (even in the summer). I much more likely to bundle up than I am to turn the heat up. Hopefully our heating system works better this winter and we can turn the heat down. Having it set to 65° and paying to burn oil but having ice cold baseboard in half the house really pissed me off.
Our heating bill was $600 two months in a row before we decided to turn the temp down to 55. Trust me, I’d rather have it at 60 or 64 or something. We have heating oil and no fireplace 
Here they are and I was misremembering the price–it’s $6.10 with free shipping.
They seem to work well. The heating element is on the back of the hand and seems to get to a comfortable temperature.
Do they even help to keep the exposed parts of your fingers warm? That’s my major problem. I have many pairs of fingerless gloves but they don’t do anything to keep my fingertips from becoming painfully cold.
I have usb heated gloves and a usb heated throw. They work quite well.
Congo, have someone bleed the air out of the baseboard heating system. If working properly, you should have a urge to go comando—my parents 1928 house had baseboard, and we were toasty, despite a total lack of insulation. Also, make sure the circulation pump is doing it’s job.
The Vorlon: First - I love your name. Second, thanks for reminding me of that. We bled the lines 3 times last year and each time the amount of air in there was insane. After the plumber did his thing, we bled the lines again and there was nothing. We need to check again because it has been over 6 months since the plumber was here.
My boyfriend is glad you mentioned the circulation pump. He was insisting that it was the problem and everyone else insisted it’s working fine. We’re going to do a test run on the system when it gets a bit cooler so we can have the plumber come back if necessary. It was working very well when he left but right after that we turned the entire system off and haven’t turned it back on.
Congo, I cut my teath of forced hot water systems when I was a mere tyke. My parents bought a nice 1928 era house in 1969–and promptly upgraded the 15 amp service, changed the heat to modern specs, with 10 zones controled by motorised valves, and burried new soil pipes in the basement to connect with city sewer. We never found the original cesspool in 40 years.
They were braver than I.
So, our burner is being replaced with a newer, more efficient one. Today.
Just a word of warning - when you go away for a day and come back to a house that smells like mothballs, check the basement.
Can you get wireless/bluetooth gloves? I think those wires dangling off my hands would be annoying.