using sitech dry gloves with regular seals...possible dumb question

[Yoyoguy]

What do you do when you dry-gloves fill with air? Obviously the latex seals under the suit will not let the air to exchange back into the suit. Are you supposed to put the insulating layer of the glove under the latex seal which would prevent the seal from blocking the air from going back and forth BUT then if your dry glove floods...so would the rest of your suit. Thanks!

 

[g2]

Put a rubber tube, straw, piece of string, or something under the latex seal to allow air to travel between the glove and suit. I use some flexible surgical tubing and it works well.

If the glove leaks water, well, then fix the glove before diving.

If the glove catastrophically floods during a dive, you can take it off and remove the tube/straw/whatever to make the latex seal secure again.

(Edit: and it's not a dumb question! : )

 

[FinnMom]

My SiTech gloves came with 2 very thin tubes about exactly the size that fits on an aerosol can like WD-40 or the compressed air can you use for cleaning a keyboard or inside a PC. The instuctions said to use one on each hand as described above.

I've never tried them I put my underglove under the seal. Yeah, your arm and undersuit (litlle by little even more areas) will get wet if you get a leak, but that happens like once in 60 dives. Even then you usually notice the moisture in the glove fast enough to keep the wetness confined to the glove area.

I carry a set of 8mm 3-finger wetgloves to wear when I loose the use of a dryglove. 90% the wetmitts don't get used and most of the they do get wet it's because someone else borrowed them. Even at 1% personal use they are really nice to have.

 

[Yoyoguy]

My SiTech gloves came with 2 very thin tubes about exactly the size that fits on an aerosol can like WD-40 or the compressed air can you use for cleaning a keyboard or inside a PC. The instuctions said to use one on each hand as described above.

I've never tried them I put my underglove under the seal. Yeah, your arm and undersuit (litlle by little even more areas) will get wet if you get a leak, but that happens like once in 60 dives. Even then you usually notice the moisture in the glove fast enough to keep the wetness confined to the glove area.

I carry a set of 8mm 3-finger wetgloves to wear when I loose the use of a dryglove. 90% the wetmitts don't get used and most of the they do get wet it's because someone else borrowed them. Even at 1% personal use they are really nice to have.

I just looked in the glove package and lo and behold there are two of those tube things you described. Lol thanks!

 

[Jack Hammer]

I use the thumbloops from my undergarment. The slowly let enough air movement and if your glove leaks you just get a little dampness in the arm, not a whole flood.

 

[Stoo]

Aquarium air tubing works well, with decent air exchange. I used some glue to stick a couple of short lengths to the cuffs of my glove liners so I don't forget/lose them...

 

[divad]

I put them over my wool glove liners. I had a glove leak and the water stayed mainly in the glove.