reViews
Atomic SS1
This new inflator/reg offers performance to The first time I tried Atomic Aquatics'
spare in a user-friendly package. The SS1 SplitFins
®
, I knew that my ideas about kicking
“I almost forgot I wasn’t using my primary”
breathes better than many primary-use would have to change. These fins
is how one test diver summarized the SS1’s
regulators and generated the best overall ate up distance without hard work. Due to
performance during our in-water testing. It
simulator performance among the integrated a lack of ankle strain, I felt like I was
was the only reg to earn any Excellent ratings
inflator/regs…then hit the water and earned wearing no fins at all.
from test divers—once for ease of breathing
the highest ergonomic scores of all the units
and again for user controls. “The buttons are
we tested.
The most dramatic difference that I noticed
easy to use even when it’s in your mouth,”
was when surface-kicking on my back. My
commented one test diver. On the breathing
BETTER ALTERNATIVES
legs felt much lighter on the upbeat and
simulator, the SS1put up work of breathing
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follow-through with the SplitFins
®
than with
numbers worthy of a primary regulator,
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paddle fins. I also found that the SplitFins
®
earning Excellent ratings in three of the
JAN/FEB 2004
work best with a short, fast kick as opposed
tests, and a Very Good in the most extreme
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to a long, slow one.
breathing category—67.5 RMV at 165 feet.
Atomic SplitFin
It isn't often that a revolutionary product
BOTTOM LINE: The SS1 is the top-of-
comes along that changes the way we dive.
the-line octo-inflator and our 2007 Testers’
A speed demon on the slalom course,
The SplitFin
®
is one of those products.
Choice. It’s also the most expensive unit
Atomic’s SplitFin is pretty fast flat out too.
TEST DIVE: ATOMIC AQUATICS SPLITFINS
in this review, but worth every penny if you
This robust fin’s rather stiff, longer-than-
SPORT DIVER MAGAZINE
want the ultimate in performance.
average blade doesn’t fold up in a power
stroke like some other splits do - good for
JAN/FEB 2001
7 BACKUP BREATHERS
when that eagle ray flaps in out of nowhere
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and you want to accelerate. For close work,
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the fin is both nimble and efficient despite its
While it excels in performance, no other
AUGUST 2007
length. A well-shaped foot pocket ensures
adjustable fin comes close to the scores
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stability and comfort. We found the SplitFin
Atomic earns in fit and comfort. The foot
pocket maintains a grip on your foot that
No doubt about it. Atomic has raised the bar
to offer the best buckle system of all the fins
virtually eliminates wobble. Even female test
with the SS1, creating the first safe second
we tested, with a special buckle that slips
divers were able to achieve a good fit.
that really could be compared to a high
over a mounting post on the fin. To detach,
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
performance primary. And the best news –
you simply squeeze both tabs and slip the
ch, slide it onto
SCUBA FIN SMACKDOWN
it will fit on most any brand of BC, thanks
buckle off the post. To atta
the post where it clicks into place. Couldn’t
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to a unique adapter device.
be easier!
JULY 2002
SECOND TO NONE
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ATOMIC AQUATICS SS1
FOOT ROCKETS - SCUBALAB FIN TEST
SPORT DIVER MAGAZINE
RODALE’S SCUBA DIVING MAGAZINE
Kicking out from shore requires power
AUGUST 2003
JULY 2003
and acceleration and the Atomic SplitFin
delivers both. The best buckle system in
the business makes it literally a “snap” to
put these fins on and take them off when
entering the water. And a well-shaped foot
pocket ensures stability and comfort.
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