Fins : Weight Testing

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Buoyancy testing of fins, find out if positive, neutral or negative while on/off your feet.

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[kevingumfory]

If you look on youtube ... this is the ONLY video on fin buoyancy. Everyone else is doing videos from home or the shop. We need more videos from the water. Including computers ! This is great and ty !

[hendrikgabriela]

The best video ever after spending so much time and money on fins finding out my made it, God

[slyderace]

This was VERY informative! Every dive center should teach this to their students so they can make informed decisions on what to buy together. + shoe with - Fin, or vice versa :)

[alexanderschmidt]

Great post - exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for so much working on the details!

[darthknowl]

This is a great video. I like how you decided to “Field test “ the boots and the fins

[karenling]

Great video. Finally understand…. Thanks so much for producing such informative video… sharing this video with my friends

[reefhound]

I love this review. So many videos out there just want to put a product on a table and yammer on about it without an in-water demonstration.

[anibaldk]

Sincerely, one of the best videos out there with regards to equipment selection.

[lizaking]

Good video to get people thinking about how equipment buoyancy affects trim.

Depending on your body composition along with type of water, you might actually require a negatively or positively buoyant fin. My legs for example are naturally quite buoyant in warm sea water both at the surface and relatively so at depth. With a wetsuit or neoprene booties I normally need negatively buoyant fins.

A more muscular or densely composed person might need to counter that with neoprene or positively buoyant fins to achieve correct trim.

[Andrey]

So apeks rk3 positive. Great thank you

[robbiecook]

This is so helpful! When I dove in Cozumel and tried to kneel on the bottom with the group, My legs kept floating up. I had to be held down. No one could tell me why. Thank you!!

[wyattduerksen]

Awesome vid, I never would have guessed rk3 were that positive

[wang]

This video deserves more credit definitely

[nikkiye]

This was very helpful, are you able to do a Scuba Pro Series video? Scuba Pro Go Sports, Seawing, etc... since that seems to be a popular recreational diver's choice here in Asia

[predatectorx]

Yes very interesting information about finns and boots . I bought the new seac propulsion finns with ruber strap...i need to try it this summer ...but do you know someting about seac propulsion/ Nice video and very useful.Thanks.

[ahmadkaddoura]

appreciate the very extraordinary idea of this video.. I'm a new diver, and planning to buy my own gear, and want your advise which fins to buy among the makes mentioned in the video " I will use them with wetsuit".. really thanks for this illustrative video

[pinnacledivingco]

Those RK3's are the standard version. Apeks makes an RK3 HD version (high density), which I use all the time, and they're negative.

[lahi-lophoto]

Just got a drysuit and never thought about the effect of boots or fins until my feet became incredibly floaty:). Needless to say, change fins.

[elvincecodilla]

Great videos.. always been a fan in your channel especially before and after I finished my sidemount class

[JacquesGBR]

A bit late to the video, but id be really interested to hear your opinion on the Scubapro Go Sport fins. If theyre any good they seem like they would be great all around fins with a travel friendly size