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Comment on The Lunocet in Action by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:51:15 +0000

According to their website, “on average a Lunocet weighs about 2.5 lbs”.

What I’d be interested to know, that I’m having trouble finding, is the wingspan of the thing.

Comment on The Lunocet in Action by fondueset

fondueset — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:41:53 +0000

We’ve reviewed the first production model of the lunocet here
http://www.deeperblue.com/article.php/859/2

Comment on Interesting article about wet equalization by Ricardo Branco

Ricardo Branco — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:32:05 +0000

It is almost a gift, it is a constant struggle we equalizar of the best known ways, as VALSALVA and FRENZEL but oqo Patrick and Audrey memorial, with conpensar flood of facial sinuses, oq demonstrates once again the complete control over the functions of the body, concentration, organization and diciplina.
And with that already has my admiration entirely.
Congratulations.

Comment on The Lunocet in Action by Francisco

Francisco — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:48:22 +0000

Would be interesting to have a good finswimmer trying the Lunocet and giving us his opinion…

The blade seems to be articulated…kind of airplane’s wing with the flaps moving. I wonder how much it weights. Looks quiet thick.

Comment on Bin Fins Site Revamped by Rafacuatic

Rafacuatic — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:30:50 +0000

I have a pair of freedive Binfins for a year now.
After trying and using different brands and kinds of monos,this is the one i like the best.Perfect for pool(long dynamics) and sea,neutral in the water is very stable and seems to use all the power you transfer.The best footpockets,like welding the blade to the feets,also good angle and comfortable(my pool one is a little bigger than the sea one).

Comment on Bin Fins Site Revamped by Guillaume Néry

Guillaume Néry — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:56:25 +0000

Chen Bin is probably the best monofin for deep freediving I ve tryed so far…

I have discovered Bin fins in Antibes where finswimming french team is used to train.
I have been trainig with it in 2006 to prepare my -109m world record attempt and I did it.
I still use it in constant weight. it’s the most efficient fin when you are attracted by the surface (beginning of the descent) or when you need power to leave the bottom.
For dynamic apnea, it’s a good fin if you kick fast …

Comment on Bin Fins Site Revamped by Francisco

Francisco — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:32:29 +0000

I ve been training with this monofin for about one year now.
The one I am using is simply astonishing.

I’d say that on the way down I feel like wearing a 10 kg weight belt. ( I dive with no weights )
On the way up it is like being attached to an ascending ballon.

I know that Chen Bin has now different models. The one I am using is basically the same you can often see in constant weight competitions. The blade is very stiff and rather short.

When you order it black the footpockets and the wings are made out of a kind of tire rubber. I wouldn’t say that the fin has not a nice looking but it is definitly an absolute weapon in constant weight.

About the footpocket, I like it tight. My foot size is 44. Still, I ordered from Chen Bin a 47 and it fits perfectly.

Comment on Re-thinking the Monofin by Francisco

Francisco — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:08:43 +0000

Right…kind of ribcage.
Actually it was made out of nordic skiing skis.
I’ll try to find the pic.

Comment on Re-thinking the Monofin by jome

jome — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:08:28 +0000

Hmm, I wonder is that the same thing Eero once showed me a picture of? Would you happen to have a picture somewhere?

That thing looked really REALLY weird, kind of like a long sceleton or something. I think he said he’d seen it in Nice.

Comment on Re-thinking the Monofin by Francisco

Francisco — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:34:39 +0000

Once a guy came to our center. He wanted us to try his monofin prototype on deep dives.

When he took it out of his bag we all thought he was jocking.

Imagine two footpockets fixed on a 50 cm carbon axis. Then, going to the sides out of this axis, some fiber feathers with a pronounced “rocker”, all separated from each other by 5 cm gaps.

He said that after observing eagles flying over his farm in the french alps, he decided to realise that monofin. This guy is an aeronautcal engeneer.

We made a few dives with it between 50 and 60 m. It was hard to give an opinion…it was so different from all we had ever experienced before. It worked though.