Mares Avanti Quattro Power Full Footed Fins (8/9, Yellow)

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Price: $143.95    

Product Feature

• PADI Master Scuba Diving Instructor Owned and Operated.
• This Product Comes Complete With A Full Manufacturer Warranty.

Product Description

Avanti Quattro Power The ultimate Channel Thrust fin for speed, power and fun in the water FEATURES Ideal for both scuba and apnea Channel Thrust technology for optimum performance Rubberized side ribs Sizes: 6.5/7.5 (40 EU) 8/9 (42 EU) 9.5/10.5 (44 EU) The best all-around full foot fin for diving. The Avanti Quattro Power is perfect for warm water divers, snorkelers and free divers that want ultimate power, comfort and speed. The choice of demanding scuba and free divers. Comfort combined with extraordinary performance.

Mares Avanti Quattro Power Full Footed Fins (8/9, Yellow) Review

I have owned these fins for a couple of years now, before that I used the Mares Avanti Tre (a weaker, cheaper version) for freediving and spearfishing. Prior to shelling out more than a hundred bucks I decided to go scientific about it. I purchased: an Esclapez with a plastic blade, a four hundred bucks fiber Omer Pegaso and compared them with Avanti Tre and Quattro. Esclapez had an excellent footpocket but it was a mismatch with a plastic blade that felt like something out of place. Omer had a universal footpocket with removal blades; it was stiff and uncomfortable, not recommended for people with high instep. Mares footpocket was excellent, albeit sizing between Tre and Quattro was different. If you are size 11 and wear a 3mm neoprene sock, go with the largest size for both Tre and Quattro. So my test consisted of two parts: an all out 50 yards diving with registering time an a pulse rate and a 1000 yards surface swimming. For 50 yards diving Esclapez an Tre were out of contention, so the fight was between a fiber Pegaso and rubber Quattro. Pegaso gave 1/10th of a second advantage and about 5 heart beats more per 10 seconds interval. That tells me - you will be burning way more oxygen with Omer Pegaso. Not to mention the comfort level, but that is individual. Of course, the stroke technique is quite different with fiber/carbon blades - more of an ankle work versus rubber fins where an almost all foot is engaged.
For the second part (distance swimming) it was no comparison - both Tre and Quattro are way more comfortable than Pegaso and Esclapez. Pegaso is not suitable for surface swimming due to a blade angle - it is a 'vertical' fin for boat drop-offs. So I stopped torturing myself pretty quickly with Pegaso during a second part of the test.

So at the end it was no-brainer - Quattro is cheaper, more efficient (for me!), suitable for surface and vertical and way lower maintenance - fiber/carbon blades are fragile. I went below a 100 feet in Quattros and Tres and fins have NEVER been a limiting factor for me. I also swam more than 2 miles during my spearing sessions.

For reference: when I was doing my tests, I could do a 1000 yards butterfly kick with a kickboard and no fins in about 20-21 minutes (I was a competitive swimmer for many years), so people with weaker legs might find fiber/carbon blades better. So do your own tests if you can. But if you go off the shore, and especially if you need to swim a long distance to your point(s) of interest, Quattro is by far your best bet. This model has been in production for many years and for a very good reason!

Hope this helps, happy hunting!

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