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Mer-Crazy
12-21-2014, 04:41 AM
So I ordered one as a step up from the rapid, can't say how amazing it is by the way, makes the rapid look like a toy! But anyway, the place I ordered it from was just on eBay, and I ordered the 'large' option. However when I received the monofin it had a 'Medium' sticker on it. It still fit regardless, however is slightly tight when wearing booties and becomes uncomfortable after about an hour of wear, so I was thinking that I would get the next size up when ordering the monofin for my tail.

However I do not know which size to get now, going off the size I ordered (large to XL) or what the monofin said (Medium- Large). So I'm just wondering if there are any ways for me to quickly and easily tell what size I actually have. The official website says that they're different colours, and if it's to be believed then I would certainly have a medium because it's blue, not green which is supposed to be the colour of the large. I'm mainly concerned about getting one that's a bit too snug, but also about getting one that's too big. I'm certain if I just get the size up from the one I have now it will be perfect. The only question is what size do I have now?

Mermaid Jaffa
12-21-2014, 05:12 AM
What is it with us Aussies who get smaller sized monofins in the hopes of squeezing our big feet into??:lol:

Did you check the finis website? They have a chart of some sort, and can always ask them.

Mer-Crazy
12-21-2014, 05:29 AM
Sending Finis an email is a great idea! Thank you. To be fair I ordered a large, they just sent me a possible medium haha. My last monofin, on the other hand, I had no hopes of ever fitting properly haha. Stupid big feet :P

Mermaid Jessica Pearl
12-21-2014, 05:37 AM
I think the rubber on them is colour coded. What colour rubber is the foot pockets?

Mermaid Jessica Pearl
12-21-2014, 05:39 AM
Wait just realised that you said that already! Hahaha. So yes blue is Medium. Large is Green, Xl is orange.

Mer-Crazy
12-21-2014, 05:44 AM
Thank you <3 Now I know a large size should be perfect in my tail. Thank you so much!

Mermaid Jessica Pearl
12-21-2014, 08:18 AM
I have an orange (xl) in my tail, which is one size up from what I would usually wear. It feels a little big but I think that they do that intentionally so that you have more room to get your feet into it when it is enclosed in a tail.

Mer-Crazy
12-21-2014, 02:49 PM
What shoe size are you Jessica? I'm a 9ish with wide feet.

Mermaid Jessica Pearl
12-21-2014, 07:55 PM
9.5 with wide feet.

SeaVixen
12-22-2014, 07:51 PM
The way I did it was put a sock on and made a duct tape dummy of my foot to send to mernation so they could size it for me. The tape plus the sock would act as the thickness of the booty and they sent me a pic of my dummy in my monofin. I got the trainer 2.