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Bryon,

        I sympathize, my hands were always numb and useless after a dive, so
I went to dry gloves years ago.  Some friends of mine have the blue Helios
style with bonded liner and attached latex seal that butt up against the
drysuit wrist seal.  No air can leave or enter but these users have no
complaints of that - they dive only rec depths.  I use Viking rings on my
Dui tls350, the outer ring diameter is too big to be glued on the dui sleeve
so I sandwich the flexible latex wrist seal of my suit between the inner and
outer ring to attach.  This leaves my wrist seal intact, I slip a piece of
surgical tubing under the wrist seal to allow gas flow to the gloves which
are simply stretched over the outer ring.  Very simple and quick, if the
glove tears, I remove it and my wool liner, pull out the surgical tubing to
seal my suit, and then either put the glove and liner back on or switch with
a neoprene glove from my pocket for these emergencies.  The Viking rubber
gloves tear easily so I use cheap latex or latex with neoprene dishwashing
style gloves i buy at a hardware store for a few $.    This system gives
much more warmth and flexibility that the lobster style neoprene gloves I
used to use.


Steve.

Bryon Bertrim wrote:

> For years i have been using wet suit gloves with my dry suit. My hands
> are the first to get cold but wet suit gloves offer the best
> flexibility. I have tried several types of dry gloves including Viking
> etc. Most manufactures offer a big thick rubber glove on a ring..
>
> Any suggestions on something that is dive proven. What about dry
> neoprene on a latex wrist seal?
>
> I want something that will keep my hands warm with high flexibility.
>
> bryon
>
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