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Old December 24th 09, 04:29 PM posted to rec.skiing.resorts.europe
vulgarandmischevious
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Colin Irvine wrote:

On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:06:06 -0700, vulgarandmischevious squeezed out
the following:

Colin Irvine wrote:

I bought some Hestra gloves a year or two ago to replace my original
pair, and they've been warm enough up to now. However, they couldn't
cope with Tignes last week, -17C at resort level so goodness knows
what it was at the top in the wind.

I reckon I should be looking at some top-of-the-range mitts. What do
people suggest?


K is always cold, and tried a couple of pairs of cheap-ish gloves. In
the end, she got some Swany leather-covered mittens, which she says
are fantastic.

I'm thinking of getting some myself. like this:
http://www.swanyamerica.com/prod.php?p=SWANFX-15


Funnily enough I'd already had a look at these
http://www.swanyamerica.com/prod.php?p=SWASX-44


Yes - those are the ones that K has. She says they are stellar. And
she feels the cold pretty severely.

The only downsides seem to be they're not Goretex, which I've always
had so far, plus apparant lack of availability in the UK.


I'd be happy to get them and post them to you, if you decide you want
them. Of course, that doesn't help with the "trying them on" thing.
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