Best winter gloves for a construction worker?

Carhart has some nice insulated leather work gloves. I have a pair that just won't die.

Construction Gloves

Warmth and dexterity are opposing ideals in gloves. Pretty much, you can't have both in the same glove. And, yes, most people who do things outside have had this issue, and none has the perfect solution.

I find that having super thick gloves don't work because you're always taking them off to do things with your hands, so your hands end up cold anyway.

I prefer silk weight liners gloves. They are thin and dextrous like a rubber glove so they are good for doing things. Then, I wear a pair of heavy fleece fingerless gloves over them with the mitten flip back finger cover. This gives me the most options. When I'm not using my hands, I flip down the mittens. When I'm hammering, I only flip up the left mitten to hold the nail.

In the temps he's working in, I'd use hand warmers, too. I buy them by the case and they work out to less than a buck a piece, which is cheap for a day of comfortable hands. I prefer to tape them over the veins in my wrists than stick them in my gloves

Unless he actually needs to use fingers individually, mittens are better than gloves. You might look into combination mitten/gloves. You wear an inner cloth glove with individual fingers. Over that you wear a tough leather mitten. If you do not need to use all your fingers, such as using a hammer, you keep the mitten on. if you have to use your individual fingers you just take off the outer mitten and use the inner glove to work things then when you are done, you put the outer mitten back on. This is much better than wearing a thick glove and having to take it off completely to do some fine work.

You might also check, there are companies out there that make Kevlar gloves for situations where you have to use sharp instruments cutting things. They could save him a finger.

Last point...if he has a wedding ring he should take it off at work. I know of one lineman in Minnesota years ago who wore his ring all the time, including under his glove. Eventually the wedding band wore just enough of the glove away that he got electrocuted via the line to his wedding ring to his heart. The saying was, LOVE KILLED HIM....

I have a pair of gloves from seirus and they are warm and do give decent dexterity. I mainly use mine for driving because my truck has no heat anymore really and it gets pretty cold up here in the winter -20 or so at night and morning. My gloves cost me $29.99 at Fleet Farm and i have a full face mask that goes with them i bought separate. What he could do is have like a little propane Mr. Heater by him and use that to keep him warm.

EDIT: HE could buy Heat factory packets like $2.99 for 2 and they take about 5 minutes to activate but last for about 7 hours.

most framers i know use a pair of white cotton liner gloves under a pair of brown jersey gloves. there isnt really a single pair thats worth the money when you work with sheet metal all day. so you buy the cheap gloves in bulk and use as needed.

brown jerseys 5 pairs for 4 bucks. http://www.harborfreight.com/5-pair-brown-jersey-g...

white liners:http://www.norwestsafety.com/safety.asp?PageID=9&C...

i am a tinner ( he will know) so i work wih the same material all day too. i have tried to buy expensive gloves and i never feel like i get my moneys worth. the sheet metal is just too rough on them. the gloves i suggested arent the best best for dexterity, but you can either cuss your warm fingers for fumbling with the screw, or you can cuss your frozen for not even being able to pick up the screw.

as long as you are busy and moving around, then that combo will keep you warm down to about 10 degrees

Perhaps you can find some brown jersey gloves with insulation. I have not looked for any in many years, but I used to hunt with them. They are relatively thin but are decent at keeping your hand warm while providing decent dexterity. I also have some leather gloves with a red lining that works pretty well.

The middle ground are hand warmers. These are packets sold at most sporting goods stores for gloves & pockets. They have a dry chemical that when mixed, give off heat for like 20 mins.

I used to wear those cheap cotton gloves underneath my work gloves when I did HVAC construction.

From what I hear and see those mechanics brand gloves are very popular.