start with Latex gloves...

[eelpout]

At last years GUE Conference in Gainesville, Florida, one of the speaker talked about using latex gloves under his dryglove liners. We tried it (latex or vinyl gloves) and it works very well. We dive in 36 degree F water up here in Minnesota. It kept my hands warn on a 55 minute ice dive riding a scooter.

We were all interested in the electrical underwear that the EKPP people had on display. We were going to try to build some but we have gotten too busy with our non diving lives, anytime for diving stuff is DIVING.

Later,
Jim Campos

[Ingemar Lundgren]

That is interesting and something that i have not herd of. Have i understood you correct that you put thin latex gloves (such as a surgeon would use) first and then you put the inner thinsulate glove? Does that really make a big difference?

[Jan Henry S. Fosse]

slightly OT, but I have experimented quite a lot with different vinyl and latex gloves underneath one or two layers of neoprene gloves and find that I can extend the "comfort zone" for quite a while...I have never really considered that this would be effective with dry gloves, but maybe it is worth a try?

[Jan wilske]

Could be that the latex gloves prevent the isolating gloves to became moist.

Jan Wilske

[eelpout]

Most of us dive with SiTech glove systems. After the GUE conference we started using rubber latex gloves under our insulating liner when wearing the Blue gloves. We tried vinly because they are cheaper and readily available at any hardware store. It keeps my hands warmer. The only probelm is remembering to bring a pair with. I will have to pack them with my Rochester Wide band Catheters.

Jim

[Ingemar Lundgren]

Ok, it is worth a try then.

[Jan wilske]

Keep me updated about the results.

Jan

[Glennk]

This is a commonly known way to keep the hands warm in the commercial diving industry.
It is a bit strange that the tech-diving people have not been using it more.

Glenn

[Deep6]

Slightly OT, but I have experimented quite a lot with different vinyl and latex gloves(...)
There are a some things we just don't want to know about, bro... ;)

[Jan Henry S. Fosse]

he he, well we all have our little secrets...

[Jonas "Dragan" Pavletic]

We decided to try the vinyl tip the last time we did some diving in a local cave, but the result wasn't on the positive side to put things short.

Approx. 2 hour dive in 2 degrees Celsius / 36 degrees Fahrenheit, 2 divers each equipped with one hand vinyl and one hand without vinyl and to try to get everything correct one diver used the left hand and the other used the right.

Both divers were confident that the vinyl hand was way more cold than the non-vinyl... :(

Hardly a very scientific approach, but until I hear some more "evidence" about positive results during long exposures I guess I'll keep my skeptic approach and the team will probably not try it again without further input...

/Dragan (who really could use something to make life in cold water during long exposures easier)

[Glennk]

I don't know how this will work with dry gloves, but it sure works well with wet-gloves.
In dry gloves you won't have the thin layer of insulating water around your fingers as you get in the wet gloves using the latex gloves underneath.

Glenn

[EricS]

This is mostly in response to Jonas's thread...
One thing to consider is that the hand may have sweated thus leaving a layer of moisture too cool.With snug fitting gloves it doesn't take long for the hands to sweat,especially if you put the gloves on early.