I shoulda known that a $400 dollars tail would need lots of work. I did figure it would need some work, but still. First thing I notice is that it's much darker than the photo. Meh, whatever, the color wasn't that big a deal anyway. When I picked it up, the fluke bent right down the middle. Uh oh, I thought, broken monofin. But when I turned it another way, it didn't bend, so I started to think I had imagined it. I start putting it on. It was certainly not a finis wave, as it had footpockets instead of straps. I finally get it all the way on, and I'm not sure if I simply need more practice, or if it's a low rise tail. It could also be that it's REALLY tight. It has a neoprene lining, so it doesn't stretch very much. I was so exhausted after getting it on! Strangely, the fluke bubbled up. Not glued down? Finally, I tugged it off, and realized that my right foot was pulling up out of the fluke with the footpockets still on it! Absolutely not glued down. I reached in to figure out wtf is going on--- NOT A MONOFIN!! It's a pair of bifins just shoved into the neoprene pocket of the fluke, and loosely floating around! (That's what the 'visible monofin' was btw, the neoprene is white).All this is not to mention the few places the seam is coming undone and scales are pulling up from the neoprene.... So I'm gonna have to completely open up the fluke and put a real monofin in, grrr.....
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Originally Posted by ShyMer
Edit: I just got this message from the seller :"
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