Advantages: Lightweight and flexible Disadvantages: None
As I feel the cold quite often when I'm diving I decided to invest in a cyberskin as I had read good reports about it in various dive magazines. I wasn't keen on buying a semi-dry to take abroad with me as I feel they can be cumbersome. I usually wear a 5mm Gul Steamer but felt I needed some extra insulation.
The cyberskin is 0.5mm thick and extremely light. The material is silky and flexible and feels extremely comfortable. It comes in women's and men's sizes from small through to XXL and is £65. Although it is only 0.5mm thick it is equal in warmth to a 2mm wetsuit and can be used alone for diving in warmer waters. I bought an all in one with a back zipper but it is possible to purchase it as a separate top and bottoms. I had thought that it might be difficult to get my 5mm wetsuit over the top of it but in actual fact it made it ...
channeled and reduce fatigue on the diver's shins. I often suffer from cramp when wearing "conventional" fins that do not have this feature.
The acceleration is very quick and the kick action can be modified to suit the diver, I now use a flutter kick, which propels me as well as a full leg kick. The twin blades are responsible for this, as they create a hydrofoil effect and maximise the amount of thrust for every fin kick. Buddies have complained that I'm too quick when wearing these, but, as ever, YMMV.
DOWNSIDES
The straps that came with the fins were replaced quickly with bungee cord, which allows me to get them on and off very easily and quickly. I broke a strap clip on the second day of diving and decided not to buy new ones because of the price of replacements. Scubapro updated the clips since I bought these fins and, to be quite ...
