Split fins

In article <g%8Vb.24876$EH5.10110@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>, RYCHARDE
BRATTIN <jet_god220@verizon.net> wrote:

€ Just bought a new set of split fins, all pretty out of the box, tried them
€ out and they seem a bit slow... Is this normal?

Yes.

Split fins are for strokes.

They're too slow.

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

I also bought a pair of split fins and dove them in a lake. They seemed ok
and easy on the legs. I tried them in the heavy current of the Detroit river
and I gave them to my wife when I got home. My 10 year old Reflex fins
non-split fin are great for me.


"RYCHARDE BRATTIN" <jet_god220@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Just bought a new set of split fins, all pretty out of the box, tried them
> out and they seem a bit slow... Is this normal?
>
>

"Del" <del@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I also bought a pair of split fins and dove them in a lake. They seemed
ok
> and easy on the legs. I tried them in the heavy current of the Detroit
river
> and I gave them to my wife when I got home. My 10 year old Reflex fins
> non-split fin are great for me.
>
Split fins do not have any knowledge of being in a current.
No valid argument has been put forth for this belief.
If there was any valid argument for this you would find that the airline
companies of the world would have one set of planes designed to fly in jet
streams and when it was windy and one set for non windy days.
They don't. Air speeds for a given setting remain constant and only ground
speed is affected.
My relative position to other divers in on-shore, slack then off shore
currents remains the same and I have had no trouble catching most of them if
need be. Since I'm 30- 40 years older than most of them, I give some of the
credit to the fins.

"Mike Painter" <mdotpainter@att.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Del" <del@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:Euydnd62qNZWU7fdRVn-uA@comcast.com...
> > I also bought a pair of split fins and dove them in a lake. They seemed
> ok
> > and easy on the legs. I tried them in the heavy current of the Detroit
> river
> > and I gave them to my wife when I got home. My 10 year old Reflex fins
> > non-split fin are great for me.
> >
> Split fins do not have any knowledge of being in a current.
> No valid argument has been put forth for this belief.
> If there was any valid argument for this you would find that the airline
> companies of the world would have one set of planes designed to fly in jet
> streams and when it was windy and one set for non windy days.
> They don't. Air speeds for a given setting remain constant and only ground
> speed is affected.
> My relative position to other divers in on-shore, slack then off shore
> currents remains the same and I have had no trouble catching most of them
if
> need be. Since I'm 30- 40 years older than most of them, I give some of
the
> credit to the fins.
>
Split fins suck in currents in MY OPINION. I have dove them both and will
not dive in currents with split fins. When I kick hard and fast because I'm
caught in a heavy current with zero vis, there is a reason. Split fins do
not provide me with power I want. In a calm lake they are easy on the legs
and that is why my wife loves them.

Don't kick like standard fins. You can out kick them and go no where.
I've Scubapro Twin Jets and love them for teaching and sport diving. But
use standard fins for cavern and cave (frog kick). If you get used to splits
for awhile, standard
fins will fell like they slip and you might cramp until you re-aclimate. So
the answer to your question is:
Form, Fit, Function...

Wayne

www.springdivers.com

"Peter Klein" <pcklein@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2DzVb.207725$nt4.981376@attbi_s51...
> Yes! Split fins are not the fin of chice for one who spearfishes or who
> wants to cover a distance quickly. P.
>
>
> "RYCHARDE BRATTIN" <jet_god220@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:g%8Vb.24876$EH5.10110@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Just bought a new set of split fins, all pretty out of the box, tried
them
> > out and they seem a bit slow... Is this normal?
> >
> >
>
>