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Michael, >Dan: > >I read with inteest your comments and challenge. I am a little confused >by your comments. If you have fins that work for you, what is the >issue? The issue is, Force Fins are advertised and spoken about as if they are a break through in fin design, with the big differences suppossed to be less cramping, and far more efficient thrust...so people are led to believe if they buy these fins, they will swim faster with less effort, without cramping. This is a forum where "MISINFORMATION" is addressed on a regular basis; Divers on this list have a responsibility to this end. >Hey, cars come is many different styles, colors, and sizes. So why not >fins? I would have no problem with them if they worked as they were billed by most people who jump on the Internet with claims about what the best fins are....I have seen far too many force fin wearing divers in the water, so slow that everyone else in their group had to wait for them. And this is not absolute proof that Force fins are slow---I mean it could be that every single one of these divers I saw with force Fins on were just VERY slow and weak swimmers, and perhaps the reputation of the Force Fin pulled them in. This is why I made the "CHALLENGE" ---If there are any highly "fit" divers out there, maybe even a Navy Seal or two (who have been rumored to be using the Force Fins), this would be an opportunity to test Force Fins against what most divers consider to be "good" fins, instead of always comparing them to"stiff" fins. In the Challenge, the Force Fin wearing diver will just try to keep up with two divers who are wearing freediving fins (one will be wearing A.B. Billers, one Cressi Rondine Garas)... and there will be no need to beat the two freediving fins divers, but just to "keep up with them" for 20 minutes on a typical spearfishing dive....If a Force Fin wearing diver can keep up, we will finally have an example that supports the claims that the fins are efficient. Right now, it would appear the only safe claim is the lack of cramping, which in most people could have been fixed by an altered kicking style and /or some exercise a few days per week, and could certainly be cured even better by just removing the fins and kicking bear foot (how much slower can these guys go anyway?). > >So while on the topic. In the opinion of the techdiver regulars, what >does everyone consider the ultimate fin? Which cramp the least and which >work the best? Oh, and by the way, which have the fastest color?<vbg> >Regards >Mike >-- > Not to spoil your humor Mike, but one of the fastest and most efficient fins is the Esclapez brand of freediving fins, and they come in 4 or 5 colors, each color representing a different stiffness---most flexible for 8 hour long freediving days, and stiffest for highest possible speeds and/or scuba with more drag. Even the stiffest is not "stiff" compared to a traditional fin, the length changes everything you are used to in a fin. Regards, Dan >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > Dan Volker SOUTH FLORIDA DIVE JOURNAL "The Internet magazine for Underwater Photography and mpeg Video" http://www.florida.net/scuba/dive 407-683-3592
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