I need new fins... on a budget

What size foot/footpocket do you use?

I have a few new and used sets of fins I may want to part with.

As for advice the best starter fin for me is the Cressi 2000 and 3000's. Flat out for a great bang for your buck.
You could find them as low as $100.00before shipping charges+$20.(from a quick google search)

used longfins will out perform new scuba fins anyday,, keep that in mind

The Mares Avanti Quattro are not good fins, they're too heavy. You'd do much better with the Cressi Larry suggested.

If you can wait a couple of days I will have two pairs of new plastic fins that I'm sampling which I will probably sell for cheap. They're around your size.

i got cressi gara 2000 hf.....good fins..in currents...you must be in shape...they can give you a work out....try cressi gara 2000 or 3000....3000 is a softer blade...great low budget fins...no complains..also for freediving/spearfishing....there is a 2000 model its LD "long distance"....i got hf "hard".....

The plastic fins I spoke of originally most likely will not fit you.

Mike, I can probably set you up, within your budget, with a pair of used footpockets and used carbon blades. The footpockets are 42-44, but they fit a little looser so they might fit a size 12 foot if you don't wear socks. If I sell you something it will be a good functional fin, regardless of being used.

Que tienes de los plasticos? I'd like to see them or know a little bit more about them. I might be able to use a replacement for the Cressis.

Heey I didn't know you speak Spanish

I'll post up some pics of them in the members items tomorrow. They look like a copy of the Cressi to me and they're pretty good for a plastic fin.

I have them now and you can come see them Thrusday. I'll pm you my #

I shouldn't have given away my secret. I guess I shouldn't tell you that I sing like Neil Diamond either...

I'll keep an eye out for the fins. It'd be cool to see what you've got and how they compare to the Cressis, and might save me some money instead of buying some expensive fins that I don't really need. I'm still mezmerised by Umberto Pelizzari and all the diving he did with Cressi 3000 HF's. i wish I could find a pair of those in my size.

Can you please outline the stiffnesses of the Cressi Gara line fins with all the different numbers and abbreviations, just relative to each other.

The 3000LD are the least stiff of their fins. The 3000HF was a stiffer version that sold mostly in Europe. The 2000HF is again stiffer than the 3000LD, as well as being a few centimeters shorter. The new Professionals, from what I'm told as I haven't dove them yet, are somewhere between the 3000LD and the 2000HF, and the footpocket is revamped, and is a little stiffer than all the other models.

Thanks.

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The 3000LD are the least stiff of their fins. The 3000HF was a stiffer version that sold mostly in Europe. The 2000HF is again stiffer than the 3000LD, as well as being a few centimeters shorter. The new Professionals, from what I'm told as I haven't dove them yet, are somewhere between the 3000LD and the 2000HF, and the footpocket is revamped, and is a little stiffer than all the other models.

I dive with both the Professionals and the new Professional LD's. I sold all my other plastic fins after using the pro's for a year.

Mike

Mike, how does the stiffness really compare, and how are the footpockets? I've been curious about the Professionals, but haven't had the chance to get my hands on a pair yet.

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Mike, how does the stiffness really compare, and how are the footpockets? I've been curious about the Professionals, but haven't had the chance to get my hands on a pair yet.

The feel is so much different that its hard to compare to the traditional fin. When I first started using them I thought they were to soft but I came to realize they just require less effort. Great fin in the kelp due to being shorter then the Riffe or Omer. Very comfortable foot pocket. If your ever down South swing by and take them out for a dive.

Mike