Split Fins?? Controversial Topic???
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BabyDuck
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oh, i didn't mention the discharge and itchiness? my bad.
Never mind now. Can't touch that. And don't think I really want to come to think of it.
Boy this thread really is dying as far as staying on topic. SEE They are fins of death!
BTW should have told the DM to wait til she sees your BC made from hot water bottles.
Boy this thread really is dying as far as staying on topic. SEE They are fins of death!
BTW should have told the DM to wait til she sees your BC made from hot water bottles.
I love my OMS Slipstreams (lightweight monoprene, better for travel, not too long, great for frog kick)
I love my Apollo Bio Fins (heavier and more negative for wearing drysuit, faster than my OMS slipstreams, easy on the knees, great control)
They both work great, they are both fantastic fins.
Fins are fins are fins are fins to 99% of most divers so don't get caught up by elitists who bash what they don't have the ability to dive with.
Back on topic.
I love my Apollo Bio Fins (heavier and more negative for wearing drysuit, faster than my OMS slipstreams, easy on the knees, great control)
They both work great, they are both fantastic fins.
Fins are fins are fins are fins to 99% of most divers so don't get caught up by elitists who bash what they don't have the ability to dive with.
Back on topic.
Is it just me or does anyone else think the divemaster had an old pair of fins she wanted to sell?
JamesK
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chrpai
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The orange ones are the most dangerous.
Rodae's Scuba Lab actually conducted extensive water tests in 2003. Here's part 1 of their conclusion, but only for those who don't care if reality conflicts with their opinion.
* Apollo Bio Fin Pro - Best overall tested fin ever! Scuba Lab
SCUBALAB REVIEW
Fin Manufactures make all kinds of claims about the underwater swimming efficiency of their fins, usually based on little or no data.
But there are clear differences in fin efficiency that can be documented by conducting hundreds of controlled, head-to-head evaluations.
So far Scuba Lab has performed over 3,000 such test. Here's what the data says:
But it takes more than marketing claims to sort out the differences. It takes rigorous testing and hard data.
And you're holding in your hands the only place where you can find it.
BREATHING RATES IN PSI PER MINUTE
SCUBA LAB FIN REVIEW
MANUFACTURER & MODELo  > | OVERALL SCORE | OVERALL ERGONOMIC | COURSE SUBJECTIVE | COURSE EFFICIENCY | AVERAGE OF MAX. SUSTAINED SPEEDS |
| Apollo Sports Bio Fin Pro | 3.3* | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 mph |
| Atomic Aquatics Splitfin | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 mph |
| Genesis Scuba Blitz | 4.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 mph |
| Oceanic Vortex V-6 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 mph |
| Oceanic Vortex V-12 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 mph |
| Scubapro Twin Jet (Black) | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 mph |
| Scubapro Twin Jet (Colors) | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.7 mph |
| Sherwood Scuba Trek | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.3 mph |
| Tusa XPERT Zoom | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 mph |
| Mares Volo (best-ever paddle fin) | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 mph |
| FIN PERFORMANCE SCORING |
| 1 = Outstanding |
| 2 = Good to Excellent |
| 3 = Adequate |
| 4 = Marginal |
| 5 = Unacceptable |
Fin Manufactures make all kinds of claims about the underwater swimming efficiency of their fins, usually based on little or no data.
But there are clear differences in fin efficiency that can be documented by conducting hundreds of controlled, head-to-head evaluations.
So far Scuba Lab has performed over 3,000 such test. Here's what the data says:
- The propeller fins tested for this article performed, on average, 27 percent more efficiently than the best paddle fin.
- The performance of the best propeller fin we've ever tested is 142 percent more efficient than the worst paddle fin.
- The performance of the best paddle fin we've ever tested is 64 percent more efficient than the worst paddle fin.
But it takes more than marketing claims to sort out the differences. It takes rigorous testing and hard data.
And you're holding in your hands the only place where you can find it.
BREATHING RATES IN PSI PER MINUTE
John_B
Grasshopper
Bob Evans
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Scubalab ... "reported tests of .... products as independent, objective and unbiased, when in fact no data or documentation existed to support results of [some] fin tests .... Nature's Wings [who then was marketing licenses to fin manufacturers] paid the then-Director of Rodale's ScubaLab and author of the articles for approximately four years of fin tests. Some of the tests were developed by Nature's Wings." This information was obtained through discover in a Federal Court case of the time Bob Evans Designs, Inc. vs. Rodale Press, Inc.
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