waterway glide vs. leaderfins hyper

[laminar]

Thanks for the awesome feedback, both in this thread and through other channels. I'll be responding to many of you in due course.

Simon, what high-end bi-fins would you like to see in the shop?

Three additional questions for you all:

-How far would you drive/travel to test a monofin if there were many styles and sizes to try and there was someone with fitting knowledge to help you?

-How long would do you think you need to test a monofin / bi-fin before buying one or being able to pinpoint what custom changes or attributes you would like to have? (try to take into consideration practical limitations on that - ie. 3 months is too long!)

-With only a small decrease in performance, would you be interested in a completely adjustable footstrap on the footpocket that would actually add comfort and could be used to increase or decrease tension for performance/recreational/winter diving? Or do you feel that modifying existing footpocket systems would degrade the performance too much? (I have my own thoughts and experience with this, but I'd like your opinion, too).



Pete

[Fondueset]

Yes to the last. (emphatically)
3 weeks - possibly two - minimum of seven two-hour dives.
depends on the timing

I know several divers, for example, who'd be willing to travel here for a monofin clinic the combo would increase the draw.

When you get a chance - I'd like to discuss fins design - I have something sort of in progress

[Jon]

There's a few of us over here who are willing to make the 7-10 hour drive to Michigan to do the monofin course.

I would like to have a full weekend to try out a new fin. I think that after using a fin for a weekend I would know for sure if it was for me or not. Somtimes it only takes two times in the pool to know that it will eat your feet up and never be a good match.

I would be OK with a small derease in performance if it really was that comfortable and I could wear it in winter- wth thick socks undet the ice.

Jon

[azapa]

Pete, I bought some C4's but have heard good things about other fibre and carbon makers. To be honest I went for (fell for) the C4 name and good marketing. If I had seen other options I may have been tempted. Trux may help with the list:
carbontec
matmas
this page lists some nice ones, monos too: XFINS

Look around the European websites. good luck!

[trux]

Well, I have around 20 fin manufacturers listed here: website equipment fins @ APNEA.cz, but that list is still far from being complete. Even many of the big brands are still missing - at the beginning I was rather adding those specialized in freediving, but added later also others offering fins used in freediving. Still a lot of work with adding the others though.

As for monofins, in France, besides the usual monofin brands, especially Breier and Chen-Bin are rather popular.