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Josep the important thing is the the hands be warm; by whatever means. Is the thin polartech glove thick enough to provide warmth. For my cold dives I use Viking rings that a rubber glove is pulled over and a thick Polarfleece glove under the rubber glove. This seems to keep my hands warm enough for an hour in 4 deg C water. Sam Frushour On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Josep Guarro wrote: > Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 17:23:57 +0200 > From: Josep Guarro <jep@re*.es*> > To: techdiver@aq*.co* > Cc: cavers@cavers.com > Subject: Dry Gloves >=20 > I've been cave diving in cold waters (39=BAF / 4=BAC) and I wonder what i= s > people out there using for hands insulation. >=20 > 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 >=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. >=20 > The cave stills wide open, and to push further, exposure times will > increase, so >=20 > 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 >=20 > We do in-water deco, may be we will have to move to dry deco, habitat > or so? >=20 > Thank's >=20 >=20 >=20 > --Josep-- >=20
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