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Ask HN: Programming Gloves?

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Hey everyone, winter is coming to us northern coders again. I was wondering if anyone actually used gloves while programming and if you had any purchasing suggestions? Appreciate it! Thanks.

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I bought these gloves and they do the job: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09225MZX3

I had to adjust my typing position a bit, so that my hand isn't so vertically close to the keyboard.

I later bought some much cheaper gloves from Temu. They seem almost the same as the Ergo gloves except for the quality of stitching. The quality of stitching doesn't seem to matter.

https://share.temu.com/X0FjxYzp7iA

I bought some USB powered gloves years ago... the wire melted after 1 day. So if you're going to buy one of these, better make sure they're solid... not gonna lie, the ones I got were on the cheaper side.

This came up sometime ago but from a different approach -- "heating pad for desk." Amazon has a bunch of them and they all seem to work pretty much the same way.

I got an apple branded heating pad. It has a really useful mechanism for creating lots of heat, plus a full qwerty keyboard, full feature GUI and it can even be used for development.

I assume it uses a Intel PTC heater internally. For very cold days I recommend the gaming heating pads with an additional Nvidia PTC heater for extra heat.

Never seen gloves, but I know devs who have bought portable space heaters and placed them either on their desk or below it.

You might be able to find fingerless wool gloves at a bike shop.

They need to be low profile as opposed to the convertible mittens that flip up to expose fingers, for example.

I think most body heat is lost from feet and head so would personally focus more on keeping them warm

Also maybe consider USB-powered heating gloves. You might also check forums for those with Reynauld's syndrome, they would probably have some good suggestions.

Buy a cheap pair and cut off the fingertips.

Mechanical keyboard with heated switches/caps?

I've never tried programming in them and they're not particularly insulating but you might wish to consider Mechanix Original Tactical Gloves as they come in lots of sizes, fit snugly and don't take away too much dexterity. They do have a massive range though so you might prefer one of the insulating knit versions if you're working in cold temperatures. You can see all their gloves here:

https://www.mechanix.com/gb-en/gloves/?start=0&sz=144

Something like these may be better for cold conditions:

https://www.mechanix.com/gb-en/gloves/CWKBL-55.html?dwvar_CW...

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