U.S Divers Trek Fin - Compact Snorkel Fins for Travel

Difícil de colocar los broches, el peso y el tamaño es bueno, pero muy difícil de abrochar especialmente antes de entrar al agua.

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I bought a few sets of these fins for snorkeling on a recent trip to St. Thomas. The short fins are easy to pack in a carry-on, and they were fine for getting around while snorkeling. The foot pocket is smaller than expected: I have a size 10.5 foot and could barely get my bare foot into the M10-13 fin. There's no way I'd get my foot in with a bootie. Luckily, the plastic is soft enough that a bootie is not needed.However, as other reviews have said, the straps are TERRIBLE. When wet, they slip right out of their buckles. I was constantly reaching down to pull them tight. My son's strap slipped completely out of the buckle on multiple occasions, and I had to fix them in the water.Because of the strap issues, I can't recommend these.

I have some regular length ScubaPro split fin snorkeling/diving fins that I love, but I have had some ankle and achilles tendon issues this past year and I wanted some smaller fins that would put less strain on my ankles when kicking. Sure, it means I could not go as fast, but we were going to be snorkeling in pretty calm waters and I could almost skip fins entirely. Also, smaller fins mean more room in my suitcase for other things. I purchased and tried several sets of swim (not snorkel) fins before our trip, but they really were for working out in a pool, making your legs work out versus helping you zip through the water with less effort (really aggravated my ankle issues, so donated those to the fin bin at my local pool). I ended up buying these US Divers fins and also the Tusa Sport Reef fins so I could pick the best, and both came right before the trip with no chance for me to try them, so I took both with me. The US Divers fins worked the best by far. Had a good feel when kicking and provided acceleration. I used neoprene socks with them and with the socks they were comfortable for snorkeling every day for 60-90 minutes, for 2 weeks. My husband tried them also one day (the ankle strap allows for a range of foot sizes), and he liked them. Neither of us liked the Tusa.I got the Tusa in blue and they were cute so I wore them on the first day, and they were just OK in feel but did aggravate my ankles somewhat. I was not sure I could snorkel as far the second day, but I switched to the US Divers fins and had no problems, a definite difference compared to the Tusa, and the kick felt much better and propelled further. I used the US Divers the rest of our trip and was very happy with them. They did not aggravate my feet and ankles and they had a good kick. Compared to my full length split fins, the kick had less power but on the other hand, the US Divers put less stress on my feet and ankles. And being shorter and lighter was a bonus for packing in a suitcase.One day on the trip, I did forget my neoprene socks and wore the US Divers fins without the socks. They did rub on one of my toes, so I'd have to recommend using them with some sort of sock or booty.

These snorkel fins were easy to use for this first timer. Rubber a little uncomfortable across the toes, but swim socks took case of that.