neoprene gloves

[Alf Tupper]

i saw these advertised in a gardening magazine. seemd a good idea; keep your hands warm. has anyone tried these for winter?

[Chilli]

Yes, I have. They give you two choices: Having hands like a boil-in-the-bag kipper, or a box of frozen fish fingers. And if you try to make a fist to get your fingers/thumb out of the cold they fight you to open your hand again. The only plus is when you are on all fours, they keep your hands dry.

[steve456]

I've got some and I had the worst experience in them of any pair of gloves I've ever worn (and I've got a hell of a lot of gloves). It was very very windy and wet and the pressure of the wind kept replacing the nice warm wetness in the fabric with new cold rain. I ended up with literally no blood in my fingers, immense pain, and the worst hot-aches I've ever had when I finally took them off and stuck my hands up my sleeves. Admittedly they have a pretty stupid design fault; there are thin panels of stretchy, loose-woven fabric that didn't help stop the wind/water fly through.

They stained my hands purple too. The b------s.

[Alf Tupper]

seems a no then