I ordered my Kubi setup and received it last week. I ordered 80mm rings with XL gloves. What I received was 100mm rings and XL gloves.
Today, I received a complete new kit with all the correct parts.
Of note:
The second kit was drop-shipped directly from the US importer/distributor, as opposed to the first kit coming directly from the US retailer that I ordered from. Both kits had black rubber gloves. But, the gloves in the first kit were black on the outside, white(-ish) on the inside, and were printed as "9.5" on the inside (apparently, the size). Those fit me really well. Snug over the liner gloves, but not too tight. Just a tiny bit of extra length in the fingers. The gloves in the second kit are black on the inside and out. They are printed on the outside with "POLYCO CHEMPROTECT SC101/10 10. Apparently, size 10. And the rubber feels just slightly thicker. These gloves are much larger on my hands. I really don't like the fit of them at all. Way too much loose material around the fingers. I got permission from my vendor and have swapped the gloves around so I'm keeping the first gloves with the second kit and returning the rest.
The first kit had dark blue liner gloves with red stitching around the cuff. The second kit has lighter (but still dark) blue liner gloves with black stitching around the cuff. The lighter blue gloves feel a little thicker and also seem noticeably warmer. And they seem to fit my hand better. No loose material around my fingers at all and no extra material at the end of my fingertips.
And, boy! The 80mm rings are SO nice! The 100mm rings just seemed huge! I'm 6' 1", 220 #. I wear gloves all the time for riding motorcycles. I typically wear L or XL motorcycle gloves, depending on the manufacturer. With this blue liner glove on, I can just slide my hand through the glove ring. It is what I consider to be pretty much the perfect fit. If the ring were any smaller, I could probably still get them on, but it would be tight enough that I'd be worried about a circumstance where my hand was a little swollen and I couldn't get them off. And any bigger would just make them bulkier than they need to be.
I am really glad I went to the trouble to print out the Kubi template and use it to cut out some holes in a piece of cardboard and test fit myself. Without that, I probably would have ordered the 90mm rings, to be safe. The 80mm rings seem to fit me pretty much exactly as the cardboard template did.
I ordered this stuff from DRiS (Dive Right in Scuba). They were awesome. It was kind of a bummer that I didn't get the correct rings on the first go-round, but shtuff happens. What separates the good vendors from the less-good is how they deal with it when shtuff does happen. And DRiS was awesome all the way through. Thanks again to Mike, Mike, Chris, and Terry!
Here are some pictures of my hand with the dry glove on and the new(er) liner glove.
---------- Post added October 21st, 2015 at 02:40 PM ----------
After attempting to press the glove and cuff rings together, I believe I do need to lube the o-ring on the glove rings. I have a bit of silicon o-ring lube that came in an order from DGX a while back. Is that appropriate lube to put on these o-rings? Or is there something better?
Today, I received a complete new kit with all the correct parts.
Of note:
The second kit was drop-shipped directly from the US importer/distributor, as opposed to the first kit coming directly from the US retailer that I ordered from. Both kits had black rubber gloves. But, the gloves in the first kit were black on the outside, white(-ish) on the inside, and were printed as "9.5" on the inside (apparently, the size). Those fit me really well. Snug over the liner gloves, but not too tight. Just a tiny bit of extra length in the fingers. The gloves in the second kit are black on the inside and out. They are printed on the outside with "POLYCO CHEMPROTECT SC101/10 10. Apparently, size 10. And the rubber feels just slightly thicker. These gloves are much larger on my hands. I really don't like the fit of them at all. Way too much loose material around the fingers. I got permission from my vendor and have swapped the gloves around so I'm keeping the first gloves with the second kit and returning the rest.
The first kit had dark blue liner gloves with red stitching around the cuff. The second kit has lighter (but still dark) blue liner gloves with black stitching around the cuff. The lighter blue gloves feel a little thicker and also seem noticeably warmer. And they seem to fit my hand better. No loose material around my fingers at all and no extra material at the end of my fingertips.
And, boy! The 80mm rings are SO nice! The 100mm rings just seemed huge! I'm 6' 1", 220 #. I wear gloves all the time for riding motorcycles. I typically wear L or XL motorcycle gloves, depending on the manufacturer. With this blue liner glove on, I can just slide my hand through the glove ring. It is what I consider to be pretty much the perfect fit. If the ring were any smaller, I could probably still get them on, but it would be tight enough that I'd be worried about a circumstance where my hand was a little swollen and I couldn't get them off. And any bigger would just make them bulkier than they need to be.
I am really glad I went to the trouble to print out the Kubi template and use it to cut out some holes in a piece of cardboard and test fit myself. Without that, I probably would have ordered the 90mm rings, to be safe. The 80mm rings seem to fit me pretty much exactly as the cardboard template did.
I ordered this stuff from DRiS (Dive Right in Scuba). They were awesome. It was kind of a bummer that I didn't get the correct rings on the first go-round, but shtuff happens. What separates the good vendors from the less-good is how they deal with it when shtuff does happen. And DRiS was awesome all the way through. Thanks again to Mike, Mike, Chris, and Terry!
Here are some pictures of my hand with the dry glove on and the new(er) liner glove.
---------- Post added October 21st, 2015 at 02:40 PM ----------
After attempting to press the glove and cuff rings together, I believe I do need to lube the o-ring on the glove rings. I have a bit of silicon o-ring lube that came in an order from DGX a while back. Is that appropriate lube to put on these o-rings? Or is there something better?
