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I don't know what 5th Dimension carries. Probably the OS system if they use off the shelf gloves. The Helos gloves are lined with insulation so no need to wear glove liners. They are quite warm and work for me in 35 degree water. The glove has a wrist seal that is just like a latex drysuit sleeve seal that you trim to fit. You fold it inside the glove when you put them on so that the seal lies on your wrist in the same direction as your drysuit seal and it fits right on top of your drysuit seal. You need to use little hoses or a strip of felt to allow the glove to equalize or else you'll be limited to diving shallower than about 60' If you have thumb loops on your drysuit underwear you can also let these poke out to allow equalization. Here's a description from Diver Mag. http://divermag.com/archives/june99/xerotech_jun99.html They are a pain to get on and off but so is every other type of dry glove I've ever tried. For a seriously long dive in cold water I'd wear these and keep a spare pair of neoprene gloves in my pocket. As for repair, you can replace the wrist seal just like replacing a drysuit wrist seal. The rubber is very tough. I'm sure there are cements that could be used to patch it. I haven't torn one yet. I assume that the insulation would still provide some warmth even if flooded but I've not yet tested this assumption. Kent Lind Juneau, Alaska > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Danaher [mailto:steve@pa*.co*] > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:11 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: drygloves revisited > > > How well do these work as compared to a ring system? What is the > difference? Once the gloves have a hole, can they be renewed without > buying an entire system? Some of the ring system gloves, such as > the ones > 5th Dimension carries, use off the shelf gloves available at a > hardware store. > > ---Steve Danaher > > > > At 12:44 AM 8/30/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Found 'em. Xerotech from > http://www.discountdivers.com/index.html $89.95 > >Will get some soon. > > > >Cam > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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