SCUBAPRO

If it wasn't for the cool look factor I'd probably send them back. But with a few mods they are now more ergonomic. Its ridiculous that a fin costing almost 300 dollars needs to be modified, yet here we are.So first mod is to add a heel pad/pull strap. The original spring covered in cloth is horrible. Unless you were wearing rock boots. Without the pad the spring digs into your achilles tendon and is VERY uncomfortable with regular 5mm booties. So you need to go out and buy the pad. For me the only option was to buy an apeks spring and then disassemble them to get the pad off. Then undo one end of the Scuba pro strap and install the pad.I cut the cloth so I could cover the exposed springs on both sides. FYI the apeks spring assembly was 45 bucks. Also, its not really compatible for a direct swap out, you need to take them both apart. Fairly straight forward if you have any tech skills at all.Then the next mod was to drill drain holes in the bottom of the foot bed. Which should have been done at the factory. This will prevent a suction problem which would make taking these off on the tag line a PITA.Im definitely going to send ScubaPro a complaint about this. They are legit fins and should do excellent in current and inside wrecks. As you can see the weight is 3.5 pounds per fin. They are stout and well made and should last a very long time. Just stupid they needed to be modified at all for that price.I have yet to try them out. Im planning on going to the beach here in Hollywood Fl for a snorkel and see how they do. I also want to find out if they float or sink.Remember plan the dive and dive the plan.Further: The size I got was XL, for a size 10 foot, with 2mm socks and 3.5mm shoe booties. The fit is snug. So don't order a Large unless you have small feet.Cheers~ CAPUPDATE: Ive used them several times now and in current, they work extremely well very powerful and no comfort issues at all. They survived an exploratory bite by a lemon.. so yeah they are good to go.

I’m not trying to be sarcastic, Scubapro just charges more for their products for no good reasons other than some people would buy the most expensive gear… and the colors, the beautiful camo colors…There are 3 things to look out on these fins:1) The pocket is too narrow, even if you have a medium size foot, you will need to get a large or in my case, an extra large.2) The spring strap does not come with a pull tab, this is a huge deal if you use dry gloves. There are third-party after-market pull tabs that can easily be installed, but this is just an additional 30-50 dollars you have to pay for the fins.3) The pocket doesn’t have drain holes, you will need to drill them yourself or have to wrestle every single time you need to take them off… and is a struggle considering the narrow pockets.The overall underwater performance is good; I noticed very little difference over my RK3s. Maybe a slight adjustment in my trim and more travel when doing back kicks (maybe I’m just imagining as I have no empirical evidence to prove it). After a few dives, I don’t see any significant color degradation, but I need to dive with them more. The construction is solid and is likely to last years if not decades; overall, they are good fins.All in all, I’m happy with these fins, and they will continue to be my primary fins for the foreseeable future, mostly for the colors. The main complaint is the price, BUT I only paid a few dollars for them as I used CC points to get them; I’m not sure I would have got them otherwise.There are many good alternatives some of my buddies use over the JetFin and are not as costly as these, including the OMS, and APEKS RK3 HD (which has drain holes, pull tab, and bigger pockets)

But you need to be careful to choose the right boot because the iron strap can hurt your ankle

While I loved my RK3’s, they were not helping with my floating feet problem. I didn’t like the idea of ankle weights. These are negatively buoyant and my problem has resolved.The negative is sizing runs small. In the RK3’s and other brands I wear a medium, I had to size up to a large for these.

These work well and appear just as durable as the old ones. Should be the last pair I need since the previous ones lasted 40 years.