Gloves

[Aardal]

I dive a sleeve ring and then wear wool gloves and a industrial rubber glove pulled over the ring to create a water tight seal. The ring system is pretty much a one time cost and then there are minimal costs after that, depending on how hard you are on rubber gloves. Rubber gloves run about $5-10 and last a year or two. Rings run you about $100 installed est.

If you think about it, you usually buy 2 pairs of normal dive gloves each dive season which runs you about $35 a pair, so $70 a season. Of course, depending on how much you dive. A ring system costs you $100 one time fee and then gloves run about $5-10 a year. Two dive season and you essentially have the whole thing paid for and you will be 100 times happier then having wet cold pruny purple hands.

 

[MrMojo]

Thanks all for the good advice.
Madmole the latex gloves sounds a good idea as i have boxes of them lying around my business i shall give them a try next time i'm in the water.

Regards,

MAL...

 

[dgoldan]

Where are you getting your rubber outer gloves? We have been using latex outer gloves from Amron Intl for a few years now, but they lost their supplier. They now have a super heavy duty electrician's rubber glove that we don't like. They are similar to the Viking latex outer glove. I'm looking for a new supplier for outer gloves for our dive team.

Thanks in advance,
Dan

Metro Dive Rescue & Boulder Emergency Squad
Colorado

I dive a sleeve ring and then wear wool gloves and a industrial rubber glove pulled over the ring to create a water tight seal. The ring system is pretty much a one time cost and then there are minimal costs after that, depending on how hard you are on rubber gloves. Rubber gloves run about $5-10 and last a year or two. Rings run you about $100 installed est.

If you think about it, you usually buy 2 pairs of normal dive gloves each dive season which runs you about $35 a pair, so $70 a season. Of course, depending on how much you dive. A ring system costs you $100 one time fee and then gloves run about $5-10 a year. Two dive season and you essentially have the whole thing paid for and you will be 100 times happier then having wet cold pruny purple hands.

 

[MarkH]

I don't know if you are using 5 or 3 finger gloves, but I also dive in 5 degree Celsius water and I've never found a pair of 5 finger gloves that keep my hands from going numb. The pain after you surface and take them off is nice too. I now dive only with a cheap pair of 7mm 3-finger gloves from a thrift shop. I think they're from the 70's, but I never have problems with them. They work just as well with a wetsuit or drysuit. I don't know if you are a lover of high priced gadgets. If so, you might want to ignore my idea.

 

[ScubaSarus]

I just got a pair of these from ebay for $5.00. I'll let you know next few weeks how they turn out
They claim to be the warmwst gloves.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3662010825&category=29574

http://www.picassoamerica.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=166