smurf gloves

[gitterdun]

is the bungee in the wrist seal uncomfortable?

Nope. You'll probably feel it the first couple of times, but it's not uncomfortable. What is a bit annoying, is if the bungee falls inside the wrist seal, and you get Mickey Mouse hand on your ascent.

 

[gitterdun]

I would like zero of those things

this is about all the glove I can stand:

I like those gloves too, when in cavezzz.

 

[gitterdun]

Hey!! I like them I just can't DO anything with them. Well I can, but I don't trust a bottle rotation with them for instance.

Then come on over and practice them with me this winter, under the ice,.

 

[LiteHedded]

???
these gloves are silly

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

???
these gloves are silly

Well, they're not designed for shopping, yanno ...

I love that shop (EE) ... although I was seriously amused to find a pink mask, snorkel and fins package on display there ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[rjack321]

Then come on over and practice them with me this winter, under the ice,.

I would but its your turn to fly here. You've got ice, we got octopus

 

[TSandM]

You won't say "silly" half an hour into a 43 degree dive . . .

 

[ucfdiver]

You won't say "silly" half an hour into a 43 degree dive . . .

More like 30 min before!

 

[mutiny360]

I have a pair of blue dry gloves similar to the Dry-5 that I made with a spare pair of wrist seals. Instead of using bungee or tubing, I put the glove liner on before I put my arms in my suit. Then I pull the glove on over top the wrist seal. The glove lets you equalize and if you get a leak the water will only wick up the liner not soak your suit. If its too warm for the liners I have old socks that I cut up with a thumb loop for the same purpose. (If this is confusing I can take some pictures next time I gear up.

The gloves are much easier to work with when they are compressed in the water. I actually find it easier to use the blue gloves than 5mm neoprene.

 

[kathydee]

Some folks are more cold-tolerant than others. I know an instructor who doesn't wear a hood in Puget Sound ... then again, she's a red-head ... (Grateful Diver)

I met a gentleman from Alaska who dives there without even wet gloves. :cold:

Saw some guy climbing out of our 51F water yesterday without hood or gloves - he was smiling and his hands seemed to work fine.

Guess Bob's right, some are more cold-tolerant than others.