Fin/flipper savers

[john -]

Im using oversized flippers due to wierd claw toes that get mutilated easy - didnt realise new technology - churchills in particular - have nice soft rubber in top area when i purchased last set - (on sale and cheaper model)

So

Im wearin fin savers but they are a pain. Without a tag to easily find the end I spend some time increasing dork factor by struggling to unleash them in the shore break. My new, high qulity leg rope has tag that makes it easy to recognise end and unleash

any australians know of a good brand with tagged ends available here?

will eventually save up and buy smaller size flipper - or find vey thick bootie perhaps


dorje

[ScottMac]

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[john -]

scott - nice selections - perhaps best sense to get thick bootie rather than new fins - need new booties anyway

cheers

[Techno]

Dorje - try O&E (Ocean & Earth) I've been using them for a couple of years now - they have tag ends and have neoprene backing with webbing straps that don't dig into your ankles !!!
You don't even know they are on you ???

They are about $15-20 ???

Mail: Ocean & Earth, PO Box 22, Sussex Inlet NSW 2540

Factory: Ocean & Earth, 12 Springs Road, Sussex Inlet NSW 2540

Email: mail@oceanearth.com.au



Or try these links for other brands ???

http://au.store.yahoo.com/bodyboarders/ ... insav.html

http://au.store.yahoo.com/epposbodyboar ... avers.html

Hope this can be of some help mate ???

Tony

[john -]

Hey Tony

cooool


Its an Ocean and Earth leggie I recently bought that made me realise that tags on the ends of velcro are vey useful and particulaly so on fin savers - i will look em up!


lovely to hear from you and i hope you and the kids are well


cheers

dorje

[albert]

i like the fact that ocean and earth legropes have the string attached to them...

last four I have had have been very practical, but not very durable. They seem to break when I am surfing in front of rocks a lot.

[john -]

you got me worried now Albert

[chunk]

hey , try using the o,niell heats fin sox i used a pair last season and was well chuffed!.............far out chunk

[albert]

dorje.

My experience was with the really thin light comp legropes. They always seem to break where the ankle strap joins with the rope. I suppose the thick ones wont break as easily.

[Brendan]

Dorje,
I have got problem feet also (gout) but I found that going to a more fitted fin I encountered less pain. Was wearing Hydra Tech whick have a rounded foot well which lets the foot move around. Went to the Tech2 with a shaped (semi fitted) well and less toe cramps and pain. Pretty expensive fins at $120 though. Like Techno I use the OE savers (Tech2 fins don't float!). Very comfortabl;e and quick to get off.

Brendan

[john -]

How do

Albert - yep, got the thicker one!

Brendan - welcome experience feedback!

cheers

[kage]

I haven't ever reall thought about it but why not a pair of fin socks with a little velcro loop sewn in the back? or does somebody already make em.

[joe]

H2O and bodyglove and maybe other fins socks do have the velcro fin tether straps.

dorje, if you've got a pair of fin savers you like, why not just sew on a little pull tab, or a little loop made of nylon cord. Not much skill required.

[john -]

etc




though the consumer research was fun


cheers
dorje

[john -]

Joe

i willl probably stitch in a loop

but on going out to the shed and looking at the fins and the savers and pondering the possibilities from the suggestions, the savers that not only save your fins from being lost but keep them on your feet are appealing


in Oz it seems the kuffs brand and ocean and earth perform this dual role