New TrueFin fins.... Any comments ?

[grantmac]

I tried the green on the little toe set-up and very much didn't like it. Felt a weird twist when flutter kicking and no improvement for frog.

My ankles don't bend downward particularly well so I like having more articulation that direction, also feels like less drag on the reset for the frog when I don't get the angle just right. It's possible my ideal spine would be yellow downward then somewhere between yellow and green/blue in the frog direction.

I do find that for both frog and back kick they reward longer slower cadence. For flutter it's the opposite.

 

[The Chairman]

Are you still an active status instructor?

Nope. I gave it up a couple of years ago.

 

[The Chairman]

I predominantly frog kick.

Ditto. How are the foot pockets?

 

[L13]

Ditto. How are the foot pockets?

I like them, but everybody likes something different, lol.

 

[scubadada]

Ditto. How are the foot pockets?

I find the foot pockets very comfortable. I wear a size 10 shoe, wear sturdy 3mm Pinnacle booties and dive large Truefins with a medium spring strap. I imagine all those variables could make a difference.

I dive large Dive Rite XTs, they have always been very comfortable for me.

 

[The Chairman]

I dive large Dive Rite XTs, they have always been very comfortable for me.

They dig into my high instep.

 

[Truefin]

Ditto. How are the foot pockets?

I suppose the closest approximation would be to say that the Truefin large has a similar size/shape foot pocket as the Scubapro Seawing Nova large. It's odd there is no foot pocket sizing standard applied to swim fins.

 

[L13]

I suppose the closest approximation would be to say that the Truefin large has a similar size/shape foot pocket as the Scubapro Seawing Nova large. It's odd there is no foot pocket sizing standard applied to swim fins.

Yes, my large Truefin's and my large Sewing Nova's fit very similarly (but swim completely different).

 

[grantmac]

The pocket is VERY stiff on the bottom and moderately flexible on the top. I'm an 11.5 shoe, diving with 5mm booties they are a little loose on the sides. They fit the integrated boots on my drysuit perfectly.
I have no arches to speak of so YMMV.

 

[The Chairman]

I hope to run into someone local to test one.