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I've been cave diving in cold waters (39=BAF / 4=BAC) and I wonder what =
is
people out there using for hands insulation.

We are exploring a mountain spring at altitude (6000 ft / 1800m), we
left the end of the line  at -249 ft/ 76m depth, not far form
entrance, we use Trimix as bottom gas, and Argon as insulation., Dry
suit is DUI TLS350, and for hands insulation we use DUI Dry5 gloves
latex wrist seal equalized with the suit, and with a thin polartec
glove inside.=20

But after an exposure of 50-60 minutes, our hands become very cold,
and we lose all of the dexterity, however, body, head and feet are
very comfortable,  the problem is only with our hands.

The cave stills wide open, and to push further, exposure times will
increase, so

Is there a better solution? I don't want to use ring systems and flood
my suit if one of my gloves has a leak.=20

We do in-water deco, may be we will have to move to dry deco, habitat
or so?

Thank's



--Josep--

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