| Shopping for quality items can be quite difficult. Much | | | | rigidity. TPR is often employed in the manufacture of |
| like when searching for scuba gear and snorkeling | | | | products requiring excellent tear strength, resistance |
| devices, finding the right gear (at the right price) can | | | | to weather exposure and over a wide range of |
| become a bit of a task given the wide array of | | | | chemicals. Polypropylene, on the other hand, is a |
| items retailed at dive shops and sporting goods | | | | lightweight thermoplastic polymer, which acts very |
| stores. There is one scuba gear, however, that is | | | | much like TPR, except that it is lighter and innately |
| engineered for optimum performance and yet retailed | | | | more durable. By combining these specialized |
| with affordable pricing-and that is the Aero Open | | | | polymers, 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 fins | | | | pertinent weather conditions can be minimized. |
| are constructed from high quality thermoplastics such | | | | Streamlined design. The Aero Open Heel Fins are |
| as TPR and polypropylene, that is likely a seal of | | | | portrayed as hydrodynamically efficient based on |
| durability and impact-resistance. TPR, which is an | | | | two major features in its design: (1) a bi-section that |
| acronym for Thermoplastic Rubber is a material that | | | | is comparable to a split along the middle section of |
| combines the toughness of thermoplastics and the | | | | the blade (like split blades) and (2) the thin rails. The |
| flexibility of rubber. Thermoplastics are rigidly strong | | | | bi-section creates a "power pocket" that generates |
| materials and yet known to be brittle and lacks | | | | powerful thrusts; whereas the thin rails allow for |
| flexibility. By integrating rubber into the mix, the | | | | consistent propulsion, even for weak kickers. |
| material is toughened and stripped off its negative | | | | |