Mares Excite Fin - New for 2018

[Dogbowl]

Does anyone know anything about the new Mares Excite fin, like how it compares to its famous big brother, the Quattros or its less famous big brother the Superchannels/Avanti 3’s? It also has a Pro version.

Excite Fin

 

[Scoooter961]

I haven't been able to find anything about them either. I might have to take one for the team and buy a pair.

 

[Dogbowl]

I haven't been able to find anything about them either. I might have to take one for the team and buy a pair.

Looks like it’s out in Europe and maybe US. Haven’t been able to find them in Canada yet. Saw somewhere it’s being released in spring 2018?

@Scoooter961 , please post back if you get your hands on them!

 

[Scoooter961]

I called my LDS and the lady couldn't find them in the system but I told them that I wanted a paid when they can order them. So I will report back when I hear something. I won't get to really try them out until March 26th when we go to Grand Cayman though.

 

[Scoooter961]

Just heard back from the owner of the shop and he said "They aren't shipping the excite fin until February some time."

 

[scubadada]

The Excite and the Excite Pro are both briefly written up in the ScubaLab/Scuba Diving Magazine 2018 gear buying issue. They were not included in 2017 fin testing. The Pro model's "fin blade offers a bit more stiffness for divers looking to get even more thrust"

They are both 4 channel fins that look very much like Quattro, Quattro Plus, and Excel Plus, rather than 3 channel Super Channel or X3. They both come with spring straps. They are the most expensive fins in this lineup, apparently list will be $170 for either Excite or Excite Pro. There sure are a lot of fins available these days.

My wife has a pair of X3s that she been diving for 4-5 years. For her, they are very comfortable and work well. She significantly improved her frog kick this year in Bonaire and now has a broader and more flexible armamentarium of kicks. She would occasionally get cramps using just flutter, no more My son has been diving a pair of Quattros for many years, he likes them very much.

 

[Dogbowl]

The Excite and the Excite Pro are both briefly written up in the ScubaLab/Scuba Diving Magazine 2018 gear buying issue. They were not included in 2017 fin testing. The Pro model's "fin blade offers a bit more stiffness for divers looking to get even more thrust"

They are both 4 channel fins that look very much like Quattro, Quattro Plus, and Excel Plus, rather than 3 channel Super Channel or X3. They both come with spring straps. They are the most expensive fins in this lineup, apparently list will be $170 for either Excite or Excite Pro. There sure are a lot of fins available these days.

My wife has a pair of X3s that she been diving for 4-5 years. For her, they are very comfortable and work well. She significantly improved her frog kick this year in Bonaire and now has a broader and more flexible armamentarium of kicks. She would occasionally get cramps using just flutter, no more

I wasn't able to find the write-up. Is it online?

 

[Scoooter961]

it was in the ScubaLab/Scuba Diving Magazine 2018 gear buying issue that I got in the mail the other day, but it really didn't say anything about the fin other than whats on the Mares website.

 

[Dogbowl]

it was in the ScubaLab/Scuba Diving Magazine 2018 gear buying issue that I got in the mail the other day, but it really didn't say anything about the fin other than whats on the Mares website.

I see, thank you.

My LDS is calling in a Mares order next week and I asked to have a pair in yellow and the pro version ordered for me. I'll see what he says next week when he puts in the order as to when they expect to ship.

 

[scubadada]

I wasn't able to find the write-up. Is it online?

The issue just came to my house within the last week, does not appear to be online, yet. Agree with @Scoooter961 little to no useful information

@Dogbowl, appears Excite is in yellow or blue, Pro in gray or grey