Make sure they are snug on your hands. The looser they are, the more water can enter, the colder your hands. It's a fine balance between snug and too tight. Try on a few, remember they will stretch a tiny bit with age.
Gloves and hands
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to have warm hands you need a few things......first, your core must be as warm as possible. once your body temp starts to drop, the blood to the extremities is reduced which equals cold hands. you also need good circulation to your hands. some people have great circulation, some don't. might not be much you can do about that. try to make sure you are as warm as possible before you even enter the water. you also need gloves that are sealed. make sure your gloves are at least glued and blind stitched. some are double or triple glued. some even add a flexible sealer on the sewn seams. this prevents water from entering the gloves. the neoprene is water tight. it is the seams where some gloves will allow cold water in. and finally you must try to get a seal at the wrist. hopefully you can do this without being too tight which obviously cuts off circulation. some systems do a better job than others. some suits and gloves even use a double wrist seal so you actually sandwich the gloves and suit together. this usually works very well.
other than that.....buy a dry suit and use dry gloves. my hands have never been cold since i switched to dry gloves.
other than that.....buy a dry suit and use dry gloves. my hands have never been cold since i switched to dry gloves.
Henderson Aqualock gear keeps me warm though it is not as great of quality as I thought it would be for the price. Anyhow beyond that the exchange of water is very minimal so the warm water stays in longer. I actually have to get the water out between dives because it gets so warm that I over heat even on a cool day. So the gloves may work for you but not sure if you need it as a complete system for it to work correctly I only u se the wet suit.
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Rred
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Icechip, I used to dive with "three finger" gloves made from 1/4" neoprene. They look like what they sound like. Two of your fingers go into each "finger" on the glove, so you've got some dexterity but in theory the two fingers together help conserve some heat. I'm not sure if anyone makes those anymore.
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