Mares Flex Gold 50 Ultrastretch Gloves with Gold Coating

As a passionate freediver, you don't want to practice your beloved hobby only in the summer outdoors, do you? Then you should get the Mares Flex Gold 50 Ultrastretch gloves. They protect your hands from cold and injuries. The Flex Gold freediving gloves are made from 5mm neoprene. Smooth neoprene with a special inner gold coating for easy on and off. Ultrastretch lining with reinforced palms and fingers. Ideal for freedivers looking for a soft and robust glove.

Freediving in winter

Freediving is most enjoyable when you have as little equipment as possible: ideally, just dive with a mask, snorkel, and swimsuit in a tropical coral reef. But reality is different for most of us: we live in Switzerland, a freediving paradise, and most of us can reach various bodies of water with top water quality within a 30-minute drive. Freediving in winter is especially beautiful: often visibility is much better than in summer, there's little boat traffic, and parking spaces are plentiful. However, toes and hands quickly start to ache in the cold, and you need to protect them accordingly. With the Mares Flex Gold 50 Ultrastretch gloves, you can dive comfortably at water temperatures around 10 degrees Celsius.

What is the gold coating for?

Thanks to the gold coating on the inside of the gloves, you can easily put them on and take them off. Although the gloves are made from open-cell material, they don't stick to your skin thanks to the gold coating, and you don't need soapy water to put them on or take them off.

My tip for freediving in ice water

Pro tip for year-round diving in Swiss lakes: you will need three pairs of gloves. The Mares Flex Gold 30 Ultrastretch gloves are perfect for the summer months when the lakes are over 20 degrees. The Mares Flex Gold 50 Ultrastretch gloves are ideal for the cooler months when the water temperature is between 8 and 12 degrees. And if you want to dive in deep winter, you should get thick three-finger gloves that keep your hands warm for up to 40 minutes but offer less mobility, making equalization more difficult.

Equalizing with thick three-finger gloves

Have you ever wondered why your diving partner leaves a trail of bubbles behind while descending? With thick gloves, it is not easy to completely close the nostrils for equalization.