Oceanus 3 Posted January 6, 2019 Funny how some threads seem to live forever. There's lots of good information accumulated in this one. For travel and tropical water the fairly new Scubapro Go Travel may be worth considering. They are lightweight, and very comfortable to wear barefoot. I'm a big guy, and find them a bit soft when I really want thrust, but most of my photo dives are quite slow so I can live with that. For travel (to tropical water) I switched to barefoot fins years ago. When I don't need boots / socks it also saves weight, and its one less item to forget or lose. Other barefoot fins often give me blisters after 2-3 days of intense diving, the Scubapro Go Travel is the first barefoot fin I have tried that doesn't. The spring strap design is actually really comfortable, and makes them fit most people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Jacobsen 0 Posted April 18, 2019 +1 for the Scubapro travel fin. Very easy to wear Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmarsh 25 Posted April 19, 2019 Agree with the Scubapro Go travel fin sentiment ...very comfortable, indeed. Only negative....Maybe a little lacking in power if needed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnf-austin 4 Posted April 20, 2019 Any opinions on the OMS Slipstream fin? I see they have a new material and have slightly changed the design... l love mine. Previously dove the Tusa split fins, the Scubapro Twinjet Max split fin, the Hollis F2 and finally landed on the old style slipstreams and pretty much wore them out, so I bought the new style in white. Another possible suggestion would the IST military style fin: http://istsports.com/web/category.php?id_category=60 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samir.singh 0 Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) At my first dive center, people swore by Aqualung stratos-1(full foot), they have weird sizing although. I remember, some staff used them for seasons together, even in current 2-3 knots. Personally, my size was a issue and I landed up with blisters a lot of the times with those so I used Mares Avantti Quattro- amazing fins but they were super heavy. Aqualung came out with a stratos 3 (also full foot) which fit me perfectly, since then I have been very happy with the propulsion. I travel with them wherever I go, quite lightweight and yet they give me the power I need, in all situations. The blade is perfect stiffness for me, but this might not be the case for everyone.In my experience, I would say try out what works for you best, we each have different strength generated by our kicks which varies by the length of the kick, leg strength, possibly the wave, oscillation etc, and maybe various other factors too..Some say- Strong legs would do better with a stiff blade, and weaker ones need more flexible fins.The gull's, for most they are overly flexible and personally I don't move with them but then some people really it. They sure feel good to touch If you like a pair, stick with it Edited May 5, 2019 by Samir.singh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbedogni 2 Posted June 1, 2019 Scubapro jetfins. Heavy but I love them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelamik 1 Posted June 19, 2019 Hi, my favorite are ScubaPro Seawing. They provide great propulsion and I can do modified frog kick in them. One drawback to these is that you cannot do a traditional frog-kick in these. However, if I were ever in a strong current I would want to have these on. Recently I did 150 dives in these, all while photographing with a full frame Ikelite set-up. They worked great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
