I was diving on the wreck of the Rosecastle this morning with Cas Dobbin and used my new Santi heated gloves for the first time. It was glorious. I can’t imagine how I worked without them. We had an hour on the wreck which sites in 150 feet of water. The temperature is 1°C on the bottom and I was comfortable for the duration of the dive.
The under gloves are great insulators even without the heat. They sit inside my Kubi dry gloves and mate to the suit with a metal ring that is sealed with an O-ring. A small wire runs from the chest area where it connects with the thermo-valve on the suit. The wire divides and runs down the arms inside the undergarment. The wiring snaps into the connector on the back of insulator glove. The Halcyon battery pack that powers the gloves and other heating accessories can be easily worn on the hip like a primary light pack or in my case across the back of my sidemount rig. It connects externally to the thermo-valve with an E/O connector.
The addition of heated gloves makes operating my camera so much easier. Normally my fingers stop working at some point on a cold dive.
