bill-da-ho
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Since we do our OW dives in cold water, we have the students practice this in the pool -- with their gloves on. It does take practice and sometimes takes a little bit of time to make sure the hood is over, not under, the mask skirt.
I tend to want to have my hood over my mask skirt to minimize the amount of skin directly exposed to water -- I also tend to exhale through my nose every 3rd breath or so (just habit). This means I often have air in my hood -- which generally makes my head warmer! What's wrong with a little balloon head anyway?
I like my hood to cover the skirt on my mask too, dove in 34 degree water this past winter, dont want any skin exposed that I dont have to.
I prolly will put the vent in the top as suggested. And I will take it off before hand too. lol.
I did find it a bit more difficult to do my exercises with the lobster claw gloves on. I am going to get a pair of regular gloves, and use the lobster claws only when its really cold.