ewaiea
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I've been using the same fins (open heel fins with booties) for 16 years.....but I'm interested in getting some full foot fins. Now, when I did my first liveaboard in 2009 I learned the need to use lycra socks inside my dive booties or the skin on my feet would get really torn to shreds. I've looked at dive masters on liveaboards and many of them use full foot fins (in warm environments) and they didn't seem to have to wear any kind of lycra socks.
For those of you who use full foot fins for repetitive dives on liveaboards (or any dive trip where you're doing 5 dives a day for a week or more), what are your favorite types/brands of fins? I have been looking at the Mares Avanti super-channel fins (full foot).....I'd prefer a non-split fin style and I would like them to be a little on the long side (for power) but not necessarily free diving fins.
Any recommendations?
For those of you who use full foot fins for repetitive dives on liveaboards (or any dive trip where you're doing 5 dives a day for a week or more), what are your favorite types/brands of fins? I have been looking at the Mares Avanti super-channel fins (full foot).....I'd prefer a non-split fin style and I would like them to be a little on the long side (for power) but not necessarily free diving fins.
Any recommendations?