My hands go numb within minutes of being outside and it takes a good ten minutes of pain before they come back. These liners are the first thing I've worn that stops it happening in the first place rather than helping me recover afterwards.
Glove Liners
- Layers under the gloves you own
- Thin enough to keep on for everything
- Nothing to charge, nothing to fail
I've tried the lot — thermal liners, warmers in my pockets, doubling up with a second pair. Ordered these half expecting to send them back. First cold morning I wore them for the whole walk and never thought about my hands once. Lead, clip, bag, gate, phone. On the really raw days they go under my mitts and I'm sorted.
| Size | Mid finger length | Palm circumference |
|---|---|---|
| M | 2.95–3.15″7.5–8 cm | 7.48–8.07″19–20.5 cm |
| L | 3.15–3.35″8–8.5 cm | 8.07–8.66″20.5–22 cm |
| XL | 3.35–3.55″8.5–9 cm | 8.66–9.06″22–23 cm |
Finding your size
It takes a minute, and you only measure once. Men: start at L or larger. Women: start at M or larger.
- Measure your palm. Spread your fingers and wrap a soft tape measure around your palm at its widest point, leaving the thumb out. No tape measure? A strip of paper or a piece of string works just as well — wrap it round, mark where it meets, then hold it against a ruler. Measure your dominant hand, or whichever is wider. Each order includes a left and a right, so one size covers the pair.
- Measure your middle finger. From the base to the tip. If your two numbers land in different sizes, go with the palm circumference — that's the measurement the fit depends on.
- Match. Find your numbers in the chart above.
If you plan to layer
These are liners, so the fit should be close — a loose liner slides against your fingers and you lose the feel you bought them for. If you'll be wearing them under your own gloves or mitts, check the outer has room to spare. A liner that fits perfectly on its own can be a squeeze inside a snug shell, and squashing both layers together costs you warmth rather than adding it.
On the border between two sizes? Choose the smaller one for wearing alone, where a close fit gives you the most feel. Go up only if your outer gloves are already a tight fit.
Warm enough to keep on. Thin enough to keep going.
Cold hands don't usually stop you because they hurt. They stop you because you take the glove off to do the thing — work the phone, clip the lead, hold the strap, feel the buckle — and by the time it's back on, the cold has already won. Thicker gloves don't fix that. They just make you take them off sooner. We built these around the three things that actually go wrong.
- Bulk that defeats the point. A close-knit thermal layer that traps your own heat instead of adding thickness. Full fingers, right to the tips, where the cold lands first — and slim enough that you never reach for the zip with a bare hand.
- The glove that only works while it's on. The warmest pair you own stops warming you the second it comes off. A liner underneath means there's still something on your hands at the gate, the card reader, the phone — so wear them alone most days, and under your own gloves or mitts when it turns properly cold.
- Warmth that gives out halfway through. Nothing to charge, nothing to run flat, nothing to fail at the knuckle. Put them on and they work — the first morning and the hundredth.
Made to be worn, not saved for bad days. Thin, washable and quick drying, so they live in your coat pocket instead of the drawer with every other pair.
Hand Hearth Glove Liners are a warming garment. We make no medical claim, and nothing here is intended to diagnose, treat, prevent or manage any health condition.
What are they made of?
80.2% nylon, 19.8% spandex, with microfleece technology. Built to layer rather than to bulk out.
- Microfleece interior — brushed soft against the skin, and warm for how little there is of it
- Nylon face — hard-wearing and smooth, so an outer glove slides on over the top instead of dragging
- Near-20% spandex — stretches to your hand and stays there, no bunching at the fingers
- Touchscreen fingertips — phone and card reader without a bare hand
- Flat fingertip seams — nothing between you and what you're holding
Warmth, sweat and weather
Warm hands sweat, and a layer that holds that moisture turns cold on you an hour later. Nylon doesn't soak it up the way cotton or wool do, so these stay light on your hands and dry fast enough to wear again the same day.
These aren't waterproof — a liner isn't meant to be. In rain or wet snow, wear them under a shell. That's the layer that keeps water off; this is the layer that keeps warmth in.
How do I care for them?
- Hand wash only. Cool water, mild detergent, inside out. No machine.
- Skip the fabric softener. It coats the fleece and flattens the pile, which is where the warmth actually comes from.
- Press, don't wring. Roll them in a towel to get the water out — wringing stretches the spandex and it won't spring back.
- Dry them flat. Away from radiators, direct sun and the tumble dryer. Heat is what kills stretch fabric.
- Snagged one? Don't cut it. Ease the thread back through from the inside with a blunt needle.
Between seasons. Wash, dry fully, store flat. A liner put away damp in March is a liner you throw out in October.
Three ways people wear these.
- On their own, most of the time. At a desk, in the car, on a walk, in a cold house. Thin enough that you forget them — which is how most people end up using them.
- Under the gloves you already own. Your outer comes off a dozen times a day. The liner doesn't. That's the difference between cold hands at eleven and warm ones at four.
- As the spare pair that lives in the car. Small enough to keep a set in the glovebox and a set in your bag, instead of hunting for the good gloves every morning.
How warm are they on their own?
Enough for most of the winter — the school run, the commute, a long walk, a cold room, a table you're sat at for hours. In hard cold, wind or wet, put your own gloves or mitts over the top. That's what a liner is for, and it beats owning one enormous pair you wear twice a year.
What's included
- 1 pair of Hand Hearth Glove Liners — one left, one right
- 1 sizing and care card
Two pairs beats one. One in the wash, one on your hands. Add a second pair.
Finish the set, stay warm everywhere
Wearable Heated Blanket
Heated Hoodie
Heated Jacket
Heated Fleece
Heated Coat
Heated Vest
What customers actually say
These actually work
"I've tried everything for hands that are cold before I've even got out the door — wool liners, warmers, the cheap ones that went baggy after a month. These are thin enough that I can still get my work gloves on over the top, and thin enough that most days I don't need to."
Layering, not replacing
"I've bought so many "warm" gloves over the years I could open a shop, and every one of them ended up in a pocket the second I needed to do something. These go under the mitts I already own on the worst days, and on their own the rest of the time. First winter I haven't come home with aching hands."
Thin enough that I forget them
"I'd given up on gloves for anything fiddly. I'd end up with them stuffed in a pocket and my hands going numb anyway. These I keep on: buckles, zips, phone, all of it. I honestly forget I'm wearing them until I take them off."
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I've run heated grips on my bike for three winters so I thought my cold hands were sorted. Turns out it was the backs of my fingers the whole time. First commute in these gloves and I didn't pull over once to warm up.
I walk two dogs every morning through the winter and I need my hands for treats, poo bags and the leads. Every warm glove I'd tried meant taking them off constantly. These are thin enough that I just leave them on the whole walk.
Rode 340 miles in a day through the mountains in October. Started on high, dropped to low once I warmed up, swapped the battery at lunch. Never had cold hands and never had to cut the day short.
I've always had cold feet and I'd been looking for heated socks for my winter photo sessions, but I was worried they'd be flimsy. They aren't. Ten outings in and the heat is still even across both.
My bike used to sit in the garage from November through March. Bought the gloves in December and I've been out most days since. Three extra months of riding a year, which is the whole reason I own the thing.
I bought the vest to stop paying to heat the whole house while I work from home. I heat my body now, not the room. The heating has barely come on this month.
What sold me is the heat across the knuckles and out to the fingertips. That's where the cold actually lands, and it's the exact spot every other glove I've owned ignores completely.
My fingers go white and numb in the cold and winter photography had basically stopped being possible. These liners let me feel the shutter and keep my hands warm at the same time. I'm out taking photos again.
Pulled over on the first ride to turn the heat down. Twenty-two years of riding and that has never once happened to me.
I keep mine on at my desk. My hands used to get cold in the house before they got cold outside. Thin enough to type in, which was the thing I didn't think I'd get.
45 minutes each way to work. Going in was never the problem because my hands were warm when I left. Coming home in the dark was. These are still putting out heat when I pull into the garage.
Bought these for my mother who is 84 and stopped going out in winter. She rang me to say she'd walked to the shop and back without stopping. That was the whole point.
I deliver five nights a week. Two pairs of gloves and chemical warmers, none of it worked past the first hour. These get me through a full shift on medium. Bought a second battery so I swap at my break instead of going home early.
The socks warm up within seconds of switching them on, and the heat covers the whole foot rather than just the toes. That was my complaint with the last pair I tried.
My wife got the first pair and I borrowed them once. Ordered my own the same night.
I wear the vest under my coat at my grandson's football matches. I used to leave at half time. I watched the whole match last Saturday for the first time in years.
I stopped riding in winter about six years ago because of my hands. Nothing else about the cold bothered me. Got these in November and I'm out at the weekends again. My only regret is the six years.
I've washed the socks after nearly every wear and they're still heating exactly the same. That was the thing I was most worried about before ordering.
Wind is the real enemy, not temperature. I've got no fairing on my bike so everything hits my hands square on. These hold up at 70 on the interstate, which no glove I've owned has managed.
It's slim enough to wear under a normal coat, which the last heated vest I bought absolutely was not. I don't look like I'm wearing anything unusual.
I'm 68 and my circulation isn't what it was. My fingertips would go numb inside ten minutes no matter what I wore. These are the first gloves that actually get heat to the ends of my fingers instead of just the palm.
Ordered on the Tuesday, wearing them on the Friday. Had a question about the battery indicator and got a proper answer from a person within a few hours. Rare enough to be worth mentioning.
Buy the spare batteries at the same time. Ten seconds to swap and you've doubled your day. Cheaper than cutting a trip short.
I put the socks on in the evening after a bath and adjust the setting as I need it. I bought them for outdoors and I use them indoors more.
I have a drawer full of winter gloves that all promised the same thing. Thick ones, waterproof ones, liners, the lot. This is the first pair that works, because it's putting heat in rather than trying to hold it.
The mittens keep my fingers together and warm, and I can still get into my bag and my pockets. Every convertible pair I tried before was so bulky I couldn't do either.
Three settings is the right number. Low is plenty above freezing and high is there when you need it. I can change it without taking my hand off the bar for long.
The battery packs sit flat and don't slide down or dig in as I walk. The pair I tried two winters ago had the battery right at the cuff and I could feel it the whole time.
Second winter on these and both gloves still heat the same. More than I can say for a cheap pair I bought off a marketplace that gave up on one side in January.
I bought the liners to wear under my own mitts and it works exactly as I hoped. When I take the outer off to do something I've still got heat on my hands.
I'm outside for work all year and I go through gear fast. These have lasted the whole season without the wiring giving up at the wrist, which is where every other pair has failed on me.
My husband bought me the vest for Christmas after I'd spent three winters complaining. I've barely had it off. He's now bought one for himself.
Four days through Montana in October, mornings in the twenties, riding eight until four most days. Never lost feeling in my hands once.
I'm outside at the school gates twice a day in a Canadian winter. The socks alone made more difference than the expensive boots I bought last year.
My hands used to ache for an hour after I came in. That deep ache that isn't really cold any more, it's just pain. That's gone, and I wasn't expecting the difference to carry on after I'd taken them off.
I was very sceptical ordering something I'd seen on Facebook. It arrived quickly, it's well made, and it does what the page said. Not something I can say about most things I've ordered that way.
Riding in winter had basically ended for me. My fingers would go white at every set of lights. These keep the fingertips warm enough that I can hold the bars normally the whole way.
Warm, well made, and I like them a lot. My only note is that I wish the batteries charged faster. A few hours is a long time if you forget to plug them in the night before. Easy enough once it's a habit.
Good gloves. The fingers run slightly long on me. I was right on the line between two sizes and went with the larger, and I should have sized down like the chart says. Still warm, just a bit of room at the tips.
I got these for my mum and ended up ordering a pair for myself a fortnight later. She's stopped saying no to going out.
Took a few outings to get used to. They're thicker than what I'm used to and the first day I was fumbling. By day three I'd stopped noticing. Warm the whole time, no complaints there.
One of mine arrived with a fault and a replacement was here in a few days without any argument. I'd have given five stars for the product anyway, but the way that was handled is why I'm writing this.
No complaints about the warmth at all. On the highest setting the battery goes faster than I expected, so I run it on medium and keep it there. Once I worked that out I stopped thinking about it.
These do help and I'm glad I bought them. I would say the heat is strongest across the back of the hand and slightly less at the very ends of my fingers, which is where I feel the cold most. Still an improvement on anything else I've tried.
Solid. It took me a couple of goes to learn the button presses without looking down. Once you've counted them a few times it's second nature, but the instructions could be clearer on that.
Warm and comfortable. I wear a large in everything and the large here is snug, so if you're between sizes I'd think carefully. Worth measuring properly rather than guessing like I did.
The warmth is genuinely there. I got caught in two hours of hard rain though and water did work its way in eventually. The page does say splash resistant rather than waterproof, so that's on me for hoping. Dried out fine and still heats evenly.
I'd have liked more runtime on the highest setting for a full day out. Medium gets me there comfortably. If you're outside all day in real cold, buy the second battery up front rather than finding out.
I think I ordered the wrong size. They go on fine but there's enough room that I'm not getting the close contact I expected. Returns were handled without a fuss and I'm waiting on the swap.
I ordered large and should have ordered medium. It's loose on me and I don't feel I'm getting much out of it as a result. The quality of the thing itself is clearly good, which is why I'm exchanging rather than returning.