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  • cathal
    Established TDF Member
    • Jan 2013
    • 638
    #1

    Fins with Neutral Buoyancy Characteristics

    Looking for recommendations for fins with neutral buoyancy characteristics. From my experience I find Jetfins to be negative, RK1's to be positive, and was wondering would there by any fins that would be neutrally buoyant ??
    TIA

    Cathal
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    • Allan Carr
      Established TDF Member
      • Dec 2012
      • 4579
      #2
      My Mares Quattros are only very slightly negative.

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        • John63
          Established TDF Member
          • Dec 2012
          • 1728
          #3
          Originally posted by cathal
          Looking for recommendations for fins with neutral buoyancy characteristics. From my experience I find Jetfins to be negative, RK1's to be positive, and was wondering would there by any fins that would be neutrally buoyant ??
          TIA

          Cathal
          OMS Slipstreams ?

          Identical shape and pattern to scuba pro jets but lighter / less dense

          Don’t know how they compare to RK1s

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            • Paulo
              Established TDF Member
              • Dec 2012
              • 14507
              #4
              RK3 are neutral
              If my post doesnt have a typo, then I have probably been hacked!

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                • Lanny
                  Owner and Lead Instructor at Underworld
                  • Dec 2012
                  • 288
                  #5
                  I usually use Jetfins, and like the power and response they offer, having been diving them for over 20 years. For CCR diving, I am foot heavy and need a lighter fin. Apeks RK3s I found light, but far too floppy to give decent propulsion in flow, and Mares are even worse. OMS Slipstreams are stiff and responsive, but for me the shape of the foot pocket was uncomfortable on longer swim dives and caused lesions on the top of my foot. I have been diving the Dive Rite XT fins for a few hundred dives now and they provide a good balance of light weight, comfort and effective propulsion.
                  Lanny
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                    • Dave1w
                      Established TDF Member
                      • Jan 2013
                      • 753
                      #6
                      Originally posted by John63
                      OMS Slipstreams ?

                      Identical shape and pattern to scuba pro jets but lighter / less dense

                      Don’t know how they compare to RK1s
                      I get on really well with my Slipstreams, although I just got a set of used Quattros that I also like


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                        • cathal
                          Established TDF Member
                          • Jan 2013
                          • 638
                          #7
                          Thanks for the feedback so far.


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                            • notdeadyet
                              Nicotine, valium, vicodin...
                              • Jan 2013
                              • 8986
                              #8
                              Northern Diver's jetfins are a lot lighter than "proper" jetfins. I think due to them being cheap Chinese knock offs. They aren't neutral but they are certainly not heavy in the water like other makes are.

                              Aren't most diveshop slat wall plastic fins neutral?
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                                • MikeF
                                  Established TDF Member
                                  • Dec 2012
                                  • 4077
                                  #9
                                  Fin fashion seems to go round in circles. I started out with rubber fins then plastic jet fins copies then USD Compros then Avanti Quattros then turtle fins and currently Hollis bat fins. And probably tried most other fad fins de jour.

                                  If you want light fins I’d say avanti quattros. Heavy the Hollis. That’s mostly on the basis that if I’m wearing either of these fins I don’t think about the fact that I’m wearing fins as my feet are comfy and I don’t get cramps.

                                  The Hollis fins are by far my favourite even if they are heavy as it doesn’t make any difference in a drysuit. If diving in a wetsuit I take the quattros.

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                                    • cathal
                                      Established TDF Member
                                      • Jan 2013
                                      • 638
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by MikeF
                                      Fin fashion seems to go round in circles. I started out with rubber fins then plastic jet fins copies then USD Compros then Avanti Quattros then turtle fins and currently Hollis bat fins. And probably tried most other fad fins de jour.

                                      If you want light fins I’d say avanti quattros. Heavy the Hollis. That’s mostly on the basis that if I’m wearing either of these fins I don’t think about the fact that I’m wearing fins as my feet are comfy and I don’t get cramps.

                                      The Hollis fins are by far my favourite even if they are heavy as it doesn’t make any difference in a drysuit. If diving in a wetsuit I take the quattros.
                                      Thank for that. I am actually looking for a recommendation for a neutral weight fin in the water


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                                        • John63
                                          Established TDF Member
                                          • Dec 2012
                                          • 1728
                                          #11
                                          As I mentioned before OMS Slipstream

                                          Here’s the blurb from the website

                                          “ The SlipStream Monoprene Fins are manufactured from neutrally buoyant Monoprene™ material creating a lightweight but high performance fin. “

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                                            • MikeF
                                              Established TDF Member
                                              • Dec 2012
                                              • 4077
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by cathal
                                              Thank for that. I am actually looking for a recommendation for a neutral weight fin in the water


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                                              It was a waffly recommendation.

                                              Here’s a shorter version. Avanti Quattro.

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                                                • cathal
                                                  Established TDF Member
                                                  • Jan 2013
                                                  • 638
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by John63
                                                  As I mentioned before OMS Slipstream

                                                  Here’s the blurb from the website

                                                  “ The SlipStream Monoprene Fins are manufactured from neutrally buoyant Monoprene™ material creating a lightweight but high performance fin. “
                                                  That’s great, thanks for the info


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                                                    • Divemouse
                                                      Pedantic Pig
                                                      • Dec 2012
                                                      • 7583
                                                      #14
                                                      If I let go of my Avanti Quattros when putting them on, they sink so very slowly that they must be almost neutral.
                                                      Definitely don't doubt Dawn - not if you value your life

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                                                        • Allan Carr
                                                          Established TDF Member
                                                          • Dec 2012
                                                          • 4579
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Divemouse
                                                          If I let go of my Avanti Quattros when putting them on, they sink so very slowly that they must be almost neutral.
                                                          Second that. However, not sure about the quality - mine started to split along one of the channels afte a mere 1,000 or so dives!

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