To dry glove or to not to dry glove-- that is the question

[craracer]

I dove cold/wet for one season and will never do it again. I also use the Diving Concepts gloves.

It is my personal opinion that it is important, if you use dry gloves, to retain the seals on the suit. Otherwise, a leaking or torn glove is going to flood your dry suit, and that is a very bad thing. Having been sloppy one day about making sure my wrist seals were flat, and having a glove choose that day to leak, I know what I'm talking about.

I agree 100%. I would also suggest that if you decide to go dry, and leave the wrist seals in place, that you use something to vent air/argon between your gloves and the suit. If you don't, you'll end up with Mickey Mouse hands during a dive. I use a 5-6 cm long piece of 3mil para-cord tucked between my wrists and the wrist seals. I used to use the thumb loops of my undergarment, but quickly realized that my suit would collect water if there was a glove failure. With the cordage in place, I can easily pull the pieces back into my gloves, which then seals my suit from water.