If your type of water activity involves fins, it’s crucial to choose a pair that fits well. So much about a fin’s benefits rely on how it fits the user, and you may as well not be wearing them if you don’t get that part right.
The market is saturated with the best options for kids and some excellent choices for adults, so getting the category right is imperative to the selection process. Though, that should be easy enough to figure out.
When fins fit perfectly, they help develop a swimmer’s leg strength, consequently adding power to their kick. That’s not all fins can do! Let’s find out how fins sizing works, so you get a pair that fits right every single time.
How Does Fins Sizing Work?
You probably don’t have trouble finding your shoe size, right? Well, finding the right fins size should be as easy because they’re practically the same.
Granted there are exceptions, but these two processes should align most of the time. Here are four key reminders when fitting fins:
1. It All Goes Back To Shoe Size
Basically, shoe sizing and the intricacies behind it apply to fins sizing. You know how sizes can be either true to size or run a half or full size smaller or bigger?
That’s true for fins, as well. For brands or a particular line of fins that don’t run true to size, it’s vital to research.
You might also want to look into their width. Does it run narrow or wide?
Outside these minor complications, which you can easily benefit with a bit of online homework, fins sizing is as straightforward as shoe sizing. So, if you’re a US 11 in your daily shoes that run true to size, you should be the same in a brand of fins that is true to size.
If you’re shopping in a physical store, this won’t matter as much because you’d actually be fitting the fins. Thus, you’ll know if they fit correctly regardless of whether or not they’re in your shoe size.
2. Pay Attention To Toe Positioning
How your feet are situated within the fins matter. You may think a pair of fins fit well, but do they really in the context of correct fins fitting? You especially want to look out for the position of your toes.
Generally, it’s alright for your toes to be seen from the foot pocket window of the fin. However, make sure they don’t stick out, as that would indicate poor sizing. Not to mention, it would make for quite an uncomfortable time in the water.
3. Notes on Dry and Wet Fitting
We’re not saying you shouldn’t fit fins dry. After all, a shop doesn’t always accommodate wet fitting.
That said, make sure to factor in the resistance that meets your feet when dry fitting fins, as it may keep you from knowing the pair’s true size. This may result in unnecessary sizing up to get a pair that fits correctly dry but is too big for you when wet.
Some fins are powdered or greased to address this issue, but most aren’t. Chances are if fins are your size, they’re your size. The dryness that makes it difficult to determine if they are shouldn’t matter.
Of course, nothing beats fitting fins wet, as that should leave no doubt as to whether or not you have the right fin size. Just bring a few pairs over to the pool (if there’s one available) and do a lap or two with them on.
4. A Snug Fit Is the Right Fit
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