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I live in a climate that has cold winters, and have Raynaud's syndrome. If it's cold outside, I wear -30C rated mountaineering mitts, and I'm fine, as long as I
by Marsymars 8y ago
I live in a climate that has cold winters, and have Raynaud's syndrome. If it's cold outside, I wear -30C rated mountaineering mitts, and I'm fine, as long as I don't expose my hands to the cold. Touchscreens (and tiny steering wheel buttons) in cars are literally unusable for me for a good portion of the year.
- brixon 8y agoWould a Stylus work on these screens? Granted that is probably more dangerous while driving than a finger.
- KozmoNau7 8y agoA stylus for capacitative touchscreens still needs skin contact in order to work. I know there are gloves with conductive fibres woven in, to make them work with touchscreens. Probably not -30C rated, though.
- eli 8y agoYou can get a capacitive stylus for a few bucks. It's nothing special and doesn't need skin contact.
- ce4 8y agoWould actively heated mitts work, with exposed fingertips?
- Marsymars 8y agoProbably, but they'd need a lot of heating. You lose a lot of insulation with exposed fingertips. Raynaud's starts from my fingertips, so they'd basically need enough heating to keep the fingertips warm via convection. (Plus I'm not sure how you'd do exposed fingertips on a mitt rather than a glove. If you just cut off the end of the mitt you've effectively just got a long sleeve with a thumb pocket.) I do have some wool gloves with exposed fingertips, but if I'm sedentary, they're only good for me down to a minimum of +5C or so.