Chilly grips

[trapperjay]

Looking for inexpensive glove option b/c they dont get used much. Thoughts?


http://www.chillygrip.com/chilly_h2o.html

 

[SDHNTR]

Just get a pair of Atlas Pvc fishing gloves a size too big and wear rag wool under them. Less than $20 total and far more effective at keeping your hands dry and warm than any Goretex glove costing 5x much.

 

[realunlucky]

Chilly grips are pretty good

 

[pacific-23]

Just get a pair of Atlas Pvc fishing gloves a size too big and wear rag wool under them. Less than $20 total and far more effective at keeping your hands dry and warm than any Goretex glove costing 5x much.

This works really well, I haven't used wool in 15 years though. I use the mid weight capilene liners and they are awesome! Warm when wet, dry much faster than wool and don't stretch seven sizes when wet either. I also use them under the full or partial dipped work gloves for hunting and they work well for that too. Lighter and easier to articulate than the atlas gloves, and dry faster. Just make sure you get a synthetic model.

 

[colonel00]

In regards to Chilly Grips, I have a pair you and I am done with them. I just wasn't a big fan. Perhaps is warmer weather they would have done better but down in the 40's and colder, they just were too cold. The rubbery coating just gets cold and never warms up. I have had the same issue with cut resistant gloves.


The one place that I could see them having value is on a warmer outing where you were busting thick brush or traversing sharp rocks where you needed some protection for your hands without snagging fabric or tearing a waterproof material.

 

[NEhunter]

They are not very warm imo.

 

[Ray]

If you are doing a high heat generating activity they are a pretty decent glove down to 20 degrees. But as soon as you stop moving and cool down you now have cold wet gloves on your skin. They do wring out easy and that helps them warm back up when moving. If you have Norwegian fisherman hands they work fine. My paper pusher hands like them only under specific conditions. My usual cold/wet gloves are atlas fleece lined crabbers.

 

[trapperjay]

Looking at all the options everyone is suggesting. Are any of these well-suited for bowhunting?

 

[trapperjay]

Looking up capilene liners online and cant find them. Anyone have a source I could look at online?

 

[luke moffat]

I have been hunting in chilly grips since 2009...usually go through a couple pair a year. For me they are plenty warm down to freezing while hiking which covers most of my fall hunting. I usually bring two pair on any hunt so I can have a pair drying out if one set gets wet.

They aren't perfect but for me they are the best thing I have found for my fall hunting needs. I will say NeoSport 5mm neoprene gloves are VERY nice when things are wet and cold...especially with some merino liners. Makes cold hands while packrafting a thing of the past. And with the merino liners even hiking in them is ok cause they don't seem to get too clammy with the liners in there to regulate the moisture some.

 

[Floorguy]

I wore chilly grips on this trip last Monday. It was 26 when we left the parking lot. After taking these pics we wound up in the shade of the mountain, the wind caused the back of my hands to get cold where there was no rubber coating. Of course not forgetting my pogies would have kept my hands down right toasty.

 

[Biggs300]

Tried them on a CO elk hunt last year. I had high hopes, but they were just not warm.

 

[SDHNTR]

Cool MB pics! But man that looks like a faceplant waiting to happen!

 

[trapperjay]

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

 

[Longstride12]

I wear regular none insulated leather gloves for hiking and hunting. When it gets cold I'll put a string nit cotton glove on as insulation. The leather is nice when in camp for cooking and both work well when hiking and generating heat, you can wear one or the other, and then layer them for glassing. Not good in water or really wet weather but they are what I use and enjoy. Good leather gloves are between $10-$20 and a 12 pack of the string nits are $10. Inexpensive and work well for my needs and style of hunting.

 

[E-2]

I wear regular none insulated leather gloves for hiking and hunting. When it gets cold I'll put a string nit cotton glove on as insulation. The leather is nice when in camp for cooking and both work well when hiking and generating heat, you can wear one or the other, and then layer them for glassing. Not good in water or really wet weather but they are what I use and enjoy. Good leather gloves are between $10-$20 and a 12 pack of the string nits are $10. Inexpensive and work well for my needs and style of hunting.

I do this here on the east coast and it has worked well. I am looking into the capilene and merino liners though as your hands can and will get clamy at some point.