This winter I have found myself doing a lot of mechanic work in an unheated shop, so I have been on the hunt for warm gloves that still give me sufficient dexterity to spin nuts and bolts. I don't think the perfect cold weather work glove exists, but these are the best compromise I've found yet. I have used them in temperatures down to 10°, maybe colder, and my hands stayed comfortable as long as I kept moving; obviously you lose some dexterity due to the insulation, but I was still able to perform most tasks with the gloves on, and the rubberized coating provides good grip. The coating does not seem to be particularly oil-resistant, so I try to switch to nitrile exam gloves for very oily or greasy jobs. The knit portion of the gloves snags fairly easily and they are starting to unravel in a couple of places, so I'm not sure I'll get more than one season out of them; for the price, though, I'll be happy if they get me through the winter.
I have fairly average-sized hands; I originally ordered these in a Large size, but found that the fingers were a little too long for good dexterity when working with small parts. I ordered another pair in Medium and found the fit much better; the fingertips are snug so I can handle nuts and bolts easily.
I have used Memphis Ninja Ice gloves for a couple years as my winter work glove of choice, and they still amaze me.
As a commercial HVAC technician in Upstate NY, I spend a lot of time outside working on equipment in sub-zero winter temperatures. The problem I always have is that the warmest gloves are too cumbersome and insensitive to work with, and the gloves that preserve the most finger sensation aren't warm enough to keep my hands working. I have worn insulated mechanic's gloves, fold-back finger mittens, and various other types of gloves on the job, and none of them have provided the combination of dexterity and warmth that these have.
These are surprisingly warm considering that they are also relatively thin, and I find that they are decently insulative when damp too, which is essential to me. I have used them down into the single digits without additional glove liners and been able to manipulate tools and keep on working.
These gloves are skin tight, which gives me enough dexterity to grab screws and other relatively small parts, and the rubberized palms give a good grip even on slick and wet cover panels.
A big advantage these gloves have as workwear is that they are extremely inexpensive. I can buy several pairs of these for the price I might pay for a single pair of mid-range insulated work gloves, and though these might not take as much abuse, I don't care. I lose gloves before I destroy them anyway, and I have a pair of these that have lasted through a couple winter seasons with minimal damage. I buy them multiple pairs at a time and leave some in my van, my toolbag, and at home.
This review is from: MCR Safety N9690FCM Ninja Ice FC Nylon Back Double Layer Gloves with Full Dipped HPT Coating, Black, Medium (Tools & Home Improvement) I love this glove for warmth, fit, dexterity! It has been the warmest work glove with those attributes I have used yet.
The sizing of these gloves fit the same as Atlas Fit gloves, which are perfect for me. Other brands have poor fitting, mostly in finger length which sacrifices dexterity.
I purchased the PALM-DIPPED glove in December 2013. They fit my hands and finger lengths perfectly. Just the back of the fingertips are coated, just like most work gloves, so water will get in. My hands got wet and still stayed warm in 5 degree weather and I was hooked.
I purchased the FULLY-DIPPED glove January 2014. The problem is they fit too tight, because of the extra coating, so you should size up when ordering. When putting them on you have to rub the fingers to get the internal liner to lay comfotably but that is not a big deal and it's the same with other fully-dipped gloves I've tried. The web between the thumb and fore-finger is soo tight from the extra coating it is hard to fully spread open your thumb and working with it may tear the web coating a bit and lose some waterproofing. The finger lengths are fine just too tight overall, because of the full dip coating does not stretch enough like the palm-dipped apparently do.
In conclusion, they are great gloves, but size up on full-dipped because tight-fitting clothes of any kind inhibit blood circulation, especially in hands, and therefore inhibit warmth and will even make you sore. Just remember that when sizing up the glove will have slightly longer fingers, slightly sacrificing dexterity, but then even that is close enough for most tasks and still at least as good as most other brands' finger lengths.
I think they could take a palm-dipped glove and put a thinner coating on the back side for waterproofing that would allow more stretch and be just great with the same size.
I don't use them as work gloves, so can't comment on that. However, I use them regularly for skiing. In around freezing temps they are fine for when holding your ski poles. However, if it is colder than 20F, it can get chilly when holding poles. For skiing without poles, they are good for down to colder temps of as cold as 4-6F - skied for 4 hours with them at below 10F and had no cold problems, except in strong winds where the fabric too gets chilled. So, on the way up the chair lift, I keep my hands somewhere away from the wind and my hands warm-up nicely by the time I'm up. On the way down, I had to keep them behind my back half the time, to minimize the windchill. But at around 15-20F they were fine for all day skiing without any issues. I got better dexterity with these to operate a GoPro camera or eat a snack. In comparison, I was cold with real skiing gloves and my friend had to use hand-warmers in his real ski gloves to be warm.
So, if you keep your hands relatively dry and in temps down to about 15-20F they are great walking and general purpose gloves.
They are, however, not pre-shaped. So holding thin objects like ski poles or handlebars require some undue effort compared to pre-shaped winter gloves such as the warmer 3mm Glacier Gloves (which are good for brief submersions in freezing icy water and hours in sub-freezing temp, unlike these Ninjas which are useless when wet in the cold).
For the price (especially when on sale), I'd buy them again as my main ski gloves for when not using ski poles. My 10 year old daughter also prefers them to her less comfortable ski gloves or mittens too. They look fine and low profile. Work fine as driving gloves for when the car is cold too. So I usually keep a pair in there.
The rubber seems reasonably strong for the occasional work on the car and does not let water through (water comes through via the fuzzy tops), but they won't last as long as good mechanic's gloves).
These are only knuckle dipped. Trust me, you want the full dip HCT. I work as an oil truck driver and getting samples of oil in ND that penetrate your glove sucks, especially when it is -20° and the oil is +1°. These have remained flexible to -30° and -45° wind chill, but quite frankly unless you are doing active work they will not keep your hands "warm" because you aren't warm. They will keep them "warmer" and are the best gloves (the full dip ones) for working with liquids in harsh ND winters.
Note that the more you wash and dry them the plastic dip will get more stiff in the cold and slicker. They will also retain moisture when they go through heating and cooling cycles (removing them and stowing them in cold, keeping them in a cold vehicle then putting them under a heater vent) so you will want to store them with a rag stuffed palm deep to wick out moisture. Cold wet fingers suck when its -20°.
Feature Product
- Designed for excellent flexibility in cold environments
- HPT coating on palm and fingertips
- Remains soft and flexible in temperatures as low as -50
- Sold by the pair, size Large
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Ninja Ice Gloves
We raw feed our pups/cats and for us that means we have a freezer full of meat. We bulk order from a group that does meat in chubs (like ground beef) premixed and ground up. So about every 3 months or so we are bringing in 3-6 boxes of 15 2lb chubs of meat and having to organize and store them in the freezer. By the time I'm half way through storing, I can't feel my hands anymore.
Now, with these, I could probably go through twice as much meat without issues. These things are amazing, I put them on whenever I do anything with the frozen meat now, even if I'm just pulling it out to drop in the sink so it can thaw.
Great gloves for working in very cold climates. I use them for the freezer section of a store. Quite water resistant, which is what you want. When other gloves get water on them, it soaks in and makes your hands even colder in low temperature environments.
It has a nice lining inside to help insulate from the cold and keep your fingers warm. However, the seams break easy at the finger tips inside the lining, and one already broke. That exposure makes it less efficient at trapping the heat, and my fingers end up too painful from the cold to even touch something frozen. It seems hit and miss, though. Other times they keep my hands quite warm.
I have used it for less than a month.
I purchased these a nine months ago and they finally gave out. I work in a dairy cooler so used them for that. when you first buy them they fit snug and I have huge hand so medium was a sung fit but as time passed they stretch. At first them seems wy too grippy for my liking and stuck to everything my hand came across near. after three weeks of use they worn down and stretches well and felt REALLY comfortable to work in. I loved these and all my coworkers hated haha. WARNING: If you get these wet or use them real often wash them once a week. these things make your hand smell extremely bad. trust me you don't want this if you work with customers. but other then that they were great! will buy again.
These are insulated and seem to be warm. The description on the package says they offer dexterity, sense of touch, enhanced grip, thermal protection, and cut protection. I would have to agree with all of these except the "sense of touch". Yes, you can feel in these, however for our purpose needed they are a bit thicker then the last gloves we had. We needed gloves for protection but still giving the ability to feel details really good. So unless you need them for that, these gloves are great. We're still going to keep them for other jobs though as they seem well made and were an excellent price.
I bought these gloves after reading review from kayakers who said they were good for winter kayaking. I have to disagree, these are crap for winter kayaking as a stand-alone glove. Now, I am paddling in -30 Celsius weather, ice and snow.
So no, these are not good for it.
Where I do use them is at work as a liner for my Xtra large gloves.
As a Rope Tech, these gloves provide warmth as a liner and when needed, as a stand alone glove to quickly bolt up items etc.
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