short report...
as promissed...
tonight we tested my M-technic against two pairs of Waterway fiberglass blades
my M-technics are medium and the fiberglass where rated 2,5kg and 4kg. this was, from what I understad, how much weight was needed to bend the blades to a given angle...
we tried to come up with a way of geting some sort of grading of our results, but we didnt, so we just setled for how they felt...very subjective...
the fiberglass ones that felt most like the M-techs was the 2,5kg. the stiffnes was about the same and so was the flex..what was different was that the waterways dont have the angle where they go into the footpocket. On the 2,5kg it didnt feel so strange but on the 4kg it was very noticeble. when kicking down towards the bottom I could feel the blade pushing agains half my foot...didnt like that..
the 4kg waterways gave the most thrust ( not so suprising..) but the M-technics had the best stability ( they want to go forward...)
so wich ones would I get if i was to buy new blades tomorow?...
...well, I never really understod why carbone fiber would be superior to fiberglass...the fibers are just there to give a base for the resin, isnt it? ...and they are much more fragile...as it turned out, I did like my M-techics most of the three pairs, but the price asked for most carbone fins is a little high for me...I got mine becouse a buddy owed me monnie...( thanks Micke ), so I would probably go for the 2,5kg Waterways....I didnt like the no-angle-in-the-footpocket-thing, but I'm sure that would be a no-issue after a week of geting used to it and at 99$ it seem very resonable...
I hope this helps...
Johan
