Who makes the best warmers?

[RACEWAXdotCOM]

If you have tried hand/foot/body patch-type warmers, which manufacturer (brand name) do you think makes the best?



Thanks!

DrD of www.racewax.com

 

[PowderDeprived]

heh, can't remember the brand name. I just get the ones that seem to be sold everywhre.

I prefer just glove warmers, they rock when it is 20 degrees or colder, and if you have to
take your glove off for some reason, they really warm your hands back up.

I used to use foot warmers, but I stopped because they were casuing pressure points in my boots and cutting off circulation. Your feet should stay reasilby warm in your boots as long as you are getting airflow and you havent cut off the circulation to your feet. If your feet are frozen, and it isnt way below 0 loosen up your boots.

Don't buy hand and glove warmers at ski resorts or ski outfitters, they charge to much.
I get mine at sporting goods stores etc... I got combo packs at a sports authority that came with 2 glove warmers, and 2 toe warmers in the same pack for 2 bucks, at resorts it might be about 6 for all of them.

 

[NYDrew]

they are all crap. if you need warmers, then you need new gear. I use those orange packaged hot hands ones though to give to cold students.

 

[loafer89]

I swear by my Hotronics electric footbed warmers. I had then installed at Sugarloaf in January 2004 when it was nearly -20F. The cost was $179.00 including installation and they work very well. I guess you would spend that much over 3 years time on the disposable warmers anyway.

 

[kcyanks1]

they are all crap. if you need warmers, then you need new gear. I use those orange packaged hot hands ones though to give to cold students.

I generally don't get cold particularly easy, but I use the throw away hand warmers quite regularly. I recently spend $60 on new mittens (at the mountain so they were overpriced, but I had forgotten mine at home, though I was basically due for new ones anyways). Even the new ones just don't seem to work.

One thing that I thought about afterwards is how stupid it is for them to put the glove-like liners in mittens. Both my new ones and previous ones had that. It seems to defeat the purpose of mittens which is to let your fingers warm each other up. When my hands get cold I pull my fingers out of the finger slots on the liner and make a fist and it generally helps. Anyone else think the same? Disagree? I'll make a poll in another tread about this I guess.

Also, even though I use the warmers, often after being out for a while they don't seem to be that warm. Anyone else have problems with that?

 

[thetrailboss]

My boots were prewired with ThermIc heaters. I installed a set in Ms. Trailboss' and she LOVES them! Not too expensive either.