Fins are great. Perfect for underwater metal detecting around the shoreline. Very comfortable and sizing accurate

I love snorkeling and have been snorkeling for years. I usually travel to the Caribbean each year, on vacation, to go snorkeling. During my last vacation, my wife and I ran into some fellow snorkelers who happened to be wearing these snorkeling masks, the likes of, we've never seen before. Apparently, the masks were known as 360-degree masks made by this company called "Wildhorn Outfitters." When I arrived back home from vacation, I immediately looked-up this company on the web with great interest in their products, and I signed-up to be on their mailing list.

More recently, I received a email from Wildhorn Outfitters notifying me of these newly-invented "Wildhorn Topside Hydro Snorkel Fins" that were about to hit the market and watched a video on the Wildhorn Outfitters website about these new fins about to become available for purchase. I was intrigued and excited as soon as I learned of these fins and as soon as they became available for purchase, I didn't hesitate, and purchased a pair for me and a pair for my wife as soon as they hit the Amazon.com website.

Well, as soon as they arrived, my wife and I tried them on and were blown-away with these fins. Folks, let me tell you, this company, Wildhorn Outfitters is on the forefront of innovation and design when it comes to snorkeling products. Many companies try to clone their ideas, so don't be fooled by cheap imitations of their products that other companies will try to pawn-off on you. My strong opinion would be to always buy from Wildhorn Outfitters rather than the imitators.

OK, back to "about the fins"... these Wildhorn Topside Snorkel Fins, are a one-of-a-kind, super-useful, utilitarian and amazing pair of snorkeling fins - a hybrid part fin + part shoe, one can walk on... directly from your lounge chair, across-the-sand, and right into the water. "What a wonderful idea!" The fins are made for a sleek, secure, custom-fit that your feet will love. The three different color choices of fins are all beautifully designed; And, the fins are oh-so comfortable compared to traditional fins.

Now the only disappointment that my wife and I experienced is that the original fins that I ordered for my wife and I, ran a bit smaller than expected so I immediately contacted Wildhorn Outfitters Customer Service via their website to inquire about doing an exchange for larger sizes.

Their customer service is first-class/top-notch, and they responded back to me straight-away, emailed me a return shipping label, and made it as easy as possible to simply slap the return label on the box and drop-off the fins at a local FedEx office, wherein the original two pairs of fins were promptly shipped back to Wildhorn Outfitters at their expense - not mine. Wildhorn's customer service representative even communicated to me, that if I provided her the tracking number, she would personally watch for the fins to arrive back at their warehouse so she could immediately turn-around and send the new, larger-size fins to my wife and I.

I am super-impressed with their customer support and it became blatantly apparent to me that this company will bend over backwards to take care of one's customer service needs.

So let's re-cap... awesome, innovative, one-of-a-kind fins, the likes of with have never been seen before - three different beautiful color choices, made to fit like a comfortable glove on the feet, and ideal customer service in the event you should ever require it! The fins run perhaps a bit smaller than expected, so I do recommend to order a size-up from your regular shoe size for the best fin-fit.

So about fin-size: I usually wear shoes that are 11 or 11.5, and I ended-up exchanging for the next size-up in these fins, size 12. My wife usually wears a 6-7.5 size in shoes, so that's the original fin-size I had ordered for her, and ended-up exchanging her fins, for one-size up, to a women's size 8. While I'm quite content with the "Sharkskin Electric" color fins that I ordered for myself, I had originally ordered the Pearl Aqua color for my wife, and she decided that she would rather have the Manta Ray color instead. So, not only did Wildhorn exchange our fins for the right size fins, but also they exchanged my wife's Pearl Aqua color fins for the Manta Ray color that my wife preferred.

I cannot imagine anyone not being completely satisfied and happy becoming a owner of these fins and ultimately I highly recommend these fins. Oh, and don't forget to check-out their other products as well.

I can assure you that if you are an avid snorkeler, these fins are the next step in fin innovation and offer a new and improved experience in snorkeling comfort, and usefulness. I now feel sorry for other snorkelers around me who are still using the old, antiquated traditional fins.

I LOVE the design except I have wide width feet. I ordered size 8 Men's/ 9 Womens and I usually wear either a 9 wide or a 9-1/2. There doesn't seem to be an option for the next size up (Men's 9 / 10 Womens) which I would have tried if it was available. Sadly, I have to return for a refund.

The media could not be loaded. My packing methodology goes like this: Bring what I know I will need on the trip and nothing more.

A few weeks ago I got back from a 17 day trip to Thailand. I fit everything I needed into my backpack(camera gear, foot, water, hat) and my Cotopaxi Allpa 35L travel pack. Included in the things I brought were: Katadyn Water filter Katadyn Befree Water Filter With Hydrapak 0.6L Collapsible Flask , a Full face Snorkel mask Seaview 180 Degree Panoramic Snorkel Mask- Full Face Design,Panoramic Navy Blue / Gray,Large/Extra Large , and these fins.

Fitting fins and a snorkel mask in a small pack was a little tough but I only brought the bare essentials on this trip. I used almost every item I brought with me. The only things I wouldn't have packed with me is my 2nd action camera(only really used the gopro), my camera charger (had enough batteries so I didn't even need it), and the long sleeve shirt I brought in case I got cold in the mountains of Thailand. I didn't use the water filter or super glue I brought but I'm glad I had both.

Although the fins were the largest item in my pack I'm really happy I brought them. They were very easy to pack because they get pretty flat. The neoprene boot squishes easily and the fins aren't so long that they can't fit in a carry-on bag. The one part that doesn't squish is the sole. These fins are basically boots on bottom with a fin growing out of them so the shoe portion is fairly rigid.

They fit great in my pack and worked very well in the water. On the beach they are very easy to walk in because the fin is elevated above the toe slightly. The shorter fin means that they aren't as good as larger fins at moving you quickly through the water but they were way better than being barefoot.

The only bad thing about traveling with these fins is that they don't dry very quickly. Thailand is tropical and humid and I had to put these boots in a large plastic bag when packing them up because they wouldn't dry quickly enough to just throw in my bag.

This is definitely a 5 star product. I'm excited to take these with me on my next trip (to Panama).

Took a bit to figure out best way to get these on and off. Otherwise they are great ðŸ‘