What are the warmest usableglove/glove liners

The BPL Possum Down gloves are definitely the lightest but not the most durable, as they tend to shred pretty quickly when used out of the overmit to perform the most routine chores, such as turning the knurled focusing knob on your scope. More durable and affordable are the Alpaca liners made by Auclair. Alpaca is said to be 40% warmer than wool. You can find them on sale at SierraTradingPost.com. Or you could just get some wool Army Surplus liners for about $3.99 and carry some hand warmer packets in the overmit.

I like my DeFeet wool Duragloves. I take a pair of MLD eVent rain mitts too.

http://www.defeet.com/product.php?id=161

+1 on the DeFeet

Are these warmer than a pair of Powerstretch liners? My l PS liners are form fitting enough to allow me to do anything I can do with bare hands… but if these are warmer, I'll switch.

I've had good luck w/ my Smartwool liners- they aren't going to last forever, but thus far pretty impressed w/ their wear. 1.4 oz for weight

my wife has Patagonia liners- they're light, but she doesn't like the feel of them- she's replacing them w/ Smartwool ones

I have several pairs of liners and the opossum gloves. I photograph birds in winter in N Va. I found a pair of fold back mittens from REI that allow me to focus and adjust my camera then pull the mitten part over my fingers to get warm again.

Mike F. are you asking if the DeFeet are warmer than PS gloves? If so, I am not sure… I have not done a side by side, but would guess they are close. My personal preference is wool. I feel that wool is warmer when wet, and my gloves seem to be wet a lot. Wool is also safer around camp fires. Maybe someone else can chime in with real world experience on the warmth comparison.

IMHO the DeFeet are significantly more durable than the Smartwool along with being warmer.

I prefer wool glove lines especially the thin ones … Ive noticed that some, cloudveil especially, synth liners have a nasty habbit of sticking to velcro and ripping apart due to it eventually

odd that unlike other base layers merino glove liners actually seem more durable than the synth ones

Go to a real hardware store and get some of the white string gloves for
99 cents. Make sure they are the 100% polyester kind, not cotton blend.

Even when wet they keep my hands warm and give good dexterity.
I used them when mushing for a dog sled company and had to handle
a lot of cold wet chain and still manipulate snap hooks. They kept my hands from getting rough from the rusty chain too.

They wash up well, and are cheap enough
to keep stashed everywhere you might want a glove. Also Keeps sun off your
hands on blue bird days out on the glaciers.

I found a pair of Buffalo Gold Premium Fibers gloves, 90% American Bison Down, 10% nylon. I have full finger gloves (60 grams for the pair) but they make cut-off finger gloves, mittens and fold-back mittens. Very warm either wet or dry and they shed water and snow. Another winning feature is the 2 1/4 inch stretch band that goes up the wrist and tucks so well inside the jacket sleeve.

army surplus. $3, warm, indestrutible

Thanks for the responses!!! I think I am going to try going with either SmartWool or army navy liners and use a fold back mitt over them.