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This completely fails for me. I will end up with freezing cold hands and a warm body. Put me in a 65f room and after an hour of being idle my hands will start t

This completely fails for me. I will end up with freezing cold hands and a warm body. Put me in a 65f room and after an hour of being idle my hands will start to go numb from the cold.

nexus2045 4y ago
Got a small heater (size of a small PC speaker) for 20 bucks on Amazon, most effective purchase I’ve made in recent memory, super effective for cold fingers and doesn’t even need to be on all the time
- spoiler 4y ago
  Which one did you get? I tried getting one at work a few years ago and all it did was feel like a dragon's breath on my face, and my hands got a bit of warmth
hgsgm 4y ago
wolf gloves / thumbhole shirts, and of you are idle you can tuck hands under a blanket or chest pockets.
- pc86 4y ago
  Wearing gloves and holding your hands inside your pockets while reading so you can save $10/month on your electricity bill seems pretty miserable.
  - gambiting 4y ago
    The problem is that it isn't $10 a month. Not anymore with the current energy prices. At least here in UK the difference between 18C(65F) and 20C at home can be literally hundreds of pounds a month.
  - 8note 4y ago
    Gloves and pockets are pretty compfy
eadmund 4y ago
Have you tried wristers? They’re basically tubes for your upper hand, wrist and lower forearm, with a little slit for your thumb. By keeping the blood at the wrist warm they keep your hands much warmer than they’d otherwise be, while letting you retain full freedom of motion for your fingers. They’re even better than fingerless gloves in that regard.
- p1nkpineapple 4y ago
  Wristers (we call them "pulse-warmers" here) are AMAZING. My Grandmother-in-law spends her days knitting hundreds of these, and now we have multiple plastic bags full of fluffy multicolured pulse-warmers that we don't know what to do with. If anyone her wants to pay the postage from NZ, I'll happily send them around the world for no cost :)
  - Sebb767 4y ago
    I might take you up on that offer :) How can one contact you?
    - p1nkpineapple 4y ago
      Just added my email to my profile!
Broken_Hippo 4y ago
Have you seen a doctor about this just to make sure you don't have circulation issues? Alternatively, keep some fingerless gloves around - or learn to knit/crochet/sew and make some (they aren't all that complicated for something basic). For around the house, you could honestly convert some socks if you aren't worried about how they might look. I'd get some of the no-fray glue they sell at craft stores if you go this route. These are great when you are idle.
- carlosjobim 4y ago
  > Have you seen a doctor about this just to make sure you don't have circulation issues? What can the doctor do about it?
  - Broken_Hippo 4y ago
    Not a doctor, but I'd think that would depend entirely on what was causing it.
- com2kid 4y ago
  > Have you seen a doctor about this just to make sure you don't have circulation issues? Yes, doctor said I have poor circulation in my extremities. Except she said that using Latin, so that was super helpful. /s From what I've read, the body primarily measures core temp around the chest, so wearing lots of layers on the body can cause the extremities to get cold since the body goes "everything is warm enough, no need to even try and warm things up with extra blood flow!" So paradoxically, wearing less clothes can help.

This completely fails for me. I will end up with freezing cold hands and a warm body. Put me in a 65f room and after an hour of being idle my hands will start to go numb from the cold.

nexus2045 4y ago

Got a small heater (size of a small PC speaker) for 20 bucks on Amazon, most effective purchase I’ve made in recent memory, super effective for cold fingers and doesn’t even need to be on all the time

spoiler 4y ago
Which one did you get? I tried getting one at work a few years ago and all it did was feel like a dragon's breath on my face, and my hands got a bit of warmth

hgsgm 4y ago

wolf gloves / thumbhole shirts, and of you are idle you can tuck hands under a blanket or chest pockets.

pc86 4y ago
Wearing gloves and holding your hands inside your pockets while reading so you can save $10/month on your electricity bill seems pretty miserable.
- gambiting 4y ago
  The problem is that it isn't $10 a month. Not anymore with the current energy prices. At least here in UK the difference between 18C(65F) and 20C at home can be literally hundreds of pounds a month.
- 8note 4y ago
  Gloves and pockets are pretty compfy

eadmund 4y ago

Have you tried wristers? They’re basically tubes for your upper hand, wrist and lower forearm, with a little slit for your thumb. By keeping the blood at the wrist warm they keep your hands much warmer than they’d otherwise be, while letting you retain full freedom of motion for your fingers. They’re even better than fingerless gloves in that regard.

p1nkpineapple 4y ago
Wristers (we call them "pulse-warmers" here) are AMAZING. My Grandmother-in-law spends her days knitting hundreds of these, and now we have multiple plastic bags full of fluffy multicolured pulse-warmers that we don't know what to do with. If anyone her wants to pay the postage from NZ, I'll happily send them around the world for no cost :)
- Sebb767 4y ago
  I might take you up on that offer :) How can one contact you?
  - p1nkpineapple 4y ago
    Just added my email to my profile!

Broken_Hippo 4y ago

Have you seen a doctor about this just to make sure you don't have circulation issues? Alternatively, keep some fingerless gloves around - or learn to knit/crochet/sew and make some (they aren't all that complicated for something basic). For around the house, you could honestly convert some socks if you aren't worried about how they might look. I'd get some of the no-fray glue they sell at craft stores if you go this route. These are great when you are idle.

carlosjobim 4y ago
> Have you seen a doctor about this just to make sure you don't have circulation issues? What can the doctor do about it?
- Broken_Hippo 4y ago
  Not a doctor, but I'd think that would depend entirely on what was causing it.
com2kid 4y ago
> Have you seen a doctor about this just to make sure you don't have circulation issues? Yes, doctor said I have poor circulation in my extremities. Except she said that using Latin, so that was super helpful. /s From what I've read, the body primarily measures core temp around the chest, so wearing lots of layers on the body can cause the extremities to get cold since the body goes "everything is warm enough, no need to even try and warm things up with extra blood flow!" So paradoxically, wearing less clothes can help.