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Aquatech Sensory Gloves
Dan Powers, Photographer
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Appleton | WI | USA | Posted: 1:11 PM on 12.07.09 |
| ->> Just wondering if anyone has had chance to shoot with these gloves in cold weather. By cold weather I mean below 32-degrees. Thanks...Dan. |
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John Tucker, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jeff Mills, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Columbus | OH | USA | Posted: 6:29 PM on 12.07.09 |
| ->> Those look pretty nice, a bit pricey for gloves at $50, but I think I may be adding them to my christmas list this year |
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Michael P. King, Photographer
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Appleton/Green Bay | WI | USA | Posted: 8:08 AM on 12.08.09 |
->> Hey Dan,
I had the opportunity to try on a pair and talk to Jody from Roberts when I was at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar last weekend.
I was generally impressed. They're definitely comfy and well-designed. It's my understanding that they're made from Thinsulate or Thinsulate-like materials, but I don't think you'd find them warm enough for most of what we experience here in Wisconsin... 32 degrees? I think you'd be fine (that's spring for pete's sake!). Any colder and I think you'd be hurtin'. Jody did recommend a hand-warmer and perhaps a thin cotton glove to act as a liner for extreme conditions.
You might want to take a lookie at the new waterproof jacket Aquatech came out with... it might just find a spot in your GORE-TEX museum... err... your closet. It's one sweet piece of apparel...
--MK |
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Scott Morgan, Photographer
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Rockford | IL | United States | Posted: 12:33 PM on 12.08.09 |
->> So far I've been impressed with my new North Face Apex gloves. They're made out of softshell coat fabric, so they're fuzzy on the inside and smooth-ish on the outside. They don't have the digit hole like the Aquatech's (which I haven't tried) but they do have an amazingly grippy rubber surface on the palms and fingers.
They've been good for me in fairly cold weather - hasn't been too much colder than about 25 this season, but they have been good in that.
Here's a link. They're not all that cheap, but you can get them on sale from REI or Moosejaw probably. http://tinyurl.com/y9q8xou |
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Dan Powers, Photographer
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Appleton | WI | USA | Posted: 6:26 PM on 12.08.09 |
| ->> Thanks guys! |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 7:33 PM on 12.08.09 |
->> Dan, during last years Bears/Packers game at Soldier field it hit 2 degrees and I tried something I'd been meaning to for a while... I gaff taped those hand warmers on to the top of my hand (against the skin) and on the inside of my wrists to help heat the blood going in and out of my fingers. I was then able to wear my usual double pair of thinner gloves.
My tips were still chilly at times but that was mainly because they were holding on to the frozen metal body.
All and all I think I could have gone down to -5 - -10 before crying uncle.
The manufacturers warn you not to put them directly on your skin due to possibility of burning yourself, however Crazy Creek makes a "thermaband" which is a wrist warmer with a pouch for hand warmers to buffer your skin. It's where I got the idea, but I couldn't find them in any store en route to the game. |
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