According to a product review of different common fins, the full foot or close-heeled fins are also know as full foot pocket fins. These fins wrap up your entire foot similar to a shoe enclosing your foot. They should be worn barefoot and have an opening at the toes area.
Comparatively, these fins are cheaper than the open-heeled fins. However, you should try on the fins and ensure that they fit your foot snugly where there is space for toes wiggling. Fins that are too cut may pinch your foot or cut circulation, possibly causing chafes or blisters. If they are worn too loosely, they may slip off your foot when you kick in the water.
Types Of Fins
1. Conventional Non Split Fins
There are traditional type of fins known as conventional non-split fins. They are the basic type of fins featuring relatively stiff fin blades with flexibility and ridges at the end edges. Sources from a product review of different common fins claimed that this type of fins is often labeled to be good for scuba diving during strong currents, thus a renowned selection for many divers. On the other hand, split fins are modern fins where there is a split on the blade. These fins are pricier and believed to have better propulsion and agility effect compared to normal fins. But some divers think that they are less effective than the non-split fins during strong current dive. One distinctive difference between the split and non-split fins is the kicking style as the split fins have small flutter kicks that are more effective.
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Split fins are types of fins with splits down the middle, which causes them to move around and cause a little friction. While they do make you go faster, they also make you work harder – essentially what you want when you are trying to workout. Split blades function like propellers when kicking for efficient and uniform training, and they have a controlled ankle torque for natural kicking cadence.
2. Pivoting Blade Fins
Apart from that, there is another type called the pivoting blade fins. This type of diving fins is becoming more common now. They have a V-shaped area made of soft plastic and a flex-point in its design for better speed and traction besides allowing divers to alternate the kick strokes which is not possible to be done using split fins.
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3. Zoomers
Zoomers, a new type of fin, are smaller and made of hard plastic, and have holes in them to let water pass. Zoomers are small (only adding an inch or two to your feet), and actually stretch out your ankles. Zoomers are the #1 recommended fins for training, however, they will cause short-term ankle pain (by design). Therefore, these types of fins are for high-intensity swimmers. Note that this description is brief because we will soon have an article entirely on the subject of Zoomers.
