Winter Boating - Cold Hands

[dalaba]

Any advice on sure bet solutions for winterizing boating hands - best protection ?

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pogies

[JCKeck1]

pogies - not even a choice. Make sure to get the neoprene ones and not the ones like the Stolquist yellowjackets. I like stolquist gear, but the neoprene ones are wayyyy warmer. If you're getting into creeking start paddling with them religiously, even playboating so they wont play with your head when you're in the shit.

[Blumpkin]

If pogies alone don't keep your hands warm enough, try a hand warmer insert like they make for skiing or the gelpack type. I have never tried either, yet, but I don't see how they couldn't work.

[basil]

I can't get pogies to do the trick. They let in too much water. You can't get a good seal on your wrist.

I think neoprene gloves are the way to go. You can seal them tight over your drytop gasket and your hands stay dry. I use 2mm gloves, but some times I wish I had 3mm gloves.

3mm gloves are a bit thick. Perhaps 2mm gloves with pogies will keep you hands warm and dry.

[Andy H.]

You can get neoprene gloves for less than $10 at a sporting goods store or the Retail Antichirst (Wal-Mart).

[BastrdSonOfElvis]

I have a bitchen pair of pogies from the ir website that are made of closed cell foam covered with drytop material (maybe pvc?)...they actually have latex gaskets at the wrist...loose ones, so you can still get your hand in and out (not very easily, though, I don't recommend for creakin). some water still gets in, but not very much and they are very toasty. trouble is, they don't make them anymore. I got them from the part of the website they used to have marked "R&D". I emailed them to see why they don't offer them and they said it's because they cost about $90 to make and they were only selling them for $45...they didn't think they were marketable at a higher price (and they're probably right). Anyway, if you wanted to email them and see if they have a pair laying around they might sell them to you.

[kyll]

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[kyll]

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[kyll]

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