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I have a pair of the Helios gloves. They are also available with a set of cuffs
that pressure fit to latex wrist seals. I have found that when they work, they
work great. However, they are quite fragile. The upper part (black section) is
quite thin rubber and when diving in high current conditions, anything you touch
will rub against the corner of the cuff and tear the rubber. Needless to say, my
gloves have a lot of aquaseal on them (and I don't dive in the river anymore,
hanging onto the bottom is no fun and wrecks expensive gear..)

As well, small bolt snaps are almost impossible to manipulate. Bottom line,
would I get another pair? Probably for boat diving only.

Matt

Stephen Brothers wrote:

> 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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