Cold Water Escapades
? 8/22/2005 - Fins
So, after evaluating my pocketbook, I'm
not going to be able to purchase all my equipment at once. Thats
ok, I guess. I still am committed to getting a drysuit, but
realize that I'm going to have to save a bit before I can do
that. So I thought I'd start buying some of the cheaper stuff as
I'm able. I took care of the mask. But now I'm looking for
fins. Its kinda crazy. You can spend $130+ for these
things, but you have no idea how they'll perform. In my last dive
on tuesday, I used these atomic split fins. They were fine.
I didn't spend the entire dive thinking, "crap, these fins roxor my
boxors." Hell, they could have let me rent a rubber slab and
strapped it to my feet and I'da still been happy. So how is one
to know what to get? Its hilarious, you go to these fin manufacturer's sites and they have all these videos
of people swimming around in their fins. They have captions like
"sustainable top speeds," and "decreased air consumption."
Its entirely possible that they do those things, but how can you tell
by watching some dude swim around. I watched them and said, "yep,
they can swim with those fins." Maybe thats all I should care
about.
I've heard/red that the split fin design isn't liked
much for wreck/cave divers because they aren't so great for the frog
style kick. I forsee myself diving in very silty waters, so its
probable that I'll be using that type of kick. I think I'd like
to get a basic blade fin that doesn't suck. If anyone has any
recomendations, I'd be grateful.
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? 8/22/2005 - Fins for wreck/tech diving