Drysuit glove leakage

[engdiver]

Has anyone had problems with drysuit glove leakage. I use the quick clamp style gloves with adapter rings. Every dive so far I have had problems with leakage. I have checked the rings and they appear tight inside the glove and inside the drysuit cuff. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Soggy]

Is there a hole in your glove?

 

[Scottri]

I had that problem with Diving Concepts gloves. I never figured out if it was the ring system or the gloves. I gave up on them and I now just use wet gloves.

 

[engdiver]

No holes that I can detect in the gloves. Both gloves appear to do the same thing. Sometimes one will not leak during the dive. Other times they seem to leak as soon as I get wet. I do not equalize the gloves with the drysuit. Is this required?

 

[Ber Rabbit]

Does that type of glove have a liner? The liner may be getting caught in the clamp--mine do that on occasion. I use a pair of thinsulate winter shooting gloves under mine now, they have a very short cuff (they are a youth size though) that isn't as prone to getting caught when I seal the gloves. I folded the cuffs on my regular liners and sewed them so they would be shorter.
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[engdiver]

They did come with a glove liner. I have dived without the liner to see if it made any difference. It did not. I am careful to make sure the o-ring is not curled or pinched when putting them on also.
I am considering trying them in the pool and looking for bubbles.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

Do the gloves look a bit like dishwashing gloves? Mine have a bit of cuff that sticks below where the glove attached to the ring. I fold this cuff toward the fingers because it can get caught in the seal also.
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[mnj1233]

Has anyone had problems with drysuit glove leakage. I use the quick clamp style gloves with adapter rings. Every dive so far I have had problems with leakage. I have checked the rings and they appear tight inside the glove and inside the drysuit cuff. Am I doing something wrong?

Its very common to Roll the O-Ring out of its groove. It may seem perfectly fit and tight yet it happens all the time on our boat. A very light sheen of silicone on the O-RING helps to prevent it from pulling out.

 

[engdiver]

They are blue gloves outside like the Bare Dry glove system with yellow polymer gloves.
I have been tucking the excess glove cuff under the suit ring cuff when I put them on. I will try and fold them under instead.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

I bet folding them under will work, I found it's really hard to get the things to tuck right. Getting them completely out of the way worked best for me.
Ber :lilbunny: