Does anyone know why black fins cost more than white/natural?
is it just that adding pigment to the mix is more expensive? why 2x or more costly though?
seems strange.
just wondering, thanks.
what are the fins you are referring to? Have a link to the cheaper white ones and the more expensive black ones?
Anything is possible in the age of Obama.
appologies to the rolling stones…
"I paid for carbon but it’s fibre painted black…
…no carbon anywhere, I want my money back…"
fins you make yourself
are cheaper
when they ae black.
you cant see the bubbles
and they take a pigment,
black of course,
quite well.
…ambrose…
black goes with everything
if you are wondering what to wear.
old stock is always cheaper
unless it’s antique.
Because Johnny Cash always wore black. Johnny was cool. Black is cool, so it is more expensive. Mike
funny.
actually, if you look at fin prices at any shop, or online, costs for a black or other colored set of fin is about twice that of a natural colored fin set. hasn't anyone else noticed this and wondered? i'm sure there's a simple reason..i just don't know it.
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Does anyone know why black fins cost more than white/natural?
is it just that adding pigment to the mix is more expensive? why 2x or more costly though?
seems strange.
just wondering, thanks.
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kolohe, Don't know why you would see BLACK fins more than color. Are these fins in fiber glas or plastic? If these fins are in plastic you are probably paying for re-grind which is cheaper and not more. Other than that,any color and natural are most commonly the same in price structure. Mahalo, Larry
i'm just not getting it.
i must be really slow, but in the attached image why are the white fins at the top left so much cheaper than the others?
are those the only plastic fins and the rest are fiberglass? is that the difference?
if so, why don't they also make black plastic ones that are also cheap? i haven't found one place that sells black fins for the same price as those natural ones in the top left of the picture.
all jokes aside, why is that?
well the cheap composites are just that plastic. the others are glass and hex. different performance from the same shape.
yah, it looks like the fins in the top left corner are plastic.
the others are glass or other materials. you can get plastic fins in black
or 'natural'. i don't know why you're having a hard time finding them...
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i'm just not getting it.
i must be really slow, but in the attached image why are the white fins at the top left so much cheaper than the others?
are those the only plastic fins and the rest are fiberglass? is that the difference?
if so, why don't they also make black plastic ones that are also cheap? i haven't found one place that sells black fins for the same price as those natural ones in the top left of the picture.
all jokes aside, why is that?
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Hi kolohe, It's a production stocking issue with most molding companies. Mahalo, Larry
in three out of five of colored and more expensive fins
there is a white fin pictured amongst colored and black
leading this detective to believe that a whitw fin in these
catagories is also twice as expensive! may we agree that
black aint all about it? Therefore I rest on my previous
opinion that a hand made custon fin is indeed
the cheapest of all fins and intentionally not listed
in the fin array .The best laid fins of mice and men
are not apparent in the ahhray.
An off menu Item…
…ambrose…
red fins are faster.
It seems to me that when the white is all by itself
and composed of lesser materials it is valued less.
However, in the integrated pictures where both black
and white are present with other colors then there is an equality of value.
Now that is true progress.
Anything is possible in the age of Obama!
ok, i think we're getting somewhere.
the top left fins are indeed plastic as opposed to fiber-glas, so i can understand a cost separation materially...
but why don't manufacturers of the plastic composite fins also offer them in black?
seriously, i've searched the internet up and down for someone who actually sells black composite future thrusters and i can't find anyone in the states. Gold star for anyone who can actually locate a vendor. :)
thanks again for any help.
Here is a partial or complete answer, depending on your comprehension.
http://www.futuresfins.com/knowledge.php
The keyword in employ here is ‘composite’.
It seems the industry has gone towards white composite as the standard
low end fin. Shapers Aus., Futures, FCS, probably more
Well it took you several posts to mention that your actually looking for Futures.
How many will it take to mention which template your looking for? (FAM2?)
I have a quite a few of the older black composite Futures.
I’m usually too lazy to sell these, packaging stuff and waiting in line at the Post
Office is not my bag. So the above question may be more academic than anything else.
Cant imagine why you have to have black. Black board?
Would probably part with these for more money than I paid for them, which is likely
to start making the Futures black RTM/Resin&Glass fins look more attractive to ya’.
Where's somebody to post a picture of a can of black spray paint when you need them???:)
thanks for the comments.
trying to find some reasonably priced, black, fins has proved to be a tough thing to accomplish. after all this, it just seems that the answer is that, as one person mentioned, the lower end composite fins are cheapest to produce in natural colored plastic and judging by the other comments and inability to locate any for sale, it seems that no one really wants them either. except me i guess.
it's weird though that so many are quick to discount aesthetics. especially in a group of people that are unified in a pursuit that is grounded in its 'craft' orientation.
function is paramount, but if one can combine it with superior aesthetics, the better, don't you think?
anyone else foiling their own fins? was it ambrose? what are you thoughts there? difficulties? thanks.
http://www.spearz.com/webdocs/Items/Details62.cfm
5th line down on a google search for "futures fins black composite"
i'll look for my gold star in the mail.
the first 4 also had what you are looking for but these were the cheapest.