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Bought all the lads on site some of these, they are fab - they love me 🤣. USB charging
Last time I used handwarmers, they were the ones you had to break up and they were a bit meh.
Taking a set of these for my bike rides when I always end up with dead hands once I've stopped
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Got something similar for Xmas and they got me round the golf course in the snow on Monday. Great piece of kit
Got some for the lad when he's waiting at the top of hills for a DH race, they're honestly a superb thing, he's ready to roll when other riders are shivering and can barely feel their hands.
Yeah we have a few of them - great for cold winter nights at the stables.
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Might buy a couple of those for the Mrs. She suffers from Raynaud's so could help when she's up at the stables.
Was it these ones...
Oh cool, thanks for finding these. Missus buys boxes of the one-use iron filing handwarmers and then worries about the land fill. These might be the answer. 👍
Might buy a couple of those for the Mrs. She suffers from Raynaud’s so could help when she’s up at the stables.
Counter-intuitvely - the thing that seems to have cured my gf's Raynaud's is year round sea swimming. She used to get in bother with her hands when we cycled together on routes that involved long road descents. She used to cycle in winter gloves all year round. But since she started swimming she's had no issues with Raynaud's at all.
Yeah bought some for nieces and nephews for Christmas (few different models in case some were crap but all seemed decent so far), worth going for a model that allows you to charge devices from it so it can be an emergency power bank for a phone etc.
Zippo (the lighter people) do a good one, more expensive than some others but we’ve had one for years, aluminium case and very robust.
Was it these ones…
Yes mate
Oddly enough I discovered these sort of things last weekend at my archery club, we do ‘frostbite’ sessions outdoors, and one of the members had a couple of rechargeable hand warmers, so I went online and found Lifesystems doing two for slightly more than half price. I used them yesterday when I went out for a walk in a pretty cold wind. Charge using USB-C, but they have a 10,000mAh battery and a USB-A port and can act as a powerpack as well. Cold fingers have always been a problem for me, so something like this is a great find.
Do they go in your gloves or something to clasp when stopped?
I find once my fingers get cold it takes a long time to warm them up so looking to try and stop them getting cold in the first place.
Just to hold, but they get really toasty
How does using pogies fair when bike ceases to be rubber side down? Hands come out easily?
In general I think using your hands/arms to break the fall is preferable to your head.
@CountZero - thanks for the recommendation, I have ordered one. I prefer to order from a brand I’m inclined to trust instead of the many Chinese branded ones on Amazon, that could pose a fire risk when charging.
In general I think using your hands/arms to break the fall is preferable to your head
You'd think. But then you're more likely to end up with a broken collarbone. Tuck and roll
Had a hand warmer for xmas off sister in law , did think it was a crap pressie until I realised its a power bank as well , so can take it bike packing and have warm hands 🙂
I've fallen off while using pogies. Probably better due to less chance of broken collarbone, as above.
I have a pair of the Whitby metal one (same as Zippo) powered by lighter fuel - will easily do 12 hours and then pop them in your boots overnight to dry them out/stop them from freezing. The disposable ones aren’t very effective at very low temperatures.
Fallen off plenty of times with pogies in soft snow - learn to just go with it and let the snow cushion the fall. Can be quite comical when you find that the track is hard-packed and the snow next to it is over 1 metre deep!