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NWH

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #40 on: October 30, 2008, 07:28:44 pm »
Fingerless gloves thats a bit like wearing a headband for a hat lol. ;D
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #41 on: October 30, 2008, 07:29:59 pm »
I think wearing no gloves is better than some wool or man made mix absorbing all the water, keeping it all around your hands in the cold, I believe in protecting my body from the cold, rain, wind etc, for my health later in life.

A guy turned up to collect all the scaffolding on a big job im doing. Me and my dad were kitted in full winter gear, gloves, hats, waterproofs as it was sleating in the bitter cold, the scaffolding man turned up with a jumper adn jeans with a rubbish pair of holy gloves!! you could tell he felt embaressed!
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collins82002

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #42 on: October 30, 2008, 07:35:21 pm »
new to w/c. brought some unger neoprene gloves,  done a few houses today and my hands were toasty and dry.  Got em off ebay £16 delivered
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #43 on: October 30, 2008, 07:39:11 pm »
i have them ungers, there terrible, give it a couple of weeks and theyll be falling apart
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Martin-Swinscoe

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #44 on: October 30, 2008, 07:40:15 pm »
Quote from: riahehttrepuR on October 30, 2008, 07:39:11 pm
i have them ungers, there terrible, give it a couple of weeks and theyll be falling apart
How much did you pay for those ?
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #45 on: October 30, 2008, 07:41:27 pm »
i got them 2 years back, cant remember
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Martin-Swinscoe

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #46 on: October 30, 2008, 07:41:51 pm »
Quote from: riahehttrepuR on October 30, 2008, 07:41:27 pm
i got them 2 years back, cant remember
have a guess?
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #47 on: October 30, 2008, 07:43:08 pm »
around the same as him I think....and I know what your going to say....but thats the reason I buy quality, so i dont end up with stuff like that! that was a glitch in my decision making!! lol
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Martin-Swinscoe

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #48 on: October 30, 2008, 07:44:48 pm »
Quote from: riahehttrepuR on October 30, 2008, 07:43:08 pm
around the same as him I think....and I know what your going to say....but thats the reason I buy quality, so i dont end up with stuff like that! that was a glitch in my decision making!! lol
Old Swink raises the middle finger out of his fingerless gloves and Says "who's the fool now" ;D and then walks away chuckling ;)
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #49 on: October 30, 2008, 07:45:58 pm »
mmmm very funny!! but we are just talking about gloves here!
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Martin-Swinscoe

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #50 on: October 30, 2008, 07:47:04 pm »
Quote from: riahehttrepuR on October 30, 2008, 07:45:58 pm
mmmm very funny!! but we are just talking about gloves here!
i know we are :)
chin up mate
only having a laugh :D
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #51 on: October 30, 2008, 07:47:35 pm »
but thats no way to talk to a forum veteran, were well respected here!!! ;D
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Martin-Swinscoe

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #52 on: October 30, 2008, 07:51:12 pm »
Quote from: riahehttrepuR on October 30, 2008, 07:47:35 pm
but thats no way to talk to a forum veteran, were well respected here!!! ;D
It was you forum veterans that started on me first with my fingerless gloves.
 ;D
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #53 on: October 30, 2008, 07:52:39 pm »
no there the stupid ones....were the new generation, we know our gore tex from our thinsulate!!!!
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CLEANGLASSUK

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #54 on: October 30, 2008, 08:23:22 pm »
I been using wfp's for just over seven year's, ive tried so many different types of glove's. And i have found that the blue taskmaster gloves sold in homebase for around £3.99 are great, they last about four to six weeks if you are poling for approx 5hrs a day.
Ihave tried diving gloves unger gloves and other types of gloves and in my opinion they are all poop.
So give the taskmasters a go, they dont make your hands ache like other glove do,Plus they keep your hands quite warm in the winter.
 ;D ;D
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paulscotney

Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #55 on: October 30, 2008, 09:03:27 pm »
I had some sealskin gloves last winter, the normal ones about £20 from memory, they were great for 3 months till they disintegrated. So then  I used some snowboarding gloves  to get through until spring.
Although not brilliant i went to "sports soccer" shop and bought another 4 pairs of snowboarding gloves and find each pair lasts about an hour or so  before getting sodden. They were about £5 a pair at end of season.
Think I might try NWH reco,  re:  the £25 sealskins for this winter.
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #56 on: October 30, 2008, 09:05:48 pm »
paul, these ones arent the neoprene ones, i hate neoprene gloves!!!
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NWH

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #57 on: October 30, 2008, 09:07:28 pm »
Quote from: paulscotney on October 30, 2008, 09:03:27 pm
I had some sealskin gloves last winter, the normal ones about £20 from memory, they were great for 3 months till they disintegrated. So then  I used some snowboarding gloves  to get through until spring.
Although not brilliant i went to "sports soccer" shop and bought another 4 pairs of snowboarding gloves and find each pair lasts about an hour or so  before getting sodden. They were about £5 a pair at end of season.
Think I might try NWH reco,  re:  the £25 sealskins for this winter.
Sealskinz the winter glove there called,not the mitten.
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Captain Scarlet

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Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #58 on: October 30, 2008, 09:09:00 pm »
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paulscotney

Re: TELL US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES, FIRST REALLY COLD DAY.
« Reply #59 on: October 30, 2008, 09:38:26 pm »
I had a 7 yr break from window cleaning but before I used to use neoprene cycling gloves, when really cold.  I did 99% ground floor  windows, mainly big shop,bank etc  windows.  So in winter just used a 5ft wooden broomstick.((Shame no one can invent a wooden WFP, as is much warmer than metal) .  Extremely  rarely needed to detail anything but twice a month had to do a Harvester with leaded windows. The scrim used to suck all the water out of the gloves, so if the weather was cold I was forever ringing out the scrim. In the end  used  marigolds with a liner but was not at all good.
Will order NWH reco in a min. Thanks,
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