Help me to make a guide!

[Lampy]

I am ignoring the 'Has this been asked before?' button in pursuit of a guide, not just a jumble of reviews, opinions and different circumstances.

Unfortunately I am nowhere nearly experienced enough to write this guide myself, and that is where you come in.

After this post gets all the answers I am looking for I will compile it into a user friendly guide on the forum (if all goes to plan!)

Main fins I would like to look at:

SP Jets
SP Twin Jets
Mares Avanti Quattros
Mares Quattro Excel
Mares Raptor
Force Fins
Aqualung Slingshot

Opinions regarding Split vs. non-Split - Power vs. Weight - Force vs. everything and of course - does size matter? oh, and price vs. quality

Also I would like to consider environments e.g. - are split fins better in wrecks? which fins don't stir up the bottom? do slingshots do well in current?

So here is your part; the response.

If you own one of the above fins would you please include with your comments a rating out of 10 for each of the following factors:

Durability and Value for $$$ /10
Comfort and ease of use /10
Effort and Power ratio /10
Ability to perform a variety of kicks /10
General Score /10


Feel free to copy & paste this scoresheet and fill it in, (adding which fin you are rating of course).

Thank-you in advance for your time and effort,

Michael

After 2 weeks I will be totaling up the scores and will post the results.

Also you may choose to note if you like the colour (is it easy to see).

 

[wunat]

SP Jets

Durability and Value for $$$ /10
Comfort and ease of use /10
Effort and Power ratio /10
Ability to perform a variety of kicks /10
General Score /10

Fins preference is very subjective. I love my Jets!!!

 

[letterboy]

Jets are big and clunky

 

[danvolker]

I am ignoring the 'Has this been asked before?' button in pursuit of a guide, not just a jumble of reviews, opinions and different circumstances.

Unfortunately I am nowhere nearly experienced enough to write this guide myself, and that is where you come in.

After this post gets all the answers I am looking for I will compile it into a user friendly guide on the forum (if all goes to plan!)

Main fins I would like to look at:

SP Jets
SP Twin Jets
Mares Avanti Quattros
Mares Quattro Excel
Mares Raptor
Force Fins
Aqualung Slingshot

Opinions regarding Split vs. non-Split - Power vs. Weight - Force vs. everything and of course - does size matter? oh, and price vs. quality
.

If you want this to be "meaningful", it should include Freedive fins, specifically one of the decent brands of them....to make this easily available, a choice like Cressi 300 LD ( soft easy to kick) or the Cressi Gara 2000 HF if you want a slightly faster/harder to kick high rpm, fin. Or, better still, the new Gara Proffessional for fit divers with a little more cash to spend

With freedive fins, you kick differently than you do with ALL OF THE FINS you have mentioned so far....With freedive fins, you use a slow kick, with a fairly staight knee--it comes from the hip. Kick turnover (cadence/rpm) is much slower with freedivng fins, and this slows breathig rate, even though the speed you reach is typically much higher with a freedivng fin for a given heartrate/breathing rate than for the typical traditional fin selections....splits whould be discarded as trash, unless the person has a leg injury preventing the person from using a fin with much "push" per kick.

Regards,
Dan Volker