Beaver Spring Straps?

[turbanator]

Originally Posted by Sean

Yep he's fitting mine for me,,

He's a nice man, a very nice man

[Mark Davies]

I've been using the Beaver straps for some months now and am delighted with them. I think it would be very hard to justify the expense of any of the alternatives (sorry Woz!).

Two things. First, best way to get the size is to put your fins on over your drysuit boots as normal with your existing strap. Tighten it up as you normally would and then unclip the strap from the fin. Take that in with you and buy a spring strap closest to that length.

Second, one size will probably not do for both dry suit boots and wet boots. I took my fins on holiday with me last week with the spring straps on. They held on over my wetsuit boots but felt loose. I had taken my old straps with me in anticipation of just that and had to swap them (but of course with these, as opposed to other options, it's a simple task of unclipping the fast-buckles). And obviously, they're cheap enough to buy two sets in different sizes.

[String]

Maybe im better off with rubber straps then rather than changing the clips every thursday for pool then every saturday/sunday back for diving and so on - its a matter of time before i forget. I also go abroad with the wetsuit boots so thats more to consider. My 2 drysuits have very different boot sizes too. Not sure i can justify spending near £40 on 2 sets of clips then i could just buy a new rubber strap.

Was just an idea seeing as i have to buy a strap anyway.

[Woz]

I would get a pair of pool fins for a tenner and some spring straps of whatever your choice for your OW fins.

If you happen to be a size 10 I've got a new pair of pool fins bought for a friend of mine twice by mistake. Yours for 12 quid which is what they cost me. Plus the postage or collect.

Blimey- am I now a non-profit organisation or something?

[turbanator]

Originally Posted by String

Maybe im better off with rubber straps then rather than changing the clips every thursday for pool then every saturday/sunday back for diving and so on - its a matter of time before i forget. I also go abroad with the wetsuit boots so thats more to consider. My 2 drysuits have very different boot sizes too. Not sure i can justify spending near £40 on 2 sets of clips then i could just buy a new rubber strap.

Was just an idea seeing as i have to buy a strap anyway.

I use-slip on fins for the pool, so that's not an issue for me.
The way I justified the money (the ones I got we similar in price to Woz's) was that I was safe in the knowledge that they'll probably never break.

One hardboat dive I had a strap break, then the replacment broke, fortunatly one of the other guys had a spare finn the sam as mine and I took that, but I could have missed out on the dive (slack and all that) for the sake of a 2 quid bit of rubber (yes I know o-rings are even cheaper )

S'up to you mate, we're all past masters at spending other people's money on here, but if the Beaver straps fit your fins straight off, I'd go for them, you can always sell them on e-bay

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Paul

[Jimmy Blake]

Originally Posted by String

Just had a thought. I wear the same fins in the pool with 5mm wet boots along with 2 different drysuits with vastly different boot sizes. Is this going to cause an issue getting the fit right.

Yes, this is the problem I have. I wear a smaller pair of Avantix fins with my crushed neoprene suit and larger Scubapro Jet pair with my membrane suit. I have difficulty wearing the same pair of fins, let-or-loan straps, with the two suits. The heal on the membrane is much longer so the straps stretch and can't hold the larger fins onto the smaller suit.

Regards


James

[up 4 it]

Woz Straps are definitely the best.

I have both Woz straps and the beaver ones (on a spare set of fins) and I would vote 100% for the Woz ones.

The DIY is minimal, but if Woz will fit them for you then use him.

Steve

[Buoyant Babe]

Just got my Woz Straps - got Mr Helen to fit them. They are the mutts nuts.

Hxxx

[John N]

I have Woz straps on my avanti quattros and they are great.

The downside of the beaver straps is that they have plastic clips which could get damaged.
The Woz straps fit directly to the fin and are therefore totally indestructible. Because they are DIY you can adjust them to the perfect length for your fin/boot/foot combination/s.

[Paul Oliver]

I have the Beaver spring straps and they are great, Large size (Hmmm that may be XL, but i tried them in the shop, just take your semi-dry boots and fins in) fitted onto me size 43/44 Mares Avanti fins in about 5 seconds and are perfect both with me Drysuit and when on Holiday with me semi-dry suit boots.

Cost about £16 which is incredible outstanding buy.

PS Not had a fin strap snap on me in 12+ years, but these are just sooooo easy