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Jez Kent · May 8th, 2007, 05:34 PM

Hi All,

'Just joined the forum and immediately after some help! Any thoughts or comments on the following would be much appreciated...

I dive in a tall small DUI TLS with standard latex wrist seals and recently treated myself to some RoLock dry gloves. While I love both, it seems that where the ring is attached to the drysuit has "stressed" the seals such that I've already worn small holes in the latex after just 12 dives. (I know the holes are there - I had a wet arm and could see the bubbles!)

It looks like a combination of the ring stretching the latex (the ring is 10 cm in diameter while my suit is only 9 cm) and that area catching as I put my arms in and out of the harness. Hydrotech suggest all TLS suits are the same size at the wrist (i.e. where the membrance ends and the latex begins) so I don't think this "stretch" is unusual. Indeed, I've noted other people on this forum noticing some wear and tear with this system and wondered if anyone had any comments or ideas?

Now that I need new seals I'm pondering the heavy duty variety to see if this might help. Oh, and yes, I have consider the ZipSeals but (and without wanting to repeat this topic!) prefer the idea of a ring system that can be removed when not needed.

Thanks in advance,

Jez

May 8th, 2007, 05:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jez Kent(Offline) New Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bristol Posts: 3	RoLock Dry Gloves Hi All, 'Just joined the forum and immediately after some help! Any thoughts or comments on the following would be much appreciated... I dive in a tall small DUI TLS with standard latex wrist seals and recently treated myself to some RoLock dry gloves. While I love both, it seems that where the ring is attached to the drysuit has "stressed" the seals such that I've already worn small holes in the latex after just 12 dives. (I know the holes are there - I had a wet arm and could see the bubbles!) It looks like a combination of the ring stretching the latex (the ring is 10 cm in diameter while my suit is only 9 cm) and that area catching as I put my arms in and out of the harness. Hydrotech suggest all TLS suits are the same size at the wrist (i.e. where the membrance ends and the latex begins) so I don't think this "stretch" is unusual. Indeed, I've noted other people on this forum noticing some wear and tear with this system and wondered if anyone had any comments or ideas? Now that I need new seals I'm pondering the heavy duty variety to see if this might help. Oh, and yes, I have consider the ZipSeals but (and without wanting to repeat this topic!) prefer the idea of a ring system that can be removed when not needed. Thanks in advance, Jez