I have BoT gloves, they are too bulky to fit under gloves and don’t keep my hands warm alone (however they were wonderful to wear w/heat therapy and when I was wearing my last device of torture, a wrist flexion brace).
There are silk glove liners that are super thin and do help a bit, I’ve used those for years.
I have Raynauld’s and live in a very cold climate. My cold weather fix is mutli-focal.
#1. I take Niacin pre-ride. It is a vasodilator and will help improve blood flow to your extremities. You should do this only under doctor supervision.
#2. I wear a ridiculous amount of layers and coats with lots of interior pockets.
#3. I put those “hot hands” heat warmers in all my pockets. So, any given time I ride I wear a warm long johns + sweater over + fleece over that (and 2 hot hands in fleece) then a light jacket (hot hands in those pockets) and an overcoat that is down + 3 hot hands in that. I also put “hot toes” in my boots.
Then I wear heavy gloves while getting ready to ride. Then once horse is tacked up but not bridled I go into bathroom, take off extra warm gloves and run hot water over hands. Then I put on my normal riding gloves (I hate thick gloves where I can’t feel horses mouth) and off I go. Usually by the end of ride I’m hot and shedding layers and hands are warm/pink. AS SOON as I’m done it all has to come back on though as the cool down can be harsh!
This has gotten me - a girl with pretty serious Raynauld’s - through it without anything more than a bit of pain/cold fingers here and there.
Gosh, do you have stock in the hot hands company? :lol: They’re a dollar for two, where I live. I try not to use any until it is below 0 F (-18 C). I guess I’m just cheap. I do use lots of layers, but somehow I just don’t generate heat, especially at 4:30 in the morning. I am trying Niacin at present, with variable results. Sometimes I get a flush on the back of my neck; sometimes nothing at all. Thanks for the input!
I have tried two different kinds of battery warmed gloves, neither produced any discernable heat (Blazewear and Heatglove). There is a $300 pair out there also that I just can’t wrap my head around spending! I use the handpacks in my gloves, but it doesn’t always do the fingers. I may try the muff with a flax pack heated in the microwave. Mittens work better, but I can’t do any barn chores with them. I do have an infrared patio heater in my tack up area, so sometimes use that to thaw my fingers when they have lost all feeling (which doesn’t take long) 
There are motorcycle and snowmobile gloves that plug into the battery on the machine. Maybe I should get some of those with a 12 volt car battery and a long tether. That might just do it, LOL.
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I use the handpacks in my gloves, but it doesn’t always do the fingers. [/QUOTE]
I have a pair of glove liners that have metal thread woven through them (they are black with gold threads) and a pocket on the back of the hand for the heat pack insert. The idea is the metal threads conduct heat to the fingers. I have never tried the heat pack in them, but the theory is sound. They are very nice liners all by themselves though.
these are them
http://www.rei.com/product/661608
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