I like the doo bar muffs. Should be large enough for your needs

 

Wolf gloves! That is badass


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I've had very good luck with the Arctic Cat gauntlets like these......of course you'll have the good taste to use a magic marker and color in the green Arctic Cat logo so it can't be seen!

Arctic Cat XC Handlebar Muffs - Universal

Arctic Cat Snowmobile XC Handlebar Muffs - Universal Fitment - 7639-995

www.countrycat.com

 

When I put my Doo Muffs on I take my heavy gloves off and just wear a pair of light jersey gloves. Your hands will be directly on the handlebar warmers and the muffs will block the wind and retain the heat. You will be able to work your controls better too. This works best for me. The coldest I have ridden was -30 degrees F. It was brutal.

Good Luck
Don~

 

When I put my Doo Muffs on I take my heavy gloves off and just wear a pair of light jersey gloves. Your hands will be directly on the handlebar warmers and the muffs will block the wind and retain the heat. You will be able to work your controls better too. This works best for me. The coldest I have ridden was -30 degrees F. It was brutal.

Good Luck
Don~

Yup, only way to make good use of the hand warmers in cold temps... a pair of thin gloves & Doo Muffs.

Imagine those natural fur mitts would be the hot ticket for standing around on the ice, waiting for the fish to bite. Operating a sled?... not so much.

 

Its up to -70C here in winter with the breeze so its not overkill.

Where the heck are you located? -70C / -94F is the coldest I've ever heard of, not counting wind chill! (maybe your comment about breeze means windchill?) Either way nasty cold.

I also like the Doo muffs, I've used them when it gets really cold which for us is anything below zero F. Getting heavy gloves in and out might be a chore but I can't imagine your hands will be cold. The rest of your body will be a solid block of snowsledding maniac before the hands get chilly.

 

I live in the Canadian High Arctic way up in Nunavut.

Thank you all for the comments. I will look into the Doo Muffs and the Arctic Cat ones.

For reference this is roughly the size of the glove going in https://www.canadianfurproducts.com/apparel/mens-natural-beaver-guantlets

Yes that temp was with windchill. I don't go out a lot in December-Feb. But its still brutal at times in November, March and April. I do like to try to get for a ride though in the coldest months just to break up the 24 hour darkness with something outside.

Best riding months are April to the end of June. Typically that last week of June you are primarily using sea-ice since the lakes have a few feet of slush on them and you run the risk of getting stuck when towing a komotik.

Ideally, anything I purchase can be tossed on the quads, most things look pretty universal which is good.

 

19 expedition sport with high windshield. Tips fingers, especially pinky, would get cold.

I put on the doo muffs. I wear a thin motocross style glove. Even at -20 my hands are warmer vs big fxr gloves. Level 1-2 on thumb 2-4 on hand.

 

I am in Nunavut also. Gauntlets and the leather insulated gloves for me. The black BDC gloves with white thinsulate insulation(or any deerskin gloves, just the bdc gloves are abundant up here). If really cold then fur mitts. Best option is if you can find Eider down and get someone to sew a pocket of it in the end part of fingertip half of lining. If you cannot find some, then sheared beaver is a warm lining in the mitts also. And if you do find Eider down. Get extra to keep in a pouch or ziploc. When stopped you can hold it. That stuff heats you right up. Our natural version of those pocket heat pacs.

my gauntlets are homemade sheepskin.Thick hide for good wind protection and the fur is very warm.

 

Thanks for this. Ill try carrying some in a ziplock. Its just my finger tips and thumb on the quad when going over the lakes in October. I am friends with a number of elders who are excellent seamstresses.

 

As noted, you want some gloves with a thin material on the palm and thick on the top of the hand so you can feel the hand warmers in addition to the muffs.

 

I got the cold guards very open. Rode in -15 F was fine with the doo gloves I wear. There’re fingered glove with lite insulation in them


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I second the sheepskin liner inside of your wolf mitts. I live in Nunavut and that's the best your going to get in terms of warmth. A thin deer skin insulated glove will help too inside of the mitts. Start with your core, if your core is warm your hands will be warm. There might be somewhere else on your outside gear that might need tending too as well.

This is my typical winter attire, snow goose pullover, choko pants and fur everything else.

 

I second the sheepskin liner inside of your wolf mitts. I live in Nunavut and that's the best your going to get in terms of warmth. A thin deer skin insulated glove will help too inside of the mitts. Start with your core, if your core is warm your hands will be warm. There might be somewhere else on your outside gear that might need tending too as well. View attachment 1977977
This is my typical winter attire, snow goose pullover, choko pants and fur everything else.

The rest of me is very warm. I almost never wear my goose gear it's just too much even in the dead of winter I use lighter stuff, homemade parka, just a light pair of snow pants, it's purely my finger tips. The wolf mits have paper in them and they are good but I do prefer the beaver ones just because the wolf mits are so cumbersome.

I don't seem to have the issue in my toes in my seal skin mukluks but I always figured that's because they're behind the machine.

I will try some of the above suggestions made throughout. I do always have dear skin gloves around for when I have to tie stuff off or down on the sled.

I should say it's been years of tolerating it so it's not that my fingers fall off I just figure if there's a better way I'd try it.

 

My EDCO muffs have a pretty wide opening compare to other model.
Catalogue de produits - Edco Canada - 2021-2022 I have de model 2025. I installer an car trim pin to pin them in the handdle bar. They have velco so you can open them toward the center:

 

Forgot to mention. Reason you are always getting cold fingertips is due to circulation. Not sure if it can be improved. But something to look into.

 

Skidoo muffs are the best. Only problem is black dart on end. fix. epoxy ThreadEd rod into end of handlebar after cutting out end of handgrip and put wing nut with nylon insert.or call it winged stop nut. available on Amazon.quarter 20 threaded rod .stick out 3/4 inch out from end of handgrip

 

Skidoo muffs are the best. Only problem is black dart on end. fix. epoxy ThreadEd rod into end of handlebar after cutting out end of handgrip and put wing nut with nylon insert.or call it winged stop nut. available on Amazon.quarter 20 threaded rod .stick out 3/4 inch out from end of handgrip

Picture of the set up please. Like to see what you did.


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Also you can we’re thin gloves

 

I ride no matter how cold in Manitoba. My take is that you need to get the wind off while moving for sure.

Insulation is not always your friend. What a sledder really needs in below -30 is thin palms to let the heat in but heavily insulated elsewhere to hold it in. But if those warmers go your in trouble. So I carry mitts at all times in case. I wear fxr gloves and coldgaurds but you need to make sure you keep your hands warm below -30 c.

I'd try any good pair of insulated gauntlets. I'd think if you copied and customized them with fur could one come up with a really cool and warm pair.

 

Check out Cold Gards. They are awesome. Can still see and use all controls. They work.


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I use the old style Ski Doo muffs. The new style works, but I prefer the old.

Don~

 

My wife started using the Skidoo muffs last year and claims they are very warm…..to the point where she only needs a thin glove or mitt when using them. We live in Manitoba and we don’t get quite as cold as you do but it’s not uncommon to see -50C and she rides in those temps. without getting cold hands.

 

Thanks all. First time posting on here. Appreciate all the feedback.