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This device is US$310. Good carbon fins (the long ones for freediving) cost just a tiny bit more [1] and can also propel you at a superhuman speed. Plastic ones are even cheaper.

A speed comparison would have been nice. EDIT: it's already there: "This jigger, according to the manufacturers, makes you handily quicker than an equivalent swimmer with fins on."

[1] https://www.westmarine.com/mares-razor-carbon-dive-fins-41-1...




And this device is made as cheaply as possible. Plastic everywhere, holes for adaptability... And it's supposed to be used in sea water.

I guess the actual plan is to sell classes by taking advantage of the novelty effect.




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