First thanks to all who answered my questions regarding gloves. I just received a paddling jacket today that I ordered by internet/catalogue. I live about 4 1/2 hours drive from the closest paddling, thus I have not had the opportunity to test other jackets in the past. My problem is this: The latex wrist cuffs are extremely tight. I had to add a bit of baby powder to slide in. Within 30 secs. I started to feel blood cut off. I would expect that a few minutes of paddling in cold water my hands would be icebergs. How does one judge the appropriate tightness of latex cuffs? Does the latex stretch after an hour or two or should I be sending this back? BTW. My SO was QUITE entertained by my wriggling exercise trying to extricate myself from the jacket. She said it was sort of like watching a snake molt! Grant perplexed in Summerland, BC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 25 2002 - 19:15:38 PDT
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