That is certainly fair.
I haven't really shopped much for either type of fins. The only reason I looked at fins at all is because I can't fit booties in my whole foot blades, which I bought as a package for snorkeling many years ago. I just thought it was interesting that people said "$200 splits" when I found several pairs, even in dive shops, for significantly less than that and it didn't seem to me they were ridiculously higher prices than blades were.
I haven't really shopped much for either type of fins. The only reason I looked at fins at all is because I can't fit booties in my whole foot blades, which I bought as a package for snorkeling many years ago. I just thought it was interesting that people said "$200 splits" when I found several pairs, even in dive shops, for significantly less than that and it didn't seem to me they were ridiculously higher prices than blades were.