05-24-2007, 11:25 PM
Before I go back into hiding...
My two cents on fins...
I've had four kinds - a cheapo set of diver's fins, two sets of the Creek Company generic "one size fits all" ones, a set of Force Fins, and a set of Mares Plana Avantis. The cheapo divers were passed on to grandkids as soon as I could upgrade. The Creek Company fins worked well for many years but for me were always very uncomfortable and hard to get on and off. They now hang on the wall for guests and kids I take fishing. The Force Fins worked fine until I somehow lost them. (Still trying to figure out where they went in a move from California to Oregon.) The Mares fins (like the blue ones in a post above) are the cat's meow at this point as far as I'm concerned. Comfortable. Powerful, but not so stiff they wear me out. Easily on and easy off. If I had to choose between my old Force Fins and the Mares, the Mares would win hands down. Then again, after paying what I did for the FF, had I not lost them I would probably still be using them and not know that difference.
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My two cents on fins...
I've had four kinds - a cheapo set of diver's fins, two sets of the Creek Company generic "one size fits all" ones, a set of Force Fins, and a set of Mares Plana Avantis. The cheapo divers were passed on to grandkids as soon as I could upgrade. The Creek Company fins worked well for many years but for me were always very uncomfortable and hard to get on and off. They now hang on the wall for guests and kids I take fishing. The Force Fins worked fine until I somehow lost them. (Still trying to figure out where they went in a move from California to Oregon.) The Mares fins (like the blue ones in a post above) are the cat's meow at this point as far as I'm concerned. Comfortable. Powerful, but not so stiff they wear me out. Easily on and easy off. If I had to choose between my old Force Fins and the Mares, the Mares would win hands down. Then again, after paying what I did for the FF, had I not lost them I would probably still be using them and not know that difference.
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