csicnomore
Contributor
Rec'd my FF pro XXXL on the 17th and my comfort inserts yesterday. Couldn't wait for my sister-in-law (Dive master, AI, and my dive buddy). So I went to the pool on the Navy Base nearest me. Yee Haw!
Tried my old fins first: Mares Plana Avanti Quattros. Instant ankle and foot pain from planar fasciatus, bad enough I didn't won't to go more than a pool length.
Then the FF pro's, WOW, you guys told me and I believed you, but you gotta be kidding.
Pain went from a 6 or so to about a 1 and while on my side a 0. And, yes it really felt like I didn't have any fins on. Not sure if the power was a whole lot more, but there was a lot less effort. Difficult on the surface, switched to a side stroke, which Messier and Uncleavi (I believe it was) and no problem.
Fitting: Snug on my instep and "bites" a little on top center of instep. Can put one finger in one side or the other of foot pocket, so I can shift foot slightly side to side while standing (doesn't "feel" loose, though). In the water this doesn't seem to matter as the shape of the fin going through the water centers my foot. If there was a whole cut in the instep like Flying Force Fin, might solve the "bite on the instep".
Hey, the next lane was a sailor with a set of rocket fins on, doing lap after lap after lap. Anyway he stops and I ask if he wants to try another fin. He says sure. I say, but try just the one and yours on the other foot. He says ok. And I get him to try on his back and warned him he wouldn't feel the fin. He tried a lap and said I was right, he didn't feel the fin, but did feel the Power! --- Turns out, he's a Navy SAR swimmer and they can only wear 2 fins, one the rocket and i forget the other. Told him the Force Fin website, bet he gets a personal pair.
Tried my old fins first: Mares Plana Avanti Quattros. Instant ankle and foot pain from planar fasciatus, bad enough I didn't won't to go more than a pool length.
Then the FF pro's, WOW, you guys told me and I believed you, but you gotta be kidding.
Pain went from a 6 or so to about a 1 and while on my side a 0. And, yes it really felt like I didn't have any fins on. Not sure if the power was a whole lot more, but there was a lot less effort. Difficult on the surface, switched to a side stroke, which Messier and Uncleavi (I believe it was) and no problem.
Fitting: Snug on my instep and "bites" a little on top center of instep. Can put one finger in one side or the other of foot pocket, so I can shift foot slightly side to side while standing (doesn't "feel" loose, though). In the water this doesn't seem to matter as the shape of the fin going through the water centers my foot. If there was a whole cut in the instep like Flying Force Fin, might solve the "bite on the instep".
Hey, the next lane was a sailor with a set of rocket fins on, doing lap after lap after lap. Anyway he stops and I ask if he wants to try another fin. He says sure. I say, but try just the one and yours on the other foot. He says ok. And I get him to try on his back and warned him he wouldn't feel the fin. He tried a lap and said I was right, he didn't feel the fin, but did feel the Power! --- Turns out, he's a Navy SAR swimmer and they can only wear 2 fins, one the rocket and i forget the other. Told him the Force Fin website, bet he gets a personal pair.
