Suggestions Needed: Heated gloves for Raynaud's sufferer

[Arrivalist]

My 89 year old father suffers from Raynaud's which causes his hands to constantly feel cold.

I want to get him some heated gloves but, having researched every company and product that google comes up with, they all seem to be fraudulent.

Can anyone recommend anything?

Thanks.

[Riley Blue]

Loads on Amazon. They can't all be 'iffy', can they?

[Arrivalist]

Riley Blue said:

Loads on Amazon. They can't all be 'iffy', can they?

There are loads but the reviews seem all over the place so a personal recommendation would be my preferred approach.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

My understanding is that heated gloves will not help with Reynaud's, but a heated gilet or body warmer might. The whiteness and numbness in the fingers is a reaction to your core being too cold.

[Arrivalist]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

My understanding is that heated gloves will not help with Reynaud's, but a heated gilet or body warmer might. The whiteness and numbness in the fingers is a reaction to your core being too cold.

From the NHS - wear warm clothes during cold weather, especially on your hands and feet.

He definitely needs something specifically warm for his hands.

[Animal]

I've got a pair of Lerway winter warm gloves at the minute and they do a pretty good job for £10 or so from Amazon, but the best I've ever tried were Hestra but they're a lot of money!

[CLK-GTR]

My wife has Therm IC heated gloves for skiing, they're brilliant but not the smallest.

[macp]

Dont think I have reynauds. but I really suffer every year with cold fingers. I got a decent pair of mittens from Go Outdoors which I wear with some merino wool gloves. So far so good.

[Anastie]

Little Hotties hand warmers sold at Costco. Gym owner suffers from the same and she swears by them plus a decent gillet

[Arrivalist]

Thanks for the suggestions- I’ll check those out.

[Athlon]

I have this and as a mechanic it is annoying. I have tried all sorts and I can tell you that once it starts no glove will resolve it. It is probably the last thing I should do but holding my hands and hot water until I get pins and needles in my fingers sorts it out for a few hours, it's all about getting the capillaries opened up and blood flowing. The next few months are uncomfortable to say the least.

[Anastie]

Little Hotties hand warmers sold at Costco. Gym owner suffers from the same and she swears by them plus a decent gillet

[Arrivalist]

Going to order a box of little hotties - looks like the simplest solution.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[s p a c e m a n]

I've got this, keeping my wrists warm makes a massive difference. Long gloves or 80s sweat bands depending on how cool he is

[Badda]

nifedipine Or topical gtn

[Stevemr]

If you have a look at sportsbike shop at heated motorcycle gloves there are some on there powered by rechargeable battery.

[MajorMantra]

Is this just for general outdoor wear? I have Reynauds and I sometimes wear Sealskinz heated gloves for cycling in really cold weather. They're pretty decent although battery life is always the limiting factor.

Motorcycle ones will have too much armour really for everyday use and many are 12V as they run off the bike's batter. (I wore Gerbing ones to commute but they wouldn't have worked for other purposes.)

[Arrivalist]

Stevemr said:

If you have a look at sportsbike shop at heated motorcycle gloves there are some on there powered by rechargeable battery.

He may be cool (responding to spaceman) but I don’t think he wants to wear motorbike gauntlets in the house when making a cuppa

[a340driver]

I'm 60 and have had this on some of my fingers for the last 20 years or so.

Agree that gloves can help to stop an attack, but if I've got one then ideally I'll run my hands under warm water or spin my arms around (maybe not ideal for your father) or drag my other hand over the effected finger to try to push blood to the fingertip. I've also found these Shakti rings to be useful to do the same thing if I'm out and about. You roll them up and down your finger to achieve the same effect. Cheap as well!

https://www.shaktimat.co.uk/products/shakti-acupre...

[Arrivalist]

a340driver said:

I'm 60 and have had this on some of my fingers for the last 20 years or so.

Agree that gloves can help to stop an attack, but if I've got one then ideally I'll run my hands under warm water or spin my arms around (maybe not ideal for your father) or drag my other hand over the effected finger to try to push blood to the fingertip. I've also found these Shakti rings to be useful to do the same thing if I'm out and about. You roll them up and down your finger to achieve the same effect. Cheap as well!

https://www.shaktimat.co.uk/products/shakti-acupre...

Thanks for that. A stroke a few years back means he only has the use of one hand so that may be more of a challenge than he can rise to