Dry Glove Insulation

[Minion_Diver]

I am wondering what everyone uses as insulation in their dry gloves. I have a thin liner in mine right now but after about 30 minutes in 48* water my fingers are cold. I have a thicker pair of gloves that fit in my dry gloves that I am going to try, but wondering if there is anything else out there that might be better.

Thanks.

 

[swimlikethefish]

Some people swear by the xerotherm liners. I've used them down to 34f inside a showa 720.

 

[fmerkel]

Been pretty happy with military surplus wool liners. Fleece is OK, the thicker the warmer.
It's a trade-off between dexterity, ruggedness, and warmth.

 

[Storker]

Wool liners. I may perhaps have mentioned it once or twice - or thirtysomething - times before, but IMNSHO there's nothing even close to wool as a base layer if you plan on getting damp or wet at moderate to low activity levels.

My first dryglove dive is a good example. I messed up and had a leaking glove throughout the whole dive. I was so soaking wet that even after wringing the liner dry and putting it on again, I still dripped water on the deck of the RIB the whole trip back to shore. In below freezing temp and at 20 knots, I still was decently warm. Ok, at least not overtly uncomfortably cold. I wouldn't have liked to try the same with synthetic liners and a synthetic base layer.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I've used many types including lined gloves. The best I've found are Fourth Element Xerotherms.

 

[al248005]

I just went to Cabela's and bought some polartec fleece liners Cabela's makes they work great IMO

 

[Erik Forsberg]

Go to your local running store and get a pair of wool running gloves.
Mine was $25 from a reputable brand and feel super awesome even down in 40f / 5c with only a pair of thin nitrile gloves (MarigoldG17K) over them.

No use getting a pair of gloves from a scuba company that charges $50 for the very same thing.

 

[Zef]

Do you use equalization tubes? I was on a dive yesterday with a water temp of 4c for 45min....I was using a pair of yellow acrylic glove liners that came with a pair of SHOWA gloves (490s I think)...as my hands got cold I would raise each one at a time above my body to let a warm air pass from my suit into the glove. It helped quite a bit. My dive partner did not use tubes and signaled that his hands were cold and wanted to end the dive.

-Z

 

[Erik Forsberg]

I use ripped silicon seals in my system, so I just have open airway into the gloves, so I don't need to think about it. I have some smaller tubes that I can use but I have never tried them.

 

[Rollin]

I dive a lot in cold water (-1 to 10°C) and I use 4th element xerotherm wrist warmers, which have the same function as tubes (but cannot be removed in case of glove rupture).
When water is +8°C, I use xerotherm G1 glove liners (these are great!) and below that heated gloves and vest from Santi.

I regurarly do dives of +90 minutes in that kind of temperatures without moving much.