TexasKaren68
Contributor
I'm going to take Scuba lessons starting next month so I wanted to get myself a mask, snorkel and fins as a Christmas present to myself.
The guy at the dive shop showed me several fins and I settled on the Aqualung Slingshot but now I'm having second thoughts and am considering returning them tomorrow and exchanging them for a different kind. For which kind? I don't know. The instructor also seemed to like the Seawing Nova's - I guess I found them a bit "funny looking" but now after reading some comments, maybe they would have been a better choice?
The thing is, the Slingshot fins just seem so HUGE and heavy and I'm a not very strong, 5'5" girl who to date has only used full foot, el-cheapo fins that they give you when you go snorkeling on a cruise ship excursion.
I'm not sure if different fins are needed for scuba vs. snorkeling and why.
I do know I don't want a full foot fin because to me, they are hard to get off while being slammed against a boat ladder in high winds.
Are there any women out there using the Slingshots? Are they OK for women? I'm a bit afraid of my legs getting tired with such large fins.
One thing I do know is that I want to pay for fins that I will be able to use for the next 20 years and I am a believer that you get what you pay for. I don't want to spend $40 on a set of fins that will need to be replaced in two years if I can spend $200 on fins that will last forever.
The guy at the dive shop showed me several fins and I settled on the Aqualung Slingshot but now I'm having second thoughts and am considering returning them tomorrow and exchanging them for a different kind. For which kind? I don't know. The instructor also seemed to like the Seawing Nova's - I guess I found them a bit "funny looking" but now after reading some comments, maybe they would have been a better choice?
The thing is, the Slingshot fins just seem so HUGE and heavy and I'm a not very strong, 5'5" girl who to date has only used full foot, el-cheapo fins that they give you when you go snorkeling on a cruise ship excursion.
I'm not sure if different fins are needed for scuba vs. snorkeling and why.
I do know I don't want a full foot fin because to me, they are hard to get off while being slammed against a boat ladder in high winds.
Are there any women out there using the Slingshots? Are they OK for women? I'm a bit afraid of my legs getting tired with such large fins.
One thing I do know is that I want to pay for fins that I will be able to use for the next 20 years and I am a believer that you get what you pay for. I don't want to spend $40 on a set of fins that will need to be replaced in two years if I can spend $200 on fins that will last forever.
