I HAVE HAD SOME EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCES with unfamiliar test fins, going on multi-day dive trips only to find that I don't get on with them. more...

At one time all divers seemed to use heavy rubber Jetfins. Then, a long time ago now, a company in Italy produced a pair of lightweight fins that were so superior in many ways that they took the world market by storm. more...

I GET SENT NEARLY EVERY FIN on the market to try. In the old days, when I set off on a diving trip, I'd also pack a tried and trusted pair too - just in case. more...

There are some good fins on the market and some that, frankly, seem worse than useless, so it's always with a little trepidation that I set off on a long diving trip with a new and untried pair. It's misery finding that you are trapped far from home using fins you don't like, and it has happened to me too often.
At the last minute, I substituted a set of Oceanic Aeris Velocity X3 fins for a tried and trusted pair and set off for a long-haul trip to the Far East, where currents are known often to be fiercer than pictures of brightly coloured reefs would have us believe. more...

THE QUEST TO MAKE A BETTER MOUSETRAP goes on, and this time it's a US company that thinks it has come up with a better set of fins for divers. more...

Each pair of Force Fins is moulded under the eagle eye of sculptor Bob Evans in California. The material he uses may account for much of the whopping retail price, but it's almost indestructible. more...

Designed and made in Italy, the Power 5s use a very conventional-looking paddle-fin design that is quite rigid, even though it has soft rubber inserts. more...

The new Mares Raptor fin is a Nature's Wing design with a bit of Mares' own input, too. more...

WHAT AM I DOING, showing you a picture of the wrong end of some manky-looking fins? Well, they are fitted with the single most effective improvement you can make to your finning - 'spring-straps'. more...

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These fins have generous foot-pockets that encompass nearly all of the foot and so do not impart any loading onto the user's ankles. more...

While swimming with three tanks, the Quattro Excel shifted a lot of water and I made quick progress. Full marks there. more...

Why do my own fins always look so shabby, when the ones sent to me come out of their bag all sensuous and slippery, in rich mixes of colours? more...

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Just when I thought Scubapro was totally committed to the Nature's Wing philosophy of split-fin designs, they come along with a fin that uses the sprung-blade water-flicking system. more...

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