Definite advantage
Limited advantage
Total marketing hype
I'm The Black Knight & the BK ALWAYS wears jet/rocket fins
Have both very rarely use my jetfins because they are a little small but there is a huge difference between the two. With split fins you don't get as much thrust, but I also don't even notice wearing them. I love my jetfins for body surfing because they fit fine without booties.
Own a pair of splits and a pair of regular blades.
The splits are great in places like lakes, but quickly become a hinderance with a strong current like in rivers,or the ocean when fighting swells. They both serve me well but I am partial to the splits because there is less of a strain on my knees when used in the right conditions. Also I can honestly say that regardless of the condition, I have never gotten a leg cramp when I was wearing my splits.
I think the split fins are OK but I don't think they supply as much thrust when needed in a hurry ......... like when "popoising up onto a rib". They are much easier on the legs and I use mine with twin 12s and a backmounted deco cylinder so they can't be that poor. I do wreck diving at slack water and am not interested in fighting currents ......... when the tide starts to rip then I'm out of there so I can't really comment oh their effectiveness in a current.
I do think they kick up less silt due to the difference in the "wake" they create compared to normal fins. This assertion, however, is hotly contested by some solid fin wearers who claim the opposite.
TBH, you need an adapted finning style for split fins and I'm not sure I've got it right myself.
They do tend to be quite long which can be a real PITA on a wreck ........... or near coral I would imagine.
I'm not sure if I would buy another pair ............. I'd probably go back to my Mares Plana Avanti style ................. but now I'm older ...............
Lobbocks! I'm buying a scooter!
I think the poll should have a "don't know" option?
I don't know if these will help:-
www.divernet.com/equipment/fins/0902/fins.htm
http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/arti...play&show=fins
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