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I ran my badly vibrating fs250r with some new Stihl heavy A/V gloves yesterday and while my fingers tingled for 5 minutes afterward, that is far better than the Youngstown A/V gloves which have my hands tingling for an hour afterward, and tingling for 24 hours with regular gloves. At first, the Stihls are bulky and uncomfortable, but work well and you quickly get used to the bulk and don't notice it at all when working.
 
I ran my badly vibrating fs250r with some new Stihl heavy A/V gloves yesterday and while my fingers tingled for 5 minutes afterward, that is far better than the Youngstown A/V gloves which have my hands tingling for an hour afterward, and tingling for 24 hours with regular gloves. At first, the Stihls are bulky and uncomfortable, but work well and you quickly get used to the bulk and don't notice it at all when working.
I tried the Stihl's on, made me feel like the Michelin Man.... but I guess the alternative is what Ihave now, painful swollen hands every morning.


Anybody here try the superior brand S10 Vibe????
 
Big News! It might not be your saw or your gloves!

It might be a vitamin B12 deficiency. Went to Dr. Had blood test. That was it for me, and for my 79 year old Dad as well, once we put it all together. Might be tingling, numbness in fingers, hands, or even feet. Nerve damage may be permanent so don't put it off. Evidently 3% of us don't absorb enough B12 when we age.
 
From Harvard Health:

What harm can having too little of vitamin B12 do? Consider this: Over the course of two months, a 62-year-old man developed numbness and a “pins and needles” sensation in his hands, had trouble walking, experienced severe joint pain, began turning yellow, and became progressively short of breath. The cause was lack of vitamin B12 in his bloodstream, according to a case reportfrom Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital published in The New England Journal of Medicine. It could have been worse—a severe vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to deep depression, paranoia and delusions, memory loss, incontinence, loss of taste and smell, and more.
 
I too used to ride bikes. I rode between 20-60 miles at a time. The numbing from riding without good gloves is a PITA, but it can lead to permanent nerve damage. I wonder if cycling gloves wouldn't work well for O P E use as well?

Absolutely. Just used mine to buck for a week. Gloves destroyed but hands survived.
 

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