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Actually not, the manufacturer's website claims the blades are made in Polyprophylene. I see them on the italian eBay. The seller claims they cost €115 in retail.spaghetti said:... The two half-blades are in carbon...
I am quite the opposite opinion. I personally tried several scuba split fin pairs and although I was extremely sceptical about them before the try, I was very surprised about their efficiency and impact on the oxygen consumption, afterwards. Well, in fact, only the first type (Scuba Pro Twinfin) was remarkable, the second split fins I tested were just a bad copy not propulsing correctly (I do not remember the brand, but nothing well known) - so of course, not all fins cut in the middle will profit from the propeller effect. The fin must be really well made and well tested before finding the right geometry to give good results. And I firmly believe that once a good freediving splitfin is made, it brings new records. Maybe not so much in depth disciplines, but I am rather sure at least about dynamic apnea.Yidaki said:Split blades for my opinion is useless ...
Yes, that was exactly what I told to my friend who bought them once.Jon said:Split fins are just more dive industry crap to try and sell to an unsuspecting newbie.
Jon said:I've used them for scuba diving, tech diving actually, and underwater hockey
I think it would be fairer to choose the words more carefully. I do not think it is correct to tell about the fins they are crap just because you used them in wrong way and for wrong purposes. Using split fins for UW hockey or for technical diving surcharged with load, and additionally using frog kick, is certainly nothing they were designed for.Jon said:As I said at the start of my post I DID try them for scuba and they were crap. ... When on scuba I frog kick,...
Jon said:Split fins are just more dive industry crap to try and sell to an unsuspecting newbie.:rcard
Jon