Warmest Glove Liners in Dry Gloves?

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I have the Showa 720 Nitrile Glove - Medium - Size 8 which is exactly my size. Because of that, i can only use one layer of liners. I tried the 4E G1 liners and even though they were pretty warm, it was really hard to put the drygloves on top of them and it was quite tight during the dive. Not really comfortable.
I tried the https://www.arket.com/en_dkk/men/ba...cSEn04lLDl1h8WWwr1OFD6rY8tF3OA4BoC4hUQAvD_BwE and while they we much more comfortable they weren't warm enough.
No i am thinking of getting the KUBI Icelandic wool thermal inner gloves or the 4E Xerotherm liners. Are they enough as one layer? Should i go a size (or two) up on my drygloves and get thicker gloves like the Hestra insulates liner long / OMS Quallofil / more layers?
Dexterity is a huge issue for me, with the 4E G1 it was already not easy to do some tasks, so i prefer as few layers as possible.
I have the KUBI Icelandic wool liners and they are great! I would definitely recommend going up a size or two on your drygloves though because the warmest liners won't make a difference if your hand is squeezed tight in the drygloves...the air inside the glove needs to be able to be warmed up, and if it's constricted, that makes it harder. You should be able to keep it to one liner layer, but everyone's tolerance to cold is different. I do perfectly fine with the icelandic liners inside my KUBI drygloves (I have the thick red ones) down to about 7 deg C water, which is as cold as I've dove without heated liners (which I used in Antarctica). :wink:
 
i just picked up a pair of the Kubi Icelandic liners and their socks. Looking forward to trying them out soon. I also like the K01 Glove Liners. Having some air in the glove is going to help insulate against the cold water and your liner.
 
i just picked up a pair of the Kubi Icelandic liners and their socks. Looking forward to trying them out soon. I also like the K01 Glove Liners. Having some air in the glove is going to help insulate against the cold water and your liner.

Merino I like that, do they lint badly?

I'm using the fourth element in mine but I prefer wool if I can find one that doesn't lint.

In short please report back how they work for our conditions.
 
No linting at all. The K01 work great in our waters. Also Alpaca works very well.

Merino I like that, do they lint badly?

I'm using the fourth element in mine but I prefer wool if I can find one that doesn't lint.

In short please report back how they work for our conditions.
 

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