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Cold hands when typing? Anyone try compression gloves? - Mrs. Numbfingers

Posted: Mar 20, 2010

I suffer from terribly cold fingers when I am typing. My mom suggested compression gloves. Has anyone ever tried them?

Right now I am running a spaceheater pointed at my hands and I am still having to take breaks to warm them up.

Smetimes I put a heating pad on low under my keyboard, on my lap. nm - CaliDeb nm

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I have a pair of those cheap stretchy .. sm - oldtimer

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gloves that I have cut the tips off. It works very well for me.

Cold hands when typing - BH

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I tried your suggestion of cutting the tips off cheap stretchy gloves, and they are working well for me too.

I keep a desk lamp on my desk - sm - NYMT

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It's the only lamp in the house that still has an incandescent bulb, 60 watts. It has a gooseneck so I can stretch it out over my keyboard and it keeps my hands nice and warm!

Right now those little knit striped fingerless stretchy gloves - are all the rage. Got some for about $5 (sm)

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at a little accessory boutique at a mall, and they're PERFECT. For a quick hand warmup, I lay them on top of my radiant oil-filled space heater for a few moments before putting them on. Aaahhhhhhh!!!!!
:)

I'm using compression gloves.... - anotherMT

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made by Imak. I have pretty small hands and ordered their extra small. They are pretty tight, very well made, and they warm my hands up pretty quickly. I still don't like typing with gloves on, but these don't slow me down that much...and I usually take them off as soon as my hands get warm again. I think I bought them from Amazon, but you could Google Imak and see what you find. Good luck!

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