Mares Quattro buckle FAILURE

[Bloop]

I have the Volo which comes with the lock feature.

I dont use it coz the buckle is so tight that opening the "quick release" gets me breathing fast..

Otherwise, it is a great fin.

 

[MJillKDives]

Last Friday, after 17 years of regular diving, I lost my first fin---a Mares Quattro purchased about three years ago. The fin came off while I was descending. I was puzzled because I know that I checked the buckles before jumping in and they were closed. Now I may have an answer.

Incidentally, the fin is black and was lost off of Palm Beach. If anyone finds it let me know.

 

[Phish-phood]

FLL Diver don't know if this will be of any help but mares straps tend be a fairly standard size and other brands will fit the quattros and be of better quality. I have beaver straps on mine and my buddy has typhoon straps on his. Both of which were bought for about £5 without the whole buckle system and both seem to be lasting much better than any of the mares straps.

 

[ew1usnr]

I got a pair of Quattros because they were a top rated fin in Rodale's Scuba magazine. I tried them twice and both times a buckle came undone. Plus, they were too long to fit in my dive bag. I sold them and went back to using my black rubber Rocket fins.

 

[diverdeb001]

I love my fins and the way they do up etc but I broke two straps within a month or two. They looked like they had been cut in two with an exacto knife. There must be a sharp edge in there somewhere. Anyway, I lost a fin (not the Mares) doing an ascent one time and it's no fun. I don't want to risk any more fin problems so I've gone to coil straps and I like them a lot.

 

[Former FLL Now MSP Diver]

Phish-phood once bubbled...
FLL Diver don't know if this will be of any help but mares straps tend be a fairly standard size and other brands will fit the quattros and be of better quality. I have beaver straps on mine and my buddy has typhoon straps on his. Both of which were bought for about £5 without the whole buckle system and both seem to be lasting much better than any of the mares straps.

Thanks for the info. I did use generic straps for a bit, but I guess I'm a touch obessive/compulsive as I like both straps to be the same and I wanted the OEM Mares ones.

Anyway I have made the changeover to spring straps and like them, and my daughter now has a whole bunch of spare straps and buckles.