I have a collection of left-handed mitts and gloves, and also a collection of right-handed mitts and gloves. My collections increase every winter.
I first came upon this style as teamsters mittens where, IIUC, the separate index finger was to allow for better control of horse reins.
They’re called “trigger mitts” in N&L because they were for hunting; the index finger could be used to pull the trigger.
I suffer from Raynaud’s syndrome, and sometimes mittens aren’t even good enough for me. So a few years ago I invested in some heated gloves. Not cheap, buy worth every penny to me.
I won’t knuckle under to this kind of abuse.
I like these, but hate the velcro as it inevitably fuzzes over time. I have a great pair with sewn in magnets; those are awesome. And when coming in from the snow, if they are wet, I can just put them on the radiator cover and they hold themselves up while drying.
Just to add to the chorus, mittens are much warmer than gloves.
I like to ski, and I don’t like to stop because of a cold (or even frigid) day. I have skied in temperatures as low as -10 deg F and windchills as cold as -40 deg F. Granted, that’s pretty unusual, but single digit days are not, especially up in Maine.
I actually have a whole range of gloves and mittens for various weather conditions. Gloves by themselves are fine down to about 30 deg F. For temps in the 20s I use gloves with hand warmers. For temps below 20 deg F, I use heavy duty double-layer mittens with handwarmers.
The mittens I had (with handwarmers) worked well down to about 10 deg F, but below that my hands started getting cold, especially during a ski run with high wind and my mittened hands holding cold ski poles.
So last year I picked up these extra heavy duty mittens:
I got them late enough in the season that I didn’t get a chance to try them out in truly frigid weather yet.
These were the ones I was issued by the Army. They were standard issue for decades. I don’t know if they still use them. There was a separate liner for the inside. I probably still have a couple of pairs around here somewhere.
This is a product I didn’t even know existed. The overmittens I wear were made by my mom.
It looks like those Hippo Hands things remain attached to the handlebars?
If they haven’t worn mittens since they were a child, they might not realize the answer, while the benefits of gloves are more obvious.
Also, if memory serves, the OP lives in Arkansas, where the definition of “cold weather” is substantially warmer, in the absolute, than for those of us who live in places like the Upper Midwest, northern New England, or Canada.
Yep. They are easy to put on and take off. I only put them on sub 32 F periods or if I’m going for a long ride. I like to go out mountain biking in the channeled scablands a couple times a winter and they work great. I have a pair for my dual-sport moto as well. Heated grips would be preferable (have them on my Buell and love’em!), but I’ll stick with the low tech solution for now.
Another type of cold weather cycling gloves are these Lobster Claw gloves.
As “come from aways” living in Newfoundland, we called them “nose pickers.” Our neighbours including one who knitted them, called them “baymen’s mitts.” Baymen” were/are Newfoundlanders who live in outports rather than the urban areas.
“I would love to help you out with that outdoor project, but unfortunately I am wearing mittens, not gloves, and you know how useless those are dealing with projects like that.”
I’ve lived on the Southern California coast for my entire life. I can’t remember having ever seen a pair or mittens let alone worn them and I was easily able to figure out the answer. It’s not like we recently figured out glove technology making mittens obsolete.
Because ‘gloves’ doesn’t rhyme with ‘kittens.’
Depends on your pronunciation.
Sylvester Maddock was so dirty, that once when he was cleaning a carburetor in a pail of gasoline it dissolved so many layers of dirt that he came across a pair of mittens he’d been missing for two winters.
Mittens are far superior. If it’s really cold, I’ll pull my thumbs out of their place and let them cozy up to the other fingers.
Hey, let’s not point fingers.
I just picked up a pair of this style, knitted with alpaca wool:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/561708890/namche-hand-knit-convertible-mitten?click_key=dcbffb2a428e2c4fe569e6df5ffc69cf8f3232ed%3A561708890&click_sum=25f12363&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=knitted+hybrid+glove+mittens&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&pro=1&frs=1&bes=1&sts=1&content_source=7ab2c8384f2fa40fec8ed83b35d7491545200f0e%253A561708890