Uncle Pug - you were right...

[Mo2vation]

It just took me some time to see it.

The whole DIR thing - you said I may want to think about this. You took the time to cut through the internet screamers and make this make sense to me. I took a look, took the class and its changed the way I dive forever.

Canister Light - years ago I poo pooed your zillion dollar flashlight. Now I have two so not only do I never dive without one, but neither will my lightless buddy.

My Beloved DUI 50/50 - you suggested I move into the TriLam 350 for the diving I do in SoCal. I made the move in November... never looking back. I love my 350.

ACB on my plate - You've told me a number of times to lose the ACB and get a weight belt. Well, this weekend I dived a 12# plate and Alu STA and a baby weightbelt (a 4 pounder... first weightbelt I've dives in about 6 years...) and I could instantly feel the difference. I mean, wow. I went from hovering to levitating. So I'm part of the way there... I may try a weight belt with my 6 pound SS plate. But, man I love that 12# plate.

Zip Gloves - You told me the Zip Gloves were not the best solution. And when I dive with you and the PNW crew its a DC Glove fiesta. I picked up some DC gloves recently off of eBay. UNREAL! Snap off / snap off. No brainer. Just took off the lined gloves and replaced them with the removable liners types from SeaMar. Cheap, simple, and another no brainer. Made myself a DC glove tool. First one took about 15 minutes to replace, the second one tookabout 4 minutes.

Oh, there have been more....

"Ken, you'll probably need more weight up here than in SoCal..."

"Ken, Dive slower and you'll have more fun..."

"Ken (insert wise council delivered in love here ___________)..."


Anyway - you were right.

---
Ken

 

[Scuba_Steve]

Resistance IS futile........lol

Pug, you must be proud.

 

[jeckyll]

Hmmmm is UP ever wrong?

 

[ScubaJW]

Why zip gloves was not the best solution? I just wanted to learn more about zip gloves and the drysuit. I am interested in buying a TLS 350 SS drysuit with zip gloves. Let me know!

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Why zip gloves was not the best solution? I just wanted to learn more about zip gloves and the drysuit. I am interested in buying a TLS 350 SS drysuit with zip gloves. Let me know!

Two things I don't like about them ...

1. No wrist seals underneath ... if you flood a glove, there's nothing to keep water from flooding the whole suit.

2. Once you put them on, you leave them on. That means when you don the suit, you then have to do kit up with your dry gloves on. Personally, I prefer putting my gloves on last.

But if you do decide to go that route ... and if you need a size XL ... I have a brand new, never-been-used pair of Zip gloves I could give you a deal on ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Mo2vation]

Two things I don't like about them ...

1. No wrist seals underneath ... if you flood a glove, there's nothing to keep water from flooding the whole suit.

2. Once you put them on, you leave them on. That means when you don the suit, you then have to do kit up with your dry gloves on. Personally, I prefer putting my gloves on last.

But if you do decide to go that route ... and if you need a size XL ... I have a brand new, never-been-used pair of Zip gloves I could give you a deal on ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

I dive regularly in SoCal with dry gloves. Winter, summer, etc. I mean, if you can have warm dry hands, why not? I see NOBODY down here diving dry gloves. So yeah, I'm a freak. But I'm comfy.

For me, my wrist seals leak as I work the DSLR - re-positioning strobe arms, lugging it about... I get those tendon leaks.

Zip gloves were my solution for the last couple of years... but I HATE dressing with them on. That's why the DC gloves rock. Snap em' on. I prefer the pull-out liners... as I have several from my zip gloves I can re-use to keep the gloves dry and smelling april fresh the whole dive trip.

JayDub:
You can marry the DC glove system to your DUI zip seals suit. I did. Chris did. It rocks.

* the rings are not prohibitively large.

* you can go back to your zip seals anytime you don't mind diving wet (I recommend having 2 sets of wrist seals... one you attach to the DC ring, the others you keep about for wet diving)

* you can dress with bare hands... that rules. All done, SNAP and they're on.

* DC gloves are a better investment than Zip Seals. DC gloves are CHEAPER then Zip gloves. $140 delivered from COVCI. Zip Gloves are way more, and when they're worn out, you need to cough up another $170+ for them. Wear our your DC gloves, for $11 you can replace the gloves with Atlas gloves from SeaMar and re-use your liners.

* you have your seal back up for when you wear them out.... no soaked sleeve.


For $140 there is no reason to ever, ever dive wet gloves with a drysuit. I mean, c'mon. You paid more than that for those wack Atomic Split fins. You paid more than that for your wack light cannon You paid more than that for that AL80 and ultra dry snorkle You paid more than that for your Titanium pig sticker

eBay all that nonsense and log into COVCI and get the DC gloves. You will not regret it.

---
Ken


or - keep a sharp eye out. You never know where they'll pop up...

 

[Snowbear]

Uncle Pug - you were right...

Isn't he always? :14:

 

[Uncle Pug]

Thanks Ken.
jeckyll... yep.
Snowbear... nope.

 

[TSandM]

And as I was keeping myself from spiralling into wild gyrations on my midwater stops yesterday by watching the little translucent things swimming around in the water, I also thanked UP.

 

[Snowbear]

Snowbear... nope.

Okay, okay.... maybe not *always* right

...but you do know how and where to find the right answer(s)