why Jet Fins?

[pilot fish]

2:30AM night dive in a wierd location, backwards sitting entry off the gunall (name for that?). Forget to put my reg in my mouth... thankfully I did remember to properly inflate my BC

Thank God you were not over-weighted

Same thing happen to me in Dominica on a silly shore dive. Forgot to put reg in my mouth, just helped two other divers with their gear and forgot my stuff, and went in with no reg in my mouth. Reg got twisted in the back way over on the other side of my tank. No air in bc, oops, I thought, and began to kick hard to stay above the water , then realized I have air2 and just put alternate reg in my mouth and asked the other diver to help untangle me. It was only a 20 ft dive but can you imagine doing that over the Marianas trench, ouch!

 

[OE2X]

[[[Bessie Braddock to Churchill: "Winston, you're drunk!"
Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly, *but* tomorrow morning I shall be sober" ]]]]]

http://www.comedy-zone.net/quotes/Politics/churchill.htm
http://panavox.panaserve.net/index.php?q=module:article,action:view,id:403
http://www.coolquotescollection.com/Laughs43.aspx

Some use "Madam" instead of Bessie and some attribute the reply to Lady Astor, although it would seem as if he put her in her place during this conversation:

Lady Astor to Churchill "Winston, if you were my husband I would flavour your coffee with poison"
Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it"

Very few use the word "but".

It would seem that you have far more important things to concern yourself with other than pretending to be William Saffire.

 

[pilot fish]

"It would seem that you have far more important things to concern yourself with other than pretending to be William Saffire." a feeble attempt to sound Churchillian

You, suh, are a scoundrel and you reek of elderberries! But, butt, I'll have none of it.

 

[pilot fish]

http://www.comedy-zone.net/quotes/Politics/churchill.htm
http://panavox.panaserve.net/index.php?q=module:article,action:view,id:403
http://www.coolquotescollection.com/Laughs43.aspx

Some use "Madam" instead of Bessie and some attribute the reply to Lady Astor, although it would seem as if he put her in her place during this conversation:

Lady Astor to Churchill "Winston, if you were my husband I would flavour your coffee with poison"
Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it"

Very few use the word "but".

It would seem that you have far more important things to concern yourself with other than pretending to be William Saffire.

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. "
Sir Winston Churchill

 

[pilot fish]

"I may be drunk, Miss, *but* in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. "
Winston Churchill ] actual quote

Without the but it was syntactically wrong,[Churchill's syntacs was impeccable] so that prompted me to check further.

Thanks for inspiring me to recheck Churchill quotes. He was gifted, as was Lincoln. Men of their times.

 

[The Kraken]

The topic of this thread is:

"My only problem is Why would I want to use such an old fin when My fantastic Twin Jets work great. Help me out, Why Jet fins?"

I think it's about time we returned to the topic.

the K

 

[StSomewhere]

Leisurepro stocks them for $65. No lifetime factory warranty through them, but MSRP is about twice that, I think.

I think I paid $102 at my LDS (that's the non-discounted price, because they had to special order them). I would buy them again tomorrow if I didn't already have this pair.

 

[Wayward Son]

Yeah, mine tries to compete as much as possible. They know what they sell for on the net, sold them to me for $80.

But, if you're looking for used, obviously the warranty doesn't matter. So $65 new might be a good enough price for that type of buyer, especially if your LDS sticks to full MSRP.

 

[Hoosier]

The topic of this thread is:

"My only problem is Why would I want to use such an old fin when My fantastic Twin Jets work great. Help me out, Why Jet fins?"

I think it's about time we returned to the topic.

the K

Good point. I think this diving industry is a kind of weird. It isn't very sensitive to the new technology and concept as much as it looks like. I am not sure if it is due to the safety issue though. Too much afraid...I can say, "it is almost panic all the time" Maybe, it is good for the insurance company.

Many tech divers are still using the manual deco plan instead of the computer. DIR divers argue that the transmitter is another failure point. The scuba industry is still small market so that there isn't much investment going on so that you should have to pay the premium for the new design. Look at the equipment, such as a canister light. It is over $1k....

At least, "Oldies goodies" is still working in this sports. LOL~~~

 

[StSomewhere]

Not really, you need a paddle type fin, not a split fin.

Maybe you can do those kicks with paddle fins. I have a pair of Cressi fins that are pretty much worthless at the backward kick (by worthless I mean I go backwards on the powerstroke and forwards on the loadstroke because they are so prone to bending). The Jetfins are much better. IMO. YMMV.