HELP! Any snowboarders happy with WATSON 'SNO JOB' mitts?

Question

I am looking at these snowboard / winter mitts, made by the glove company, Watson. They have a long 'gauntlet' type cuff, with a mitt end, instead of fingers. They are a bit unusual looking.

Answer 1

i use mitts when snowboarding, and i have no trouble whatsoever doing up the binding straps.

i googled those Watson snojob mitts and they allows you to free your finger tips to do fidgety things easier.
If you are planning on just using them for straight snowboarding and nothing else, then i'd suggest to get normal snowboard mitts that don't open up at the finger tips. Reasons being, that extra openings means that there are more places for snow and wetness to enter your gloves, and your fingers will freeze easier and be wet, so not very comfortable.
But if you do something that requires taking off your gloves often like photography on the mountain when you're snowboarding, then i'd say these Watson SNOJOB mitts would be pretty handy.

Answer 2

I havent heard of them before but i would imagine they will be ok as far as keeping your hands warm dry etc. But as mentioned above you are restriceted a bit when wearing mitt type gloves as you can't use your fingers. They were more popular about 10 years ago but died out a bit as they are not as practical as gloves are. You should be able to do your bindings up ok with mitts on, but to be honest it would be easyier for you generally just to get some gloves.

Answer 3

I haven't used these gloves before, but I would imagine that a mitt end would be difficult when it comes to getting your bindings on. If it is snowing and crazy cold out, I wouldn't want to have to constantly take off my gloves just get get my bindings on... Just something to think about.

Answer 4

i hate it it broke so early