Viking Bayonet Dry Gloves

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I have the Bayonets mounted on my DUI suit with latex zip seals in place.  So far they are pretty nice and easy to don/doff.  The only thing I don't like about them is the location of the tabs on the rings.  If I have a glove failure or leak while getting in the water, I cannot just pull a backup glove over the rings and continue.  I can do that with the SiTech rings on my BARE suit.  I will have to get out of the water and reseat or replace the glove itself with the Bayonet system on my DUI.

So far, I have used the old viking rings, the bayonet system and the SiTech rings (glued permanent rings).  So far, I like the glued permanent SiTech the best.  Easy wrist seal replacement, docking rings are pretty easy to use, multiple glove options and you can pull a glove over the outer docking ring if you have a failure.  The old viking rings work really well on existing seals if you like to use a chemical style stretchy glove (see my avatar).  If you are focused on using a coated fabric glove (eg blue smurfs) you are going to have to use a docking ring.  I would prefer the SiTech system on my DUI but Chris tried to mount it on a demo DUI suit and couldn't get it to work, something about the seals being too thin to seat the system well enough.  I prefer the smurf gloves and received the bayonets for a gift so thought I would give them a try for awhile.