I recently got some extra force fins with whiskers installed. As far as I can tell, I don't really notice a difference when placing the whiskers in different positions.
You actually answered your own question! Dive more, you'll notice the difference.
My guess is that you are spending a lot of mental energy on just doing what will become second nature after time. As you progress, you'll begin to notice things that slipped by before.
Recently, I was involved in a an anchor recovery/removal from a protected wreck. Visibility was zero and we were expending a lot of energy trying to remove the anchor without doing any further damage to the wreck. At some point during this process, my whiskers got snagged on one of my fins (extras - thank you Blair!!) and both whiskers were twisted 3 clicks CW. I couldn't figure out why I kept swimming in circles!
Seriously, you WILL notice ... eventually.
---------- Post added October 21st, 2014 at 10:11 AM ----------
I love my Extras!!
Being a big fat guy, I have pretty strong legs, so I haven't even noticed that they were "hard" to kick. Great, I'll probably get cramps on the next dive!
The biggest difference I noticed is that the Extras look SOOO much cooler!
Also, with the whiskers, I do not have any trouble keeping silt down to a minimum in wrecks. You can get a lot of fine-tuned control out of them.
If I silt up, it is because of something else (stoopid) that I've done, not the fins!
I do find though that when I guide groups here in Estonia and they are using Jets, I have to
stagger kick (don't know what else to call it). While they are steadily kicking, I have to kick one leg, pause, pause, pause, kick second leg, pause, pause, pause ... Otherwise, soon I won't have a group to guide!
---------- Post added October 21st, 2014 at 10:14 AM ----------
Hey Bob!
Those are MY fins (post 11), well, except the blue whiskers that Blair hooked me up with!
Man I LOVE those things!
You can't even LOOK at those and not want to get in the water!
