Mares Quattro Excel Metal

[Scuba Stu]

I am looking at getting a new pair of fins, and I wondered if anybody has tried or heard anything about these new fins from Mares? I know they are based on the Quattros which are very popular, but is there anything great about this new design, or is it just a marketing gimmick?

It the past I have used Oceanic V12 split fins (virtually indistructable), Mares Volo Power (not recomended if you do a lot of shore diving), and Mares Volo Race (great for pool or tropics).

 

[GP]

I am looking at getting a new pair of fins, and I wondered if anybody has tried or heard anything about these new fins from Mares? I know they are based on the Quattros which are very popular, but is there anything great about this new design, or is it just a marketing gimmick?

It the past I have used Oceanic V12 split fins (virtually indistructable), Mares Volo Power (not recomended if you do a lot of shore diving), and Mares Volo Race (great for pool or tropics).

Sounds like another marketing gimmick to me although Quattros in general are nice fins. I had a pair and liked em' but ditched them for Turtles for the larger footpocket when I went to the drysuit/rockboots a few years ago.

 

[Stuabdn]

My Mate has a pair, its just a gimic. they have a light aluminum strip down the middle and since there is a litmited ammount made they have limtied edition serial number on them.

They are a very Stiff, rigid fin, he dosent like them and was looking to sell them after his second dive

Stuart

 

[Scuba Stu]

My Mate has a pair, its just a gimic. they have a light aluminum strip down the middle and since there is a litmited ammount made they have limtied edition serial number on them.

They are a very Stiff, rigid fin, he dosent like them and was looking to sell them after his second dive

Stuart

Thanks Stuabdn. Thats pretty much what I had thought. I know that the Quattro is an excellent fin, and this new limited edition version is just trying to cash in on the original fins popularity.

 

[JJP161]

I am looking at getting a new pair of fins, and I wondered if anybody has tried or heard anything about these new fins from Mares? I know they are based on the Quattros which are very popular, but is there anything great about this new design, or is it just a marketing gimmick?

It the past I have used Oceanic V12 split fins (virtually indistructable), Mares Volo Power (not recomended if you do a lot of shore diving), and Mares Volo Race (great for pool or tropics).

Scuba.com has the Mares Quattro Limited Edition on sale for $59.95.

 

[xSandman3]

Mares Volo Power (not recomended if you do a lot of shore diving)

Why? I use mine exclusively for shore diving, and I like them a lot.

 

[mossym]

Scuba.com has the Mares Quattro Limited Edition on sale for $59.95.

i don't think they are the fins he is talking about..

 

[Scuba Stu]

Why? I use mine exclusively for shore diving, and I like them a lot.

I have snapped two blades just above the hinges on my volo powers, both times by getting the fin tip jammed under my foot as I put them on, and then putting my weight down on top of the now bent fin. I've gone through two pairs in less then 10 dives. Where I dive the bottom is mainly rocks, and it seems that the tips easily get caught between the rocks.

 

[123Scuba.com]

Scuba.com has the Mares Quattro Limited Edition on sale for $59.95.

That is a regular Quattro, not the Limited Edition Metal.

These are the Mares Quattro Excel Metal Limited Edition Fins.

http://www.island-scuba.com/p-FNLE01.html