I’m out on the hunt for two pairs of new winter gloves, or cold weather gloves/mitts to be more precise.
Right of now I have identified two pairs of gloves that I’m choosing between and one of those are to be my first pair with the main purpose to be used when moving in the cold or doing some sort of activity and not for static use. The two gloves are both from Arc’teryx, the first one is the CAM SV glove and the second one is the Tactician AR glove. AR stands for All around.
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I’ve been reading reviews and watching YouTube videos about both of them and right now it feels like the Tactician AR is better. It’s all leather which is good if your near a fire and they look more ‘civvy’ than the CAM SV – at least in the Rawhide color which I prefer than the black one.
The other pair of gloves, or should I say mitts, I want for more static stuff or when it gets really cold like it does here in Sweden during the winters. I’ve been looking at the Arc’teryx Alpha SV mitt but they don’t really fit my needs as I want a 3-finger mitt and they are a little pricy. One of the reasons for the 3-finger mitt is that I can use it for shooting but also because you get better control if you need to pick up stuff from the ground or fasten a buckle or whatever without removing your mitts. So what I’ve found is a Swedish brand called Hestra Glove (Hestra Handsken) and they are well known around the globe for their high quality products just like Arc’teryx. The price tag is a little smaller and they have the 3-finger glove that I’m looking for. I was out today looking for it but all the stores here were I live have sold out and just had the standard mitt that looks pretty much like the Alpha SV.
HESTRA ARMY LEATHER GTX 3-FINGER / XCR 3-Finger
But, just like every other brand out on the market they also have two versions of the mitt/glove… One with GORE-TEX and one with “just leather”. The Heli 3-Finger or the Hestra Army GTX 3-Finger, also called XCR 3-Finger depending on which market it faces. I think that the last named glove is the one that is issued to the Swedish Army as a cold/extreme cold weather glove/mitt.
One important thing or at least a nice-to-have feature would be if I could remove the inner liner and put the Tactician or the CAM SV glove inside and mainly use the mitt as a shell. I don’t think the Army 3-Finger can do that but it should be doable with the Heli 3-Finger which is a GORE-TEX shell. I know that there are some cheaper shell mitts out there, like the Extremities Tuff Bags.
If this doesn’t end well I’ll end up with a load of mitts and gloves 🙂
If you know any that could fit my specifications please shoot me an e-mail or drop a comment below!
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Have you looked at Outdoor Research?
Yes, but I didn’t find a 3-Finger mitt that I liked.
I was looking at the OR Firebrand Mitt for a long time before discovering the Hestra and Arc’teryx that I mention above but the OR Firebrand mitt retails for about 300USD and are pretty hard to find in my size, L, for some reason. There are a few on eBay but not all of them will ship outside the states.
The Firebrand mitt is also apart of the USMC Happy Suit and comes in black and CB if I’m not mistaken.
Hi, don’t know if you’ve already bought a pair of gloves, worth taking a look at HEAT 3 Special Force gloves/mittens.
http://faltbutiken.se/index.php/the-heat-company-heat-3-special-force.html
Thanks! Those looked really nice – too bad I ordered a pair the other day… But, they were cheaper than the ones I looked at in the post above so I might consider these in the future!
I do agree with all of the ideas you have presented in your post. They’re really convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are very short for novices. Could you please extend them a little from next time? Thanks for the post.
Hi!
Thanks for the post and the feedback. I’ll try to extend them in the future adding some extra to “newcomers” so to speak.