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Nick, I can sympathize as I have had similar problems. I have size 9.5 EEEEE feet < yes they are short and wide,like other parts of my anatomy> I started using mares quatro fins in a wet suit eventually I moved into a dry suit,usia trilam with gates type boots and needed a larger fin. I went to the turtle fin, which is a jet fin clone made in mexico and sold by Global industries, you can get them mail order from lloyd baileys 352 332 0738 or online. The foot pocket is huge, but for me they dont work with the dui because my feet are too short length wise and the dui boot flops inward on me, and the fin straps slide off my heel. These fins were great with the stiff gates boot and spring straps. This year I got a custom tls, and the turtle fins were too loose on my feet with the size large molded sole boot of the dui. I have been told that my foot is too big for the medium size dui boot, but i am considering it. My foot is too wide for the xl jetfin as it stands now, wet or dry. I am also contemplating remelting the foot pocket of the xl's with a heat gun, a trick I picked up from the freedive list. Another suggestion was, coat the quattros blade with a resin, making them stiff like freedivefins BTW if you want a long fin for a big foot, get Picasso/simitol fins. The 44-46 fit me great in neo socks with a wet suit. As far as power, the stiffer the fin the better, these quattros are like noodles compared to the jet fin design, they suck but at least they stay on my feet when i crank down the straps. I cant wait to figure this out, and any other realistic viewpoints are welcome. Al "strokefoot" Marvelli Nick Radov wrote: > Based on the recommendations in the DIR tapes I bought a set of Scubapro jet > fins (XL size). Those worked great while I was still using a wet suit. Now I > just recently started using a custom DUI TLS350 drysuit and I'm having trouble > getting the fins to fit. My drysuit has the standard booties, not rock boots. It > seems like the rubber soles on the bottom are just a little too wide to fit into > the fin pockets. I can force them in part of the way but they aren't really > secure. Is there some special trick to this, or are my feet (size 11 1/2) just > too big? > > I'm considering slicing open the sides of the fin pockets to make them larger > and then attaching some extra straps to hold them together, but that would > probably end up as a huge mess. > > ---- > Nick Radov <nradov@ax*.co*> > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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