Halcyon Tech Gloves

Halcyon Tech Gloves

If you've ever tried to clip a cookie onto a guideline wearing 5mm gloves, you'll know why these exist. The Halcyon Tech Gloves are 3mm fingerless neoprene gloves built for divers who need their fingertips free to work, but still want something protecting the backs and palms of their hands from rock, wreck and line.

The detail we like most is the pocket on the back of each glove. It holds one or two non-directional line markers, so you can stage a cookie where you can actually reach it rather than fishing around in a thigh pocket mid-penetration.

These are warm water and temperate water gloves. They protect, they grip, they keep you dexterous. They will not keep your fingers warm in a UK quarry in February, and we'll tell you more about that below.

• 3mm neoprene made from recycled materials
• Fingerless design for full fingertip feel
• Marker pocket on the back of each hand, holds up to two cookies
• Textured non-slip palm for grip on lights, handles and scooters
• Sizes XS to XXL

Why divers choose the Halcyon Tech Gloves

You can still do fiddly jobs at depth

Bolt snaps, line arrows, cookies, spool clips, inflator buttons. Every one of these is easier with bare fingertips. With the fingers cut away you keep the feel you need to work a double-ender one-handed or tie off on a small line without fumbling.

Your hands come back in one piece

Line work, wreck penetration and cave diving all put your hands against things that scrape and cut. The 3mm neoprene takes that abuse across your palm and the back of your hand, which is where most of the damage happens when you're pulling along a line or bracing against a wall.

Markers are where your hand already is

Staging a cookie in the back-of-hand pocket means it's right at the point of use. When you're laying or following line, that saves you reaching across your body or into a pocket while trying to hold position and keep your light pointed where it should be.

Grip that doesn't let go of your light

The textured palm holds onto a Goodman handle, a scooter trigger housing or a wet canister without you having to squeeze. Less grip effort means less hand fatigue on a long dive.

Features that matter underwater

3mm recycled neoprene

Thin enough to keep your hands flexible, thick enough to take a knock. Halcyon make the neoprene from recycled materials, which is a nice bonus rather than the reason to buy them. The reason to buy them is the balance between protection and movement.

Fingerless cut

The fingers stop short so your fingertips are completely free. This is the feature that defines these gloves. It's brilliant for dexterity and it's also why they aren't a cold water thermal solution.

Back-of-hand marker pocket

Each glove has a pocket on top sized for one or two non-directional markers. It's for temporary placement during a dive, so think of it as a staging point rather than long-term storage for your full marker kit.

Textured non-slip palm

The palm panel is textured for grip and adds wear resistance where gloves usually fail first. If you dive a primary light on a Goodman handle, this is the bit of the glove doing the work.

Why choose the Halcyon Tech Gloves

Most dive gloves are designed around warmth first and dexterity second. These flip that order. If your diving involves line work, whether that's cave diving in Mexico or Florida, wreck penetration in the Red Sea, or running drills on a cavern or wreck course, the thing that slows you down is usually your gloves, not the cold.

Cutting the fingers off a cheap pair of gloves gets you halfway there, but you lose the marker pocket and the reinforced palm, and they tend to fall apart after a few trips. The Halcyon version is purpose-built, so the cut edges, fit and palm material are designed for the job.

In our experience, these are the gloves tech divers pack for warm water trips and leave on for every dive. They're also a good choice for instructors who spend long sessions handling students' kit and want protection without losing feel.

Who the Halcyon Tech Gloves are for

• Cave and cavern divers heading to warm water systems
• Wreck divers running reels and doing penetration work in temperate or tropical water
• Divers training on cavern, intro to cave or wreck courses who want to practise line skills with protected hands
• Sidemount and backmount tech divers who need to work clips and valves without fumbling
• Instructors and divemasters working in pools or warm water who handle a lot of kit
• Scooter divers who want a secure grip on the trigger housing

Who it may not be for: if most of your diving is in UK lakes, quarries or the sea outside of high summer, these won't keep your hands warm. You're better off with 5mm wet gloves or a dry glove system. Have a look at our dive gloves collection or ask us which option suits your drysuit.

How to get the best from the Halcyon Tech Gloves

There's not much to set up, but a few habits make a real difference to how well they work and how long they last.

• Measure your palm across the widest point before ordering and size up if you're between sizes.
• Put them on before your wetsuit cuffs so the suit sleeve sits over the glove wrist and stops it riding up.
• Practise loading and retrieving a cookie from the back pocket on land and in the pool before you rely on it on a real dive.
• Don't overload the pocket. Two markers maximum, and treat it as temporary staging.
• Rinse in fresh water after every dive and dry them away from direct sun and heat to keep the neoprene supple.
• If you dive a Goodman handle, check the handle fits comfortably over the glove palm before your trip.

Specifications

Size chart

Measure across the widest part of your palm, not including the thumb. If you land between two sizes, go for the larger one.

• Colour: Black
• Halcyon part numbers: 42.030.000 (XS) to 42.030.005 (XXL)
• Packaging: Hanging kraft box made from recycled materials

What's included

• 1 pair of Halcyon Tech Gloves
• Recycled kraft retail box

Complete your setup

• SMBs, reels and spools
• Halcyon
• Dive torches
• Drygloves
• Technical diving

Buy the Halcyon Tech Gloves

These are a simple piece of kit that solves a real problem. If you dive with line, you'll notice the difference on the first dive, when you can clip, tie off and stage markers without taking your gloves off or fighting them.

They're not a cold water glove, and we won't pretend they are. For warm water tech, cave and wreck diving, and for anyone who wants protection without losing feel, they're the pair we'd pack.