Hey everybody,
I have used Mares Avanti Quattro's for 4 years through 80+ dives. I have liked them well enough, but I have always felt that I just didn't have the strength in my legs to pump these large blades. Long swims left me very fatigued. That being said, I never was unable to keep up the horsepower. I just felt winded. (I am a fitness runner so it is not that I am a donut eating couch potato...). Anyways, I picked up a pair of Scuba Pro Twin Jets yesterday on a whim and took them to the lake today for a little test drive.
Results: I have to tell you that I went into the water skeptical. I have read most if not all the posts on this board concerning pros and cons so I was very critical as I hit the water. Long story short, I am sold. I made a surface swim with my BP/Wing of about 50 yards with no problem. This was accomplished on my back so to speak so in my experience the concern over not being efficient on the surface was found to not be a problem. In addition, my buddy, who is still equipped with the Quattros, did not outpace me at all. We then dropped down to the bottom in about 40 feet and made a little swim to a training platform. I found that the swim stroke felt effortless and I was outpacing Sherri so much that I received a few comments from her following the dive about how fast I was going. Now, I was not trying to blow her away, and I was very concious of effort in an attempt to evaluate the fins. When is was all over, I felt very good about the switch. I will be using them in Catalina the week of Oct 14th and if I find anything else to report, I will post following the trip. Meanwhile, they get the thumbs up from me.