Scuba Gear Review - The H2Odyssey Aero Open Heel Fins

Shopping for quality items can be quite difficult. Muchrigidity. TPR is often employed in the manufacture of
like when searching for scuba gear and snorkelingproducts requiring excellent tear strength, resistance
devices, finding the right gear (at the right price) canto weather exposure and over a wide range of
become a bit of a task given the wide array ofchemicals. Polypropylene, on the other hand, is a
items retailed at dive shops and sporting goodslightweight thermoplastic polymer, which acts very
stores. There is one scuba gear, however, that ismuch like TPR, except that it is lighter and innately
engineered for optimum performance and yet retailedmore durable. By combining these specialized
with affordable pricing-and that is the Aero Openpolymers, damage to the final product that may be
Heel Fins of H2Odyssey .an offshoot of pulling, liquid spills or exposure to
Made of quality materials. The blades of the Aero finspertinent weather conditions can be minimized.
are constructed from high quality thermoplastics suchStreamlined design. The Aero Open Heel Fins are
as TPR and polypropylene, that is likely a seal ofportrayed as hydrodynamically efficient based on
durability and impact-resistance. TPR, which is antwo major features in its design: (1) a bi-section that
acronym for Thermoplastic Rubber is a material thatis comparable to a split along the middle section of
combines the toughness of thermoplastics and thethe blade (like split blades) and (2) the thin rails. The
flexibility of rubber. Thermoplastics are rigidly strongbi-section creates a "power pocket" that generates
materials and yet known to be brittle and lackspowerful thrusts; whereas the thin rails allow for
flexibility. By integrating rubber into the mix, theconsistent propulsion, even for weak kickers.
material is toughened and stripped off its negative