ND Dry Glove long term test ?

[SML]

Hi Folks

I know a number of you have got the ND Dry Gloves and I was quite impressed with them at the Dive show apart from the huge cuff ring but any long term tests ?

Are they as good as they seem ?

[String]

Had mine in the water since December and its done about 35 dives so far.

Every single dive absolutely bone dry so no problems at all with them.

Yes the rings are bulky and i had to work out a new technique for stopping them banging on the floor when the suit was half on but that's about the only issue.

I found the supplied liners too cold for my liking so bought some 40gsm thinsulate gloves for about £4 from the local outdoor shop.

These are far better and keep my hands from getting painfully cold as they did with wet gloves. Far more dexterity too as i can actually bend and feel my fingers.

So far so good then for me - very easy to don/doff, haven't leaked at all.


(Having said that i bet they flood next dive).

[scribley]

I have a set of OS Systems drygloves - which are very similar to the Typhoon/ND dry gloves I think.
I've used them for well over a year with no problems. I've actually just changed to a set of Viking dry glove rings, so I can probably lend you the OS Sytems ones if you want to give them a try??

Just had a look, the ND ones are more like the Rolock system I think... you're still welcome to try mine.

[James The Badger]

Got my ND dry gloves in the water on Sunday, very impressed again apart from a little more wriggleing in and out of the harness with the wrist cuff. I ordered the Medium, but will change for the L outer glove as the M is just a little to snug. Had to pull my base layer under the wrist seal to allow a equalisation. Good value I thought as it improved my whole body temp.

[Johnonthesevern]

Bought the ND dry glove for my MOD 2 with Phil Short last month. (long cold dives) They worked very well and my hands stayed very warm.

I did have one leak on the coarse but quickly jumped out re-adjusted and although my inner glove was wet I didn't get too cold.

Sunday dived again and had another small leak. As it was smalll I hoped it would seal itself. I was wrong and got out with a very cold wet arm!

Too be honest they are good in extreamly cold temperatures however I will soon be going back to wet gloves when the temperatures rise a little, as they are easier and a little more reliable.

John

[String]

How did you manage to get a totally wet arm? Or did it simply go through whatever you used to join the 2 ?

[IanDennis]

Rolocks for the last 100 dives and superb. No leaks, toasty warm and totally recommended. Easy to fit as was proven in Wraysbury carpark on Wednesday. Best to get the seal protectors as well to cover the latex however.

The ND gloves apear to also be very good but they are bulkier

[Meldives]

Hmmm, I think I may have stuffed up. I got a pair of the ND drysuit gloves at the show also and have trimmed the cuff - from reading above it sounds like I shouldn't have done this? Also someone said their's came with a liner? I don't have a liner with mine but I like the idea.

Thanks,
meldives

[IanDennis]

Triming the cuff is not really a problem- if you have made a mistake then just buy a replacement set of gloves for £3/£4 from bakerdozen or protec direct. Really you don't want to trim them too short as you need room for the wrist to flex and be capable of the full range of movement.

The liners do develop an interesting smell if your gloves leak and can take a long time to dry- better to have inner gloves, santi do some which are good- I also use 40grm thinsulate when its really cold. Having seperate gloves means that you can change the insulation as required- useful if your using the gloves for the entire year. Personally once they go on they stay on and get used for all types of diving, summer, winter, training, teaching, wrecks etc. You just need to be careful where you put your hands if interacting with metal.

I did do a review on the rolocks dryglove system which you can find on my site in the reviews section.

[String]

Originally Posted by Meldives

Hmmm, I think I may have stuffed up. I got a pair of the ND drysuit gloves at the show also and have trimmed the cuff - from reading above it sounds like I shouldn't have done this? Also someone said their's came with a liner? I don't have a liner with mine but I like the idea.

Thanks,
meldives

Maybe stating the obvious but you did buy the ring based dryglove not the latex seal based ones?

Certainly no trimming should be required, they fit on over the seal without needing cutting. The gloves themselves are not fleece lined and come with a thin pair of inner gloves grey in colour (which i replaced with 40gsm thinsulate as i found them too thin).