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Kp
You didn't say what cost you can afford. A good pair of footpockets that fit, when married to fiberglass blades (I use Sporasub footpockets and SpecialFins medium BW blades) are really great. They feel soft, but they get me to the bottom fand back faster than anything else I've ever used. I recently tried an old pair of Picasso footpockets with standard plastic blades, and suddenly remembered why I paid the premium for good blades. Fairly (or even very) soft fiberglass blades will get you further and happier than any alternative (imho)
Howard