What are your favorite fins and why?

[Nemrod]

Love full foot fins for scuba or free diving but unfortuately the nice Gulls etc are a challenge to get. Diving from a boat, full foot fins are the bomb! N

 

[David Wilson]

Man! When I had full-foots, they were really uncomfortable! Made snorkelling a nightmare! Then again, different people have different tastes!

Well-fitting all-rubber closed-heel fins, neither too tight nor too loose, are a pleasure to wear when snorkelling. Certainly all mine are, which is why I prefer them.

 

[meesier42]

No not really. Any long bladed freediving fin will be the most efficient.

no, again you are wrong. if that were in fact true then the Jetfins would have died 40 years ago.

Long Free diving fins are good for what they were designed for. but they are specialist fins. Fins designed for scuba are better for scuba. If Long free diving fins are better for scuba, they wouldn't be called FREE DIVING FINS, they would simply call them FINS, and everything else would cease to exist.

I entered scuba after close to 10 years of free diving, I have used monofins and bi-fins, since I did it for fun and hunting the mono's were not very good for me and I used long Cressi carbon blades. They were terrible for scuba, not to mention they would cause untold amounts of damage to the reefs that they were constantly hitting. I started in scuba with Forcefins, and used Jets, Rockets, Blades, Atomic, Apollo Bio-fin, Mares Quattros and many many more. Plain and simple, ForceFins out performed all of them.

 

[Iain Thysse]

Scubapro Jet Fins are without a doubt the best fins I have ever owned. Power when you need it and control all the time.

 

[Iain Thysse]

Oh...and spring straps. They are a thing of beauty that all should have.

 

[magicwanz]

no, again you are wrong. if that were in fact true then the Jetfins would have died 40 years ago.

Long Free diving fins are good for what they were designed for. but they are specialist fins. Fins designed for scuba are better for scuba. If Long free diving fins are better for scuba, they wouldn't be called FREE DIVING FINS, they would simply call them FINS, and everything else would cease to exist.

Dude, get a clue. I didn't say they were "better for scuba". I said they were "more efficient".
Closed heel (as opposed to open heal SCUBA style) footpockets give a more efficient transfer of energy from the ankle and calf to the blade again resulting in more "bang for you buck". Long blades produce more thrust with less effort. It's really simple.

I entered scuba after close to 10 years of free diving, I have used monofins and bi-fins, since I did it for fun and hunting the mono's were not very good for me and I used long Cressi carbon blades. They were terrible for scuba, not to mention they would cause untold amounts of damage to the reefs that they were constantly hitting.

Why were you hitting the reefs with your CARBON fins?
BTW, I do like your gear solution (force fins) for a skill problem (tearing up your expensive carbon fins on "the reefs they were constantly hitting").

 

[perdidochas]

No not really. Any long bladed freediving fin will be the most efficient.

What particular models of freediving fins would you recommend for a new freediver?

 

[BDSC]

The Excellerating Force Fin in Tan Delta Polyurethane! It's the most amazing fin ever invented! Nothing compares.

BDSC

 

[shoturtle]

I really like my aeris velocity xp split fins very effortless flutter kicking, but also like a mares avanti paddle also.

 

[OmegaAquatics]

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