Hmmm...I can't answer, Dave, how many classes he runs as he didn't train me, but he runs his school, he owns half the store and is a master instructor for PADI. I'll give you his email word for word: "All the scuba pro stuff we had in the school did not last that long so i am not a really great fan of it ," So I might have misinterpreted on my first email. As you can see, he's not generally a big scubapro fan period. I'll ask him for specific reasons besides them not lasting long, but I would assume (and I know if you assume, you make an ass out of u and me!!) this would mean wear and tear, no? As for it all being a sales pitch, I know Rob pretty well, and he's a pretty straight-up kinda guy so I don't suspect a sales pitch, especially as the fins he are proposing to me are cheaper than the twin jets I originally was more interested in, and he's giving me a very good discount on them... Then again, take EVERYTHING I have said in these last emails with a grain of salt as I have been up for almost 48 hours straight because of the Concorde crash and things are just a wee bit fuzzy! :) Cheers Kat. >From: Dave Mitchell <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Fins continued >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:59:08 -0800 > >No to start a flame war but.... > >Exactly how many classes does this guy run? The Twin Jets have been out >since roughly January and he's already worn a bunch of them out? Sounds >like a sales pitch to me. (besides Scubapro would replace them) I have >about >50 dives on mine since March in very harsh conditions (teaching classes) >and >once washed and dried they look almost new. I won't dis the Mares fins >cause, I've never used them. I'm sure they are excellent fins but, I also >know that the Twin Jets are very durable. > >Dave Mitchell >Juneau, Alaska > >-----Original Message----- >From: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of K. Blessin >Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 8:35 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Fins continued > > >Hi all > >Hate to bring up the subject again re fins, but..... > >I've been following the posts about fins quite closely, and have read up on >both and some others, and have decided to get either a set of Quattros or >Graphite Twin Jets. I asked a friend of mine, Rob, who runs a dive shop in >the north of London about his opinion. He said he would highly recommend >the Quattros as in his opinion they are the best on the market at the >moment >(and he said he'll sell them to me for £65 - £20 off the retail price!!). >As for the twin jets, he said he bought a lot of them for his classes and >they didn't last very long at all with all the wear and tear and therefore >he wouldn't recommend them. > >as well, he added the following: > >"anyway the all new Mares volo fin will beat >anything on the market if you can get them as they are as rare as rocking >horse crap at this time they sell so quick we have had the on order now for >four months!" > >Any thoughts? > >Cheers! >kat >(two months and counting before I'm in Thailand!) >www.geocities.com/katcalls_76 >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com