drrich2
Contributor
Some options, like 'Power' and 'High Top Speed,' overlap. When I've looked for fins, having size 15 feet that many won't fit, my criteria are:
1.) Brand I've heard good things about. If it's really good, it should've created some buzz. This isn't about a designer label, just narrowing the options down. My current favorites are Deep 6 2-xl Eddy fins.
2.) Gotta fit, no small thing (literally) for me, but comfortably. Foot pocket shape matters, and this is a place Eddys shine by reputation.
3.) I prefer neutral buoyancy, since I don't dive a drive suit and like many recreational divers I'm rather foot-heavy. I'm already putting a good portion of my weight in rear trim pockets in search of good horizontal trim; why pick fins that sabotage that?
4.) I'd like them durable enough to last awhile; I like spring straps for the same reason. What I see in the 1st picture has me looking at those long, narrow-looking side pieces. What happens to them on a typical dive boat deck where other divers, geared up & heavy, head to the back of the boat stepping on other people's fins occasionally as they go?
5.) Since I can get Eddy fins with spring straps cheap, you'd have to make a serious value-for-dollar argument to make me consider switching to something expensive.
6.) Get reputable objective 3rd party reviewers to sing their praises.
Richard.
1.) Brand I've heard good things about. If it's really good, it should've created some buzz. This isn't about a designer label, just narrowing the options down. My current favorites are Deep 6 2-xl Eddy fins.
2.) Gotta fit, no small thing (literally) for me, but comfortably. Foot pocket shape matters, and this is a place Eddys shine by reputation.
3.) I prefer neutral buoyancy, since I don't dive a drive suit and like many recreational divers I'm rather foot-heavy. I'm already putting a good portion of my weight in rear trim pockets in search of good horizontal trim; why pick fins that sabotage that?
4.) I'd like them durable enough to last awhile; I like spring straps for the same reason. What I see in the 1st picture has me looking at those long, narrow-looking side pieces. What happens to them on a typical dive boat deck where other divers, geared up & heavy, head to the back of the boat stepping on other people's fins occasionally as they go?
5.) Since I can get Eddy fins with spring straps cheap, you'd have to make a serious value-for-dollar argument to make me consider switching to something expensive.
6.) Get reputable objective 3rd party reviewers to sing their praises.
Richard.