25th November 2008, 06:31 PM
Sealskinz have been talked about alot during the winter months at whatever unit ive worked with at the time, the general consensus is that they dont stand up to the abuse we give them with all the mud and wear and tear, although ive not actually used them myself so cant give a first hand report. I remember my first winter and one of the old MSC guys used to use marigolds under the standard Jewsons/HSS £3 pairs, worked well but he always had hands as wrinkly as an old ladies at the end of the day!
A marine arch friend suggested using a pair of old neoprene 3mm diving gloves (as said about above) so might have to give that a go.
Was thinking about Goretex gloves but upon further thought if they get coated in mud it would have a negative effect on the gortex fabric.
In terms of unit PPE, ive always found gloves a weird point, some units havent supplied them, expecting you to buy your own (it seems in my experience units provide vis vests, hard hats, vis coats and boots/cash towards boots). this unit is very good in terms of PPE but without a good cost vs wear option first i dont see the point of asking of an alternative yet.
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A marine arch friend suggested using a pair of old neoprene 3mm diving gloves (as said about above) so might have to give that a go.
Was thinking about Goretex gloves but upon further thought if they get coated in mud it would have a negative effect on the gortex fabric.
In terms of unit PPE, ive always found gloves a weird point, some units havent supplied them, expecting you to buy your own (it seems in my experience units provide vis vests, hard hats, vis coats and boots/cash towards boots). this unit is very good in terms of PPE but without a good cost vs wear option first i dont see the point of asking of an alternative yet.
<center>Use your archaeological imagination</center>