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The problems I've had with DUI rings was breakage of the plastic outer ring on
the female side of the system.  I can't recall now if the female outer ring is
attached to the suit or glove.  Two of the incidents occurred during transport
from our Dive Locker to the dive site.  Our dry suits were in gear bags in the
back of the vehicle.  On another occasion, the ring was broken while a tender
was helping attach the glove prior to getting into the water.
Ambient temperatures in McMurdo, Antarctica during each incident were in the
10F to -15F range.
Admittedly, I do not take special care to insure my gear is treated gingerly. 
Although I don't feel I abuse it either.  If it won't stand up to working
conditions I look for something else.  
I agree completely that the ease of donning the DUI system is without peer. 
That's the reason I switched to them in the first place.  Although I must
admit that I find getting into the Viking three finger mitts almost as easy. 
But these guys are a little over-kill in water above 34F.
Cheers-  Rob

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On 23 Jan Godefroy posted:

..In your response to the DUI gloves, you said that the rings weren't
resistant to cold weather. What temperatures are you talking about. 

In a tipical Quebec summer (mid August), the water temperature below 35 feet
averages a cool 40-45 feirenheight. I am also going ice diving in mid
february,
the worst month of the year for cold temperature. Last year we dove with
outside
temperature of -5 feirenheight, and never had problems.

If you have any exemples of problems with the DUI cuffs, let me know so I'll
know what to look out for with my cuffs.

What I consider the biggest advantages of these gloves is the amount of energy
needed to put them on = none. O-rings aren't what I consider a cost factor
considering that when your ready to dive you don't have to give any extra
effort
to put your gloves on, especially when the outside temperature is a cool 70 to
90  F if you know what I mean. When the last piece of equipement to put on are
your gloves before I jump, I don't need the hassle.

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