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This amazing fin has been engineered with the traveling diver in mind. If you want unsurpassed comfort, compactness for carry-on travel, and the power for a fully-outfitted scuba diver then you have found your fin.
First let's shed some traditional gear. This fin is designed to wear without dive boots, so leave the boots at home. Aqua Lung has designed the foot pocket to give unsurpassed comfort with the top and side of the pocket manufactured from a soft, comfortable against the bare skin material. Next, Aqua Lung has a unique self-adjusting Comfo-Strap that is buckle free. Just pull this elastomer strap over your heel for guaranteed comfort. Lastly, a Mid-Foot Flex Joint further relieves your foot from rubbing in the foot pocket when fining.
Compact and lightweight are the next important factors to the traveling diver, with length the key to whether its luggage to check in or a carry-on friendly size. The Hot Shot is an amazing 20.9" (53 cm) in length, it fits in a carry-on bag with room to spare. The regular size Hot Shot fins weigh in at a mere 3.28 lbs (1.5 kg).
Now is it powerful enough for a fully outfitted Scuba Diver? You bet it is! Due to the Mid-Foot Flex Joint, the entire length of blade flexes and provides forward thrust. With a traditional fin, the third of the blade in front of the foot pocket is considered dead space and provides no forward thrust. The result is that the Hot Shot provides the power of a fin that is 30% longer! The Hot Shot is geared with silicone slings (power bands) that are loaded with energy during the power stroke, which they release prior to the fins upstroke, and theyare adjustable!
The Power Bands form the Hot Shot Twin-Speed Gear Shift. These pure silicone bands can be adjusted, even when worn, to change the speed-to-effort ratio of the fin blade. In addition, the blade is made from a semi rigid customized techno-polymer that gives an excellent spring effect and flexibility to maximizethrust, and the rubberized ribs of the blades are made of two different compounds to provide the greatest elasticity. So if you are looking for the perfect travel fin look no further!
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from Bronx, NY on 4/5/2011
Comments about Aqualung Aqualung Hotshot Open Heel Fins:
Dove with these fins for 3days of 2tank dives in Mexico. Used in moderate current with at time heavy surge. All i can say is they have great power, there small compact fins that imo dont lack a thing. I used them with socks since a small was too tight and regular was a hare loose. They say there supposed to be used without boots but i was worried about rubbing so i went with the socks. i have a solelss pair of 3mil boots and could have used them as well. Im mostly a tropical diver and with the aqualung departure bag that these fins are designed to fit in on the sides of bag, they are perfect for traveling, and carrying on a plane! I really have nothing negative to say about them. Great idea, Great design. Thanks aqualung and leisure pro!