Snowsled jacket pocket loop question

[Bowstring]

Hello! I am probably about to ask a stupid question....I have a Snowsled arctic ventile jacket, which is supper comfy. In the pockets, at the bottom, there is a loop of material, just big enough to hook a finger through....My wife says they must be 'comfort' loops....and in fact I do find myself walking along with my fingers hooked in them....but they must be for tethering gloves to or something. Does anyone know what the intended purpose was for them? I am guessing hand warmers; but someone must know for sure. Thanks.

 

[Billy-o]

clipping lanyards to for, well, keys and compasses and knives and notebooks and torches and .... that sort of thing

 

[Bowstring]

clipping lanyards to for, well, keys and compasses and knives and notebooks and torches and .... that sort of thing

Thought so, just wondered if there was a single specific thing Snowsled originally had in mind - but ya, general attachment point. Cheers

 

[Erbswurst]

I wouldn't put my fingers through loops if walking.
We even interdicted our boy scouts to put the hands into the pockets with good reasons.

 

[Herman30]

The loop could also be used to attach the snowmobile engines kill switch to the rider.

 

[Bowstring]

The loop could also be used to attach the snowmobile engines kill switch to the rider.

Ah, that sounds like a make specific answer...I like it, good call!

 

[Bowstring]

I wouldn't put my fingers through loops if walking.
We even interdicted our boy scouts to put the hands into the pockets with good reasons.

Hmmm, maybe just keep one hand free then to break my fall?

 

[Erbswurst]

Seriously:
Outdoors the risk to fall is pretty high and if you carry a rucksack and have the hands in the pockets of the clothing you risk to break an arm, what surely isn't so nice, especially alone in the woods.

 

[The Lord Poncho]

I've no idea if its correct or not, but I would have thought that actually most fractures to the wrist, arm, collar bone etc occur because people instinctively put out an arm to break their fall.

 

[Erbswurst]

That's possible.
I think with the hands in the pockets they break the elbow.

Perhaps it's the best to put the hands into the leg side pockets and fix them there somehow?