Best Mittens for Expeditions in Cold Weather? Outdoor Research Alti Mitts Review

[@ALinsdau]

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[@bakerm109]

I just bought a pair of these from our local outdoor store here in New Zealand. They were on special here in NZ for NZD $209. they're a great glove love them . Just what i need for my Alaska trip in Jan / Feb 2025. The only issue i had was the sales team instore had no idea about the spec's or benefits of these gloves. it was due to your review that i had all the details i needed. Thank you.

[@ALinsdau]

Great! Be safe out there.

[@dustinsanchez6471]

I still have my Outdoor Research Mittens from 25 years ago! They are pretty worn out now, and I use them as a back up. Just shows you the tech they put into their gloves. Nice vid!

[@ALinsdau]

Thanks!

[@redwhiteblue7831]

You have the experience I'm looking for, when looking for winter gear. Thank you.

[@ALinsdau]

Thanks stay warm.

[@gabeclark8050]

Thanks for the review. I’m returning my hestra expedition mitts because they don’t fit my hand well sadly, I love the layered design on them. I think I’ll gives these a go instead.

[@ALinsdau]

Be safe out there!

[@boutthere3374]

I have these mitts and actually used them as paddling gloves on my October Bowron canoe circuit trip.I was in 6 down to minus 12C for 7 days and these mitss never allowed my hands to get cold or wet in spite of paddling solo in my pack raft. These are awesome.

[@ALinsdau]

Good to note - I never thought of them for a canoe trip but I will now.

[@boutthere3374]

@@ALinsdau I wore just the outer mitt but still used them inside my paddle pogies.I have no doubt they saved my fingers.Cheers.

[@vickilinsdau8687]

Great review ❄️❄️

[@ALinsdau]

Thank you.

[@thomasf.9869]

Very similar to some of the offerings from Hestra. I find removable inner mitts to be invaluable on multi-day excursions as I can take them out and dry them in the evenings, preventing sweat from turning into ice

[@ALinsdau]

I found these Hestra Mittens: amzn.to/2KtZPuR They don’t look like they have cuffs as long. I wonder how they perform. Good stuff always fun to learn about different products.

[@thomasf.9869]

@@ALinsdau Personally I combine the pullover mitt ( hestragloves.com/sport/en/gloves/outdoor/35111-pull-over-mitt/250440/ ) with the Primaloft liner ( hestragloves.com/sport/en/gloves/liners/34161-primaloft-extreme-liner/100/ ). This is very warm but does not offer the best grip on ski poles and such, so when it is not very cold I use a ski glove ( hestragloves.com/sport/en/gloves/alpine-pro/30590-army-leather-patrol/280/ ) under the pull over mitt. I always wear a thin merino wool liner glove under all that. In general Hestra make gloves for Scandinavian conditions but they do make a mitt specifically for the Polar regions ( hestragloves.com/sport/en/gloves/outdoor/35051-sirius-polar-mitt/300100/ )

[@gcruishank9663]

Great review. I'm planning on doing some winter camping in the interior of BC in Jan/Feb and my hands are generally cold, not very good circulation so these gloves and liners look like the way to go.

[@ALinsdau]

They kept my fingers warm and almost sweaty at the South Pole. Best of luck and be safe!

[@SeekingSnow]

Thanks for the great review! Liked and subscribe

[@ALinsdau]

Thanks!

[@mikeb2546]

I live in Alaska and when I am not working I am outdoors. I have had a lot of mittens. I have actually had some really great pairs with several hundred grams of insulation and get stolen while drying. I was considering these but weighing them against ones made in Fairbanks by Apocolypse Wear and ones by Steger - musher worthy as well. I had frostbite before after losing consciousness due to hypoxia due to altitude sickness. Now my fingers turn purple very quickly. I have had some good OR products that have been stuffed with down. I wore wool liners in them that were made by someone else. I am going to order Alti Mitts. Thanks!

[@ALinsdau]

Steger's stuff is incredible, too.

[@ryaniam22]

Hey. I would have guessed that down mittens would absorb moisture over time which would make them less useful and this would occur much quicker than a sleeping bag looses lol from moisture. Is that not really a problem? Cheers

[@onetwo1615]

Great video, very detailed! I am curious to hear your take on animal fur mittens. I have heard that seal is one of the warmest gloves for extreme conditions.

[@ALinsdau]

Those are fur mittens are popular with Greenlanders.

[@your72ndvirgin91]

Do you recommend sizing up on the mittens to accommodate the liner gloves?

[@ALinsdau]

Yes, I wear them loose so I can ball my hands up if it gets too cold.

[@HappyTrailsHiking]

never worried about the "idiot straps" being called that. HAHA! Look like great gloves and you still have all your digits!

[@ALinsdau]

It’s a funny name but very true.

[@andrewazorian2786]

Hey Aaron, just want to say I love the videos and they've helped me alot with what to buy and how to use it properly. Definitely keep the vids coming because they are so informative. Have you had any experience with the hestra mitts? I'm trying to decide which one to buy and which one is the better mitt

[@ALinsdau]

I looked over the Hestra mitts at the local store. They look pretty nice but they didn’t seem to have as long a gauntlet cover for the wrist and I do t think I saw idiot cords. They’re quite important in stormy conditions. I don’t have a way to test the Hestras at -40deg, so I can’t say on that. If they’re similar to my BD mitts, those were only good to -20deg F.

[@andrewazorian2786]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do that, I appreciate it. I think I'm gonna go with the alti mitts

[@suecox8355]

Great information 🦋 ❤

[@ALinsdau]

Thanks for watching

[@mottobc]

Aaron, Did you have chance to compare Alti mittens with Outdoor Research High Camp Mittens. The price is of half of Alti and seems like many features are same but what difference should be expected beside insulation ?

[@nyctonaut5741]

Great review as always! I’m torn between the gloves and mitts. You didn’t seem as enthusiastic about the gloves. How cold would you rate the gloves? I’ll probably never see sustained -40°, but I am in Alaska (Anchorage area mostly and might do some casual non-summit Denali trips), so it’s possible...

[@ALinsdau]

The mittens are the ultimate. My fingers sweated at the South Pole in overcast, -40 deg C/F temps, with 30MPH winds. The gloves are great but they are tougher to flex. However, I go with gloves whenever possible for dexterity.

[@flatheadfletch]

What about the thumb and index mittens. I just got a deal on a pair ready to pull the trigger. Mutant mittens

[@mattcool97]

I got these mitts to keep me warm bike commuting even when the temp goes below -30 here in Edmonton, Canada. They are great mitts but I've noticed that two factors seem to be decreasing their warmth. First of all if they are damp at all that significantly decreases the warmth so I've been making sure to dry them out between uses. Secondly they seem to be getting less warm as I use them (I've been using them daily for about 3 months now). I think this is because the insulation is getting compressed down with use and possibly with oil and dirt from my hands. I'm wondering what is the best way to clean them and restore their warmth. Any advice? Also just another comment I love how modular they are, I sometimes use just the outer shell or just the inner liner for warmer conditions, or I take the liner out or put it back in during my commute as needed to keep my hands warm without getting sweaty.

[@ALinsdau]

Definitely wash them regularly. Take out the inner mitten, turn it inside out, and send it through with regular detergent on a gentle wash. I haven't recked mine yet!

[@opusx11]

@mattcool97 also in Edmonton and searching for a pair to ski with even during our extreme conditions. How have these held up for you?

[@aggiehort07]

The pl sensor gloves you mentioned you didn't include the link

[@ALinsdau]

Thank you for catching that! Here are the links: Outdoor Research Men's Vigor Heavyweight Sensor Gloves: amzn.to/3oCu85J Outdoor Research Women's Vigor Heavyweight Sensor Gloves: amzn.to/3kKXz4z

[@eliaskorawy8861]

do you prefere them over the black diamonds? and great review my guy Edit: Should i buy them for a skiing-trip?

[@ALinsdau]

I do prefer them to the BD equivalent. I've had the BD gloves and they didn't work as well for me. If yo want incredible mittens, these are hard to beat for a ski trip. They were so warm I had a bit of sweat each day near the South Pole which was really cold.

[@dougferguson5581]

I work in the Arctic. Minus 50 is coming...do you think these will do. My hands don't have great circulation. 500.00 wow

[@ALinsdau]

They're the mittens most everyone uses on Denali and Everest. I used them at the South Pole and they worked great. If you can spring for electric heated gloves, that's always nice.

[@dougferguson5581]

@@ALinsdau electric are a good thought till the battery dies and with out proper insulation..your fingers freeze off.

[@nickgerstenlauer4111]

Love your videos. Which size outer glove do you wear over your Liners? I'm the same height as you, and within 5 lb of your 165lb body weight

[@ALinsdau]

I use the XL size

[@Sparticus3117]

Are these too much glove for Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua?

[@ALinsdau]

For me, they're too much glove for Kilimanjaro. That would've been a sweat fest. If it's stormy or you're sensitive to cold, they'd be a good choice on Aconcagua.

[@Sparticus3117]

@@ALinsdau do you have a glove you would recommend for Kili?

[@CodeCorruptor]

What size?

[@ALinsdau]

I use XL

[@rushilshah8430]

would you prefer these over the marmot 8000 meter mitts?

[@ALinsdau]

Yes but that's me. I've staked my life on Outdoor research stuff and thus far I'm free of finger frostbite.

[@dojocho1894]

I used them in the Military They were called firebrand...Outdoor research has a US military contract

[@ALinsdau]

Nice!

[@indycharlie]

Nice .I have them , love them ! .. gubs

[@ALinsdau]

The best

[@ryaniam22]

I see some companies selling big lofty down mittens that look super warm but wouldn't down gloves loose loft just from regular hand moisure quicker than down sleeping bags would? I don't know but it seems like it'd be a problem. Eddie bauer used to sell some badass down mittens that tneir climbers used to climb everest...but then again climbing everest only takes a few days. What you do in Antarctica is weeks to months so the problem has time to show itself

[@ALinsdau]

Everest is a multi-month acclimatization process. I wish I could find those Eddie Bauer Mittens.

[@FantasticAlbum77]

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[@craigbutler623]

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[@ajamckenzie6449]

no i think us army mitts are much better

[@ALinsdau]

I'd love to try a pair.

[@FantasticAlbum77]

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