cougar
Contributor
Biscuit..fins preferences are personal...but here's mine.
No one has mentioned my favorites. When I contemplated learning to dive fins were a big concern. I have had surgery on both knees and everytime I snorkled I would throw the rental fins on the beach and snorkle barefooted because the rental fins hurt my knees, tired out my legs and gave me calf cramps.
People recommended force fins, they told me to get the Quattros...they swore that split fins would be easier on my knees...then someone mentioned the Mares Volos. I went to my not very L...DS and looked at fins. They had several brands of lovely split fins that loked sexy. The Mares Volos only came in grey and black and were UGLY. I talked the dive shop into letting me try about 10 different fins in the water at a discover scuba class. I eagerly started with the sexiest fins and went towards the uglier. Some of them were real "purty" but none of them felt any better on my poor knees than the variety of rentals I had already experienced. Last of all I tried on the ugly Mares Volos.
After swimming a few meters I looked back to see if I was really wearing fins, or if they had fallen off...it felt barefoot. I assumed I couldn't develop any power with them if they felt so easy to move through the water. Wrong..I instigated a few pool races and discovered they had LOTS of power. Many dives later...I have yet to get a leg cramp...I LOVE these fins. I told a friend who is an ortho surgeon with a specialty in knees about them and he tried them...now he's recommending them to all his diving buddies with knee problems. I got mine from sport extreme for $96 bucks plus $11 postage and they arrived in 3 days (My non-local LDS wanted $236 back then.) I note the price has really come down on the web...so hey are probably less now.:doctor: :doctor:
No one has mentioned my favorites. When I contemplated learning to dive fins were a big concern. I have had surgery on both knees and everytime I snorkled I would throw the rental fins on the beach and snorkle barefooted because the rental fins hurt my knees, tired out my legs and gave me calf cramps.
People recommended force fins, they told me to get the Quattros...they swore that split fins would be easier on my knees...then someone mentioned the Mares Volos. I went to my not very L...DS and looked at fins. They had several brands of lovely split fins that loked sexy. The Mares Volos only came in grey and black and were UGLY. I talked the dive shop into letting me try about 10 different fins in the water at a discover scuba class. I eagerly started with the sexiest fins and went towards the uglier. Some of them were real "purty" but none of them felt any better on my poor knees than the variety of rentals I had already experienced. Last of all I tried on the ugly Mares Volos.
After swimming a few meters I looked back to see if I was really wearing fins, or if they had fallen off...it felt barefoot. I assumed I couldn't develop any power with them if they felt so easy to move through the water. Wrong..I instigated a few pool races and discovered they had LOTS of power. Many dives later...I have yet to get a leg cramp...I LOVE these fins. I told a friend who is an ortho surgeon with a specialty in knees about them and he tried them...now he's recommending them to all his diving buddies with knee problems. I got mine from sport extreme for $96 bucks plus $11 postage and they arrived in 3 days (My non-local LDS wanted $236 back then.) I note the price has really come down on the web...so hey are probably less now.:doctor: :doctor:
