Am I the only one using Atlas gloves with Si tech oval rings?

[evad]

The gloves work great with or without the seal and the rings have a similar, slightly smaller, "footprint" (albeit fixed), than my ZipSeals. I keep reading that you can only use "pullover" gloves with the oval rings, which is wrong.

[Ouvea]

Atlast Gloves? The Smurf Blue gloves? Are you using those that have a built in cone shape latex seal? How is that working for you? How are difficult/easy are they to don/doff? Can you show a picture of your configuration?

Thanks,
Claude

[evad]

Atlast Gloves? The Smurf Blue gloves? Are you using those that have a built in cone shape latex seal? How is that working for you? How are difficult/easy are they to don/doff? Can you show a picture of your configuration?

Thanks,
Claude


Smurf gloves, Paint stripping gloves, Red Home Depot PVC gloves....they all work. No built in seal, but you can use them with a seal if you want. I can see I'm going to have to post pictures.

[evad]

http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/medium/dry_gloves.JPG

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LEFT: glove with no seal doubled up on itself between inner and outer cuff ring.

RIGHT: glove with silicone seal (or without, depending on thickness of glove).



Both glove rings are press-fit into existing ZipRings. I may just go ahead and glue them.

[Ouvea]

Hi Evad:

From the picture, I take it that the gloves are a semi-permanent fixture of the drysuit? I mean that you leave them installed on the suit, unless removal is necessary for maintenance. Do you have any problems donning the glove, when you're using it with the silicone seal? I would think that the friction between the silicone seal and the glove liner would make it very difficult to don.

The glove is sandwiched between the outer cuff, the silicone seal and the internal ring right?

Claude

[evad]

Hi Evad:
From the picture, I take it that the gloves are a semi-permanent fixture of the drysuit? I mean that you leave them installed on the suit, unless removal is necessary for maintenance.


Do you have any problems donning the glove, when you're using it with the silicone seal? I would think that the friction between the silicone seal and the glove liner would make it very difficult to don.


The glove is sandwiched between the outer cuff, the silicone seal and the internal ring right?

Claude

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[QUOTE=claudehl;6356631]Hi Evad:
Q: From the picture, I take it that the gloves are a semi-permanent fixture of the drysuit? I mean that you leave them installed on the suit, unless removal is necessary for maintenance. "

A:They are only press-fit for now and I remove them after every dive for suit drying.





Q: " Do you have any problems donning the glove, when you're using it with the silicone seal? I would think that the friction between the silicone seal and the glove liner would make it very difficult to don."


A: I don't use the seals, but just tried it again using an un-cut silicone seal and it is a little stuffy in there until you assert yourself. Then they're fine.
Removal, grasping the tip of the PVC glove, is very easy. If I were going to use seals with the gloves, I would probably cut them back a bit.





Q: "The glove is sandwiched between the outer cuff, the silicone seal and the internal ring right?"

A: Right.

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http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/medium/dryglove4.JPG