SeaJay
Contributor
...So I'm reading my latest Scuba Diving magazine tonight and my mouth fell open. Here's an exerpt from p. 75, regarding the newest, latest and greatest "Apollo Sports Bio Fin XT/C-Series":
They're like a Halcyon spring strap covered in rubber instead of cloth.
Later, one tester said this:
Still later in the article, the author says this:
Why they'd suggest this when the obvious solution is right in their hand is beyond me... After all, the point isn't to replace a broken strap with another that will do exactly the same thing...
Think we should tell them that spring straps have been around since the mid 60's - or that many of us have been using them on our Jets back when they were touting the wonders of the Tusa quick-release buckle?
Idiots.
What'll they think of next? The "nonsplit" fin? "Really stiff" fins? Fins made of rubber only so that they don't get all marred up through years of use?
They're like a Halcyon spring strap covered in rubber instead of cloth.
Later, one tester said this:
Still later in the article, the author says this:
Why they'd suggest this when the obvious solution is right in their hand is beyond me... After all, the point isn't to replace a broken strap with another that will do exactly the same thing...
Think we should tell them that spring straps have been around since the mid 60's - or that many of us have been using them on our Jets back when they were touting the wonders of the Tusa quick-release buckle?
Idiots.
What'll they think of next? The "nonsplit" fin? "Really stiff" fins? Fins made of rubber only so that they don't get all marred up through years of use?
