Maybe I rambled too much in my last post, but I know that there are others on here who can comment on fins better than I can.
Last night I switched my Spetton footpockets over to my Radiacal blades and swam some laps with my 5mm socks on. These are going to be my new winter freediving fins. After 1/2 an hour I decided a few things about footpockets.
For me I:
1.Like the Sporasub pockets best of all. They fit snug in all of the correct places and aren't too tight.
2. Also like my Picasso pockets because they give firm support to my arch and don't flex.
3. Decided that the Spetton's don't fit my foot. They are tight across the ball of my foot and VERY loose at the heel. I had a pair of fin-keepers on with them and my heel still slipped around quite a bit.
4. Esclapez, Cressi-sub, and Mares footpockets don't have enough foot support. The back half of the foot pocket is all rubber and has no stiffness. This causes my arches to ache.
As far as the blades go, I am not sure what is best. Ted described my Pure's as being "smooth as butter" when he tried them. He also liked the C4's because the were stiffer than the Pures, seemed to have a better arc to them when kicked, and were narrower than the Pures. This was important to him because he had a tendency to knock the fins into each other if they were too wide.
I am waiting for Anderson to pop for a new pair of those Fiber fins from Waterway and tell us how he likes them
My bank account won't let me "test" anymore on my own for a while.
Jon
