I have used my pursuit's for almost eleven months now 90% of the time shorediving on shallow reefs since I'm not a deep diver and they get a lot of abuse and the real benefit for me is that even tho I don't dive very deep it's not uncommon for me to be in the water for up to 8-9 hours and that's a lot of swimming. My calves and ankles used to hurt after a few hours with the plastic fins (garas 2000) and even my old omer bat 20's but not anymore with the pursuit's 90's on pathos footpockets. Also a few battle scars on the fin just give them character.:D Also can't beat the price and the fact that Dan will go to great lenghts to fit you with a blade/footpocket combo that's right for you, something that you won't get from many dive shops or mailorders.