Waterway Nemo wing

[Gordon]

Hi!

Anybody have experience with this monofin? Monofin «Feediver Nemo Wing» If so, can you recommend a blade stiffness. I CW to 37m with C4 in cold water. (Norway) Are the footpockets comfortable?

Gordon

 

[TimoP]

Nemo footpockets are very comfortable, especially with neopren socks, which you surely use in Norway when freediving in open waters...
The Nemo footpockets are like Omer's, which I have in my Leaderfins bi-fins. I can use my Nemo for hours without a break, just like Omers. Stiffness is nro 2 in my Nemo, and that's ok for open waters, but maybe too hard for pool dynamic.

For a competitive freediver Waterway's Glide monofin is better, especially for pool dynamic, but also for depth competitions. Glide is more expencive than Nemo, and the footpockets are maybe not as comfortable as Nemo's.

So, if you freedive hours in open waters for fun, Nemo monofin is a very good and comfortable solution. Nemo is a very strong monofin, and that is a good thing for open waters.

For competitions Glide is a better monofin. But you must be careful with the foot pocket size. It's better to try some Glides before buying. For Freedivers and for Finswimmers there are different foot pockets in Glide, as far as I know, but in Nemo only one kind of footpocket.

 

[Gordon]

Hei Timo,

Thanks for the reply. I have not tried Omer's footpockets, but have both Spetton and H.Dessault's which appear to be similar to omer's. 2 factors are deciding which fin I choose.........cost and comfort. Glide costs 329€ and Nemo costs 125€. You say that Nemo are more comfortable. It seems then that Nemo is the more suitable fin for me. How do they compare to Model 1 and perhaps some other models?

 

[TimoP]

2 factors are deciding which fin I choose.........cost and comfort. Glide costs 329€ and Nemo costs 125€. You say that Nemo are more comfortable. It seems then that Nemo is the more suitable fin for me.

So, it's easy to say: take Nemo.
125 € is not much for monofin like Nemo. One thing more for lowering the costs: Nemo is so strong that it won't easily break in outdoor use. But be careful anyway...

I don't have Model 1, but I think Nemo is more suitable for you, if you don't use your mono mainly in pool.

As said, Nemo is especially good for open water use. For comfort and warm, use 3- 5 mm neopren sock with mono. Nemo's footpocket is not tight, so there is room for sock. As usual with a new mono: you and your feet must use to the new mono, so first week with any mono is not so comfort as it will be later. With some monos you need even 3-6 months to this, but my Nemo was comfort from the first five.

 

[Gordon]

My C4's are size 46-48, which is comfortable with 5mm socks. Should I order the same size with the Nemo fin? I will also use 5mm socks with a mono.

 

[TimoP]

I use 44 EU shoes, and I use 3-5 mm sock in Nemo.

I measured my Omer footpockets and order Nemos with these words:
EU-size 44, measured foot length 27 cm and foot width max 10 cm. Footpocket lenght 27 cm and width 10 cm (will be used with 3 mm neoprene sock in cold water)
Blade medium = stiff. nro 2 (freediving DYN+CWT)

My Nemo is 44-45. With 3-5 mm socks it's just good for comfort (not thigt at all). Without sock it is a little loose. Better with a sock, as I wanted. I think 46-48 Nemo is a really big foot pocket, if you don't have shoes size EU 46 or bigger (but if you use 46- shoes, it's ok for you .

So take measurements (your feet, a foot pocket which is good for you).
Your EU shoe number is a good reference for Nemo. (But that's not true with every monofins, cause finswimmwers use very thight foot pockets).

 

[Jon]

NEMO blade seems to be about the size of a number 2- not a number 1.

Footpockets will be like your Deassults. They are very comfortable and have more blade angle than a #1 or #2, but not as much angle as a GLIDE fin or any of the Specialfin's monos.

I was able to wear mine for hours without any comfort issues. I used it with both 3mm and 5mm socks. I wear a 42-44 footpocket in other types of fins and bought the same thing in the NEMO.

Don't get a blade that's too stiff- which is the mistake that I made. I was talked into getting the Sprint fin (stiffest) and I should have bought the Medium blade. I have tried two other people's Medium blades and know for sure that I would still be using my NEMO monofin had I bought it in the correct stiffness to begin with. Instead I used it a few times and sold it to someone else who likes stiff fins.

I've also tired the soft version of the NEMO and found it to be OK for long surface swims, but not sure how it would be at depth- for my body weight and height.

It's hard to find another monofin that comes close to the NEMO for the price.

Jon

 

[Gordon]

Timo and Jon,
....thanks your comments have been of great help. I use a size 45-45,5 shoe and both my Spetton and Dessault's footpockets are 46-48. The Spetton are a bit smaller and fit better than the Dessault . I will do as you suggest Timo and measure the Spetton footpockets to include with my order.
Thanks again.
Regards
Gordon

 

[TimoP]

I tested now my 1 year old Nemo (it's 44-45) with a normal shoe sock, I mean normal cotton sock, not diving sock. With a normal sock it's too loose to my 44 foot. I would say my 44-45 Nemo foot pocket is as big as a 45-46 EU shoe. With 5 mm neopren sock it is ok to me.

So I think 46-48 can be too big for you even with 3-5 mm sock, and 44-45 would be maybe better. First (if 44-45) it would feel a bit thigh, but in Nemo the rubber in foot pockets is soft and streching, and with a diving sock it will be comfort, I belive. If needed, you can first use a little soap or shampoo to get a sock to the foot pocket, or put first sock to the foot pocket and then soaped foot to the sock.

But if you take 46-48, you can surely use 7 mm socks with it, but maybe not 3 mm socks. It think that's not a problem to you in these Northern waters :blackeye

Edit:

A clip from an other monofin thread:

I have a model 1 that used to be torture on my feet. I use a lube (liquid soap) and that helps. The more I use it, the better it feels. I don't think it will ever feel good though. I was given some advice from a very accomplished finswimmer about footpocket comfort. If you can identify where the pocket is too tight, soften the footpocket slightly with hot (not too hot) water and stretch that area with a tennis ball or similar object.
I also have a waterway glide that is also extremely tight.
With either fin, The most I can use them is about 15 minutes before my feet get sore.

Maybe, Gordon if your really prefer comfort and don't want risk that, take 46-48 and buy 7 mm socks if 5 mm is not enough, and you surely will not have any of these problems. WW Model 1 and Glide foot pockets are not so big and comfort as Nemo's, anyway.

Disclaimer
But as you said, better to tell in your order to WW what you want (comfortable freediving for hours with 5 mm socks) and what are your measurements.

PS.
Gordon, if you remember, please tell us afterwards, what you get and what were your testing results with the monofin.
To get the right size to you monofin is so typical problem to freedivers. And Nemo is one of the most sold Monofin in the market for long lasting outdoor use, where comfort is essential.