Dive Rite Fins

[thethumper]

Anyone care to comment on the new Dive Rite fins. Anyone used them if so, what do you think. I need a new fin for Cavern/Cave. I use Blades now & the're just too bloomin' big. I have the spring kit on them, but that doesn't change the length of the fin.

Have a reccomendation for another fin. If so. Why?

 

[lucid]

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I bought some XL jet fins and put L spring straps on them. I really like them. I am starting to get used to them and find that I can manuver much better I could with the Mares I used to have. I can also swim backwards with ease.

 

[thethumper]

I was looking @ those @ Cave Excursions on Sunday. They were SUPER short. Shorter than any other SP Jet Fin I had seen before. Bill told me when I come back down, I could take each pair & try them.

 

[lucid]

The large Jet Fin is real small. Try the XL.

 

[DiverBuoy]

Scuba Pro Twin Jet Splits

 

[DiverBuoy]

I really like the homer simpson x-ray avitar with the jowls and tiny tiny brain!

 

[Rick Murchison]

thethumper once bubbled...
Anyone care to comment on the new Dive Rite fins.

Dive-Rite bought a tried-&-true mold when one of the majors discontinued a fin model, and the rights to the design & made it their own. I'm not sure exactly whose it was before, but the design is solid, the fins are simple and honest and support the whole gamut of "cave" kicks well. They feel a lot like Cressi Frogs to me. I rate 'em good, and if I didn't already own some Jets & Frogs I'd likely buy some.
Rick

 

[lucid]

I tried some splitfins once. Seemed like a lot of work for a little movement. They do cut through the water easily but I didn't get much momentum from them.

 

[lucid]

Diverbuoy,

Thanks =]

I ripped it off from somewhere. It isn't my design.

 

[leadweight]

How come someone asks for opinions about Diverite fins and most of the replies are about Jetfin variants? I cant say I have even seen a pair of Diverite fins, but they do look like Cressi's with the underside foot pocket.