why Jet Fins?

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Ok. I just got back from the first test run on my new ($15 including shipping - actualy $30 for 2 pair, 1 Aqualung + SP) jets. Straps were shop so I replaced with bungee. I was not overwhelmed. My baseline is some home-made USD split blades that are fairly stiff. I'll try them some more before I jump to an unfair conclusion based on one dive and only frogkick & flutter kick.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

This post is really making me get a pair of jet fins. After struggling against current with my soft, blue twin jets I'm getting spooked with them.

Learn to kick correctly. You've been talking about changing your style of kicking for awhile now. Get in the pool and practice your kicks.

It isn't your fin that was the problem. I use blue twins and have zero problems.

 

[mdb]

20 years from now those "split fins" will probably be decomposing in a trash pile somewhere forgotten along with horsecollar Bcs ..... The original design of the Jet fin will be with us forever ... I own a pair from 1968 and have replaced straps several times but with a little care and maintaince they will last another 20 years ....

Most likely the opposite will be true. The original Jet fin was/is simply a marketing ploy. No marine mammals have vents in their fins. Many have a "split fin". The new technology works guite well. As you mentioned, time will tell. I still have several hosecollar BC's, and some jets and rockets, gathering dust in my garage.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

I found one of my old original jets. Even when I was young those things tore up my calves.

 

[Soggy]

Most likely the opposite will be true. The original Jet fin was/is simply a marketing ploy. No marine mammals have vents in their fins. Many have a "split fin". The new technology works guite well. As you mentioned, time will tell. I still have several hosecollar BC's, and some jets and rockets, gathering dust in my garage.

Spoken like a true flutter kicker.

Once you learn how to do a variety of kicks...backup, turn, frog...you will see the benefits of a stiff paddle fin.

Marketing ploy? Jet Fins are about $65-100 in a dive shop. Twin Jets are $150-180. Which one is the ploy?

I see you are the president of Apollo sports. Can you explain how you can justify charging $200 for a set of fins with a slice down the middle?
http://www.apollosportsusa.com/Products/Fins/index.htm

 

[mdb]

I see you are the president of Apollo sports. Can you explain how you can justify charging $200 for a set of fins with a slice down the middle?
http://www.apollosportsusa.com/Products/Fins/index.htm

They are the most efficent fin.

 

[Soggy]

They are the most efficent fin.

*Maybe* for flutter kicking....*Maybe*

Efficiency has nothing to do with charging ludicrous $$ for what amounts to taking a knife and cutting a slice down the middle of the fin.

 

[divinginn]

have had the same jet fins since certifying 25 years ago,only piece of equipt that i havent replaced or upgraded,wished everthing else lasted this long

 

[mdb]

*Maybe* for flutter kicking....*Maybe*

Efficiency has nothing to do with charging ludicrous $$ for what amounts to taking a knife and cutting a slice down the middle of the fin.

Try compression molding for three/four hours with pure natural rubber and the proper side rails etc. Our cost is 3/4 times the cost of the injection molded plastic fins. You get what you pay for-or, sometimes, you just get taken. The jets work, and if you like them, good for you.

 

[pilot fish]

you're not johnnyseko on ebay are you?
Nope, but he is here on SB. We're in a bidding war.

Nope, I'm not. Hope you get it.