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lizardland · June 1st, 2008, 08:04 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by tim)

The first observation was that they were very very light and I couldn't use them at all to adjust trim as I can jetfins. Second observation was that my standard modified-frogkick which gets me along nicely with jetfins did absolutely nothing with force fins - they appear to need a completely different finning technique which didn't match mine at all. Third observation was that moving my feet I couldn't really feel the fins, and using them to balance in the water didn't work for me at all.

That's exactly what I found. No "feedback" as it were, you'd no real feeling of any response from your feet. I found that a bit off-putting.

June 1st, 2008, 08:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
lizardland(Offline) LCS Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Evidently Chickentown Posts: 631	Quote: (Originally Posted by tim) The first observation was that they were very very light and I couldn't use them at all to adjust trim as I can jetfins. Second observation was that my standard modified-frogkick which gets me along nicely with jetfins did absolutely nothing with force fins - they appear to need a completely different finning technique which didn't match mine at all. Third observation was that moving my feet I couldn't really feel the fins, and using them to balance in the water didn't work for me at all. That's exactly what I found. No "feedback" as it were, you'd no real feeling of any response from your feet. I found that a bit off-putting. __________________ Can you imagine drifting along in the sea with your mouth open and a load of f***ing plankton going in? You'd like it, would you? www.westons-cider.co.uk The Lot isn't the only place to dive: http://www.lulu.com/content/613554