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Hello, Michael Walz:

Suggestion for the latex dry gloves:  Instead of a piece of tubing under the
wrist seal, use a strip of open cell foam.  The tube can close because of the
wrist seal applying pressure.  There are stories of the tube constricting
blood circulation into the hands, too.  The foam strip allows air to move in a
nd out of the glove slowely; not so the tube.

There are two mittens available for use with dry suits.  One is by Viking
with a three-finger design, the other by Nokia which is a true mitten.
 Neither is easy to don.  Both can be modified by gluing the gauntlet from a
latex glove in place of the hard rubber gauntlet that comes on the mitten.
 The Nokia mitten provides better dexterity than the Viking.  The Viking
mitten is more expensive.

Stay warm,

Bill Merrill
Marathon, WI, USA
mgardens@ao*.co*

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