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--=====================_390779697==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Alex, I wear a size 13 shoe, and although size XL Jet Fins fit me OK with a wetsuit, I use Turtle Fins with my drysuit. Turtle Fins are hard rubber vented fins much like SP Jet Fins and they use essentially the same strap and buckle system. I've been using Turtle Fins for a while now, and I like them very much. Like Scuba Pro Jet Fins, Turtle Fins have been around for a long time. I believe they were originally made by Imperial and are now sold under the IDI brand. Almost any scuba dealer should be able to get Turtle Fins for you since they are in the Global catalog. I saw a pair of Turtle Fins for sale at Extreme Exposure in High Springs, Florida this past January, and I've also heard GUE instructors recommend them, so they're probably close enough to DIR. Good luck. Bob At 06:09 PM 2/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I was looking to buy ScubaPro Jet Fins. Since I have to buy them by mail, >I wrote to a dealer in order to determine what size I should order to fit >my U.S. size 13 feet and a dry suit. This is the response I got: > >"I would recommend the Turtle Fin if your feet are size 13 and you are >wearing a drysuit. >The Jet fin only comes in 2 sizes and the XL is barely big enough for a >size 12 in a drysuit. >The possible exception is if you are wearinga DUI suit with those tiny >boots, but even then >a 13 is going to possibly not fit into an XL jet." > >What is your evaluation of Turtle Fins? Are Turtle Fins DIR and can they >be fit with spring heel straps, or is there a better alternative. > >Thank you. > >Alex --=====================_390779697==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> Alex,<br> <br> I wear a size 13 shoe, and although size XL Jet Fins fit me OK with a wetsuit, I use Turtle Fins with my drysuit. Turtle Fins are hard rubber vented fins much like SP Jet Fins and they use essentially the same strap and buckle system. I've been using Turtle Fins for a while now, and I like them very much.<br> <br> Like Scuba Pro Jet Fins, Turtle Fins have been around for a long time. I believe they were originally made by Imperial and are now sold under the IDI brand. Almost any scuba dealer should be able to get Turtle Fins for you since they are in the Global catalog. I saw a pair of Turtle Fins for sale at Extreme Exposure in High Springs, Florida this past January, and I've also heard GUE instructors recommend them, so they're probably close enough to DIR.<br> <br> Good luck.<br> <br> Bob<br> <br> At 06:09 PM 2/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=2 color="#000080">I was looking to buy ScubaPro Jet Fins. Since I have to buy them by mail, I wrote to a dealer in order to determine what size I should order to fit my U.S. size 13 feet and a dry suit. This is the response I got:</font><br> <br> <font size=2 color="#000080">"I would recommend the Turtle Fin if your feet are size 13 and you are wearing a drysuit.</font><br> <font size=2 color="#000080">The Jet fin only comes in 2 sizes and the XL is barely big enough for a size 12 in a drysuit.</font><br> <font size=2 color="#000080">The possible exception is if you are wearinga DUI suit with those tiny boots, but even then</font><br> <font size=2 color="#000080">a 13 is going to possibly not fit into an XL jet."</font><br> <br> <font size=2 color="#000080">What is your evaluation of Turtle Fins? Are Turtle Fins DIR and can they be fit with spring heel straps, or is there a better alternative.</font><br> <br> <font size=2 color="#000080">Thank you.</font><br> <br> <font size=2>Alex</font></blockquote><br> </html> --=====================_390779697==_.ALT-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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