The Problem Is Wet Hands, Not Cold Air
Most heated gloves are designed for skiing, riding or walking the dog, where your hands stay dry and covered. Fishing breaks both assumptions. You need bare fingertips to tie knots, thread line and unhook fish, and sooner or later your hands get wet, whether that is spray off the bow, a wet line running through your fingers or a fish coming over the side.
Water undoes almost everything a glove is good at. Wet insulation stops trapping warm air, and water pulls heat from skin far faster than cold air does. That is why anglers who try ordinary heated gloves often report that they work beautifully until the first fish, and then never really recover.
So the gloves on this page are chosen for two things before heat: a way to get your fingers out without taking the glove off, and a shell that copes with water rather than just claiming to. None of them is truly waterproof in the sense of surviving submersion, and that is worth knowing before you buy.
Five Heated Gloves and Mittens for Fishing
Five picks, chosen first for how they handle line work and water, then for heat. Specs come from each product listing, checked in October 2026.
ORORO Fargo Heated Flip Top Mittens
The best answer to the knot problem. The mitten top flips back to leave your fingers bare, so you can tie on a lure or rebait without taking anything off, then flip it closed and get straight back to heat. ORORO heats the fingers front and back plus the back of the hand, insulates with PrimaLoft Silver and quotes 3 hours on high and 7 on low from a 7.4V 2000mAh battery. The shell is water resistant with a coating, not a membrane, so it is a cold-weather glove rather than a wet-weather one.
Savior Heat Heated Gloves
If your hands are going to get wet, a membrane matters more than anything else, and this is the most credible one here that you can buy on Amazon. Savior puts a Hipora waterproof membrane under the shell, insulates with 3M Thinsulate and powers the heat with two 7.4V 3000mAh batteries, rated by Savior at up to 12 hours. Three settings run from 104F to 149F and the fingertips work a touchscreen. The trade-off is that nothing opens, so you take a glove off to tie a knot.
ActionHeat 5V Battery Heated Glomitts
A mitten with a magnetic flip top that turns it into a glove, heated through the fingers, thumb and the flip top itself. ActionHeat quotes 145F on high and uses a Fantex waterproof membrane. The weakness is runtime: the 5V 3000mAh pack is rated for only 1.5 hours on high and 3.5 on low, the shortest of anything here, and owner reviews at Scheels mention batteries that would not charge and uneven heat. Check the product photos too, because ActionHeat does not say outright that the fingers are open under the flap.
Savior Heat Heated Mittens
For the walk out, drilling and the long wait between flags, a mitten beats a glove, because fingers kept together stay warmer. Savior's mitten heats the palm, the back of the hand and the fingers to the tips, runs on two 7.4V 3000mAh batteries rated by Savior at up to 12 hours and has a touchscreen thumb. The shell is water resistant rather than waterproof, so keep it away from the hole and switch to something thinner for handling fish.
Kemimoto Camo Heated Hunting Flip Magnetic Gloves
The cheapest way into a flip-top heated glove, with ice fishing listed among its uses, three heat levels up to 149F, touchscreen thumb and index finger, and a claimed 3 to 6 hours. Kemimoto deserves credit for honesty here: its own page states plainly that a full waterproof claim is not provided. Treat it as a dry-day glove for the bank or the shanty, not for handling wet fish.
How They Compare
| Model | Fingers free | Water | Runtime claim | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORORO Fargo | All, flip top | Resistant | 3 to 7 h | Boat and bank |
| Savior Heat Gloves | No | Hipora membrane | Up to 12 h | Wet days |
| ActionHeat Glomitt | Flip top | Fantex membrane | 1.5 to 3.5 h | Short sessions |
| Savior Heat Mittens | No | Resistant | Up to 12 h | Ice fishing |
| Kemimoto Flip | Flip top | Not waterproof | 3 to 6 h | Dry days |
Runtime figures are each manufacturer's claim, from the high to the low setting where both are published. Expect less in real cold. We rate gloves on published specifications and owner reports, not our own testing.
Heated Gloves and Water
Read the manual for any heated glove and you will find the same warning in different words. ORORO's apparel manual tells owners not to use the gear when it is wet, including from heavy sweat, and not to splash or immerse the battery. Fieldsheer tells owners to stop using a battery if the connectors show rust or corrosion. No brand on this page gives its gloves a submersion rating, and you should not assume one.
In practice that means three habits. Take the glove off, or at least flip it open, before you put a hand in the water to land or release a fish. Keep the battery pocket zipped and above the waterline. And if a glove does get soaked, switch it off, take the batteries out and let everything dry at room temperature before you charge or use it again.
Worth knowing about "waterproof": several heated gloves carry the word in the title without naming a membrane to back it up. A named membrane such as HiPora or Fantex is a real claim. A coating, or the word alone, is not. It is the first thing to check on any glove you plan to fish in.
Ice Fishing or Open Water
Ice Fishing
Ice fishing is mostly waiting, and waiting is when hands get cold, because your body is generating almost no heat. A heated mitten like the Savior Heat Heated Mittens is the warmest option for the walk, the auger and the long stretches between bites. Keep a thin unheated glove or a flip-top in the shanty for the moments you need your fingers.
Open Water from a Boat
Spray and wind are the enemies here, and you handle line constantly. A flip-top like the ORORO Fargo or the ActionHeat Glomitt lets you work without taking anything off. If you run and gun with long boat rides between spots, the wind chill at speed is brutal, so put the glove on high for the run and turn it down when you stop.
Bank and Pier Fishing
The easiest case. You can keep hands drier, and a flip-top or even a pair of heated glove liners under a loose shell will cover most days.
The Specs That Matter for Fishing
What to check on a listing before you buy a heated glove for the water, and what you can skip.
Worth checking
- A flip top or fold-back finger you can work one-handed
- A named waterproof membrane, not just the word
- Heat in the fingers, not only the back of the hand
- A zipped battery pocket high on the cuff
- Grip on the palm for wet rods and fish
Safe to ignore
- Touchscreen fingertips, which rarely work wet
- Peak temperatures you will not run all day
- Headline runtimes, which are best cases on the lowest setting
- Camo patterns, unless you also hunt
You May Not Need a Heated Glove at All
Plenty of experienced anglers never buy heated gloves, and their reasoning is sound. Batteries and water do not mix, and a glove that stops heating when it gets wet is just an expensive glove. Neoprene fishing gloves and flip mitts from makers like Glacier Glove stay warm when wet in a way insulated gloves do not, cost a fraction of the price and need no charging.
A common setup on the ice is an unheated fishing glove on the hands and a rechargeable hand warmer in a pocket for warming up between fish. Our guide to heated gloves versus hand warmers goes through when each one wins.
Common Questions
Short answers to what anglers ask most about heated gloves.
Are heated gloves good for ice fishing?
Yes, for the waiting, which is where most cold hands come from. A heated mitten is warmest. For handling fish and line, pair it with a flip-top or a thin unheated glove so the heated pair stays dry.
Can heated gloves get wet?
Light rain and snow, yes. Submersion, no. Manufacturers warn against using heated gear when wet and against immersing the battery. If a glove gets soaked, switch it off, remove the batteries and dry everything before charging.
What heated gloves let me tie knots?
Flip-top or convertible designs. The ORORO Fargo frees all your fingers, and the ActionHeat Glomitt and Kemimoto Flip both use magnetic flip tops.
How long do heated fishing gloves last on a charge?
Manufacturers claim anything from 3.5 to 12 hours on low. In real cold expect well under that, so carry a spare set of batteries in an inside pocket for a full day on the water.
Are waterproof heated gloves really waterproof?
Only some. Look for a named membrane such as HiPora or Fantex. A glove described as waterproof without one usually has a water-resistant coating, which will not hold up to constant wet.
Which One Should You Buy?
Buy the ORORO Fargo if you fish from a boat or the bank and need your fingers free constantly. It is the most practical design here, as long as you keep it out of the water.
Buy the Savior Heat Heated Gloves if your days are wet. The Hipora membrane is the most credible water claim here, though you will take a glove off for knots.
Buy the Savior Heat Heated Mittens for ice fishing, and keep something thinner for handling fish.
The ActionHeat Glomitt suits short, cold sessions, and the Kemimoto Flip is a dry-day budget option. And if you are still deciding whether heated gloves are worth it for fishing at all, our guide to whether heated gloves are worth it is a good place to start.
