Nero - TX vs XII + jammer sizing?

RE: Nero - TX vs XII + jammer sizing?

waves101 — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:02:13 GMT

i have and wear both the TX and XII. At 5' 10" and 170 the 26 works for me. Dont get me wrong... its tight but thats what you want for Nats. Good Luck and swim fast.

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orca1946 — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 02:36:01 GMT

You have already made up your mind, but I like Fastskins.

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Water Rat — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:17:59 GMT

yeah, say the 200 free on sunday :Dsteve, I'll go halfsies with you

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sunruh — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 12:09:59 GMT

@sunruh, I do need some new board shorts for my summer lake vacation and the $160 Oakley Blade III Board Shorts are advertised as "with compression", so I might just take you up on your offer. I just have to wear these in one event at Nats, right, for the offer to be valid ;) yeah, say the 200 free on sunday :D

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Patrick W. Brundage — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:57:58 GMT

Thanks, everyone. Yeah, I should've explained my B70 sizing challenge more clearly as I'm 190 (so smack in the middle of the 28 sizing weight-wise and below the 30 weight range), but a 33/34 inch waist when it comes to pants (so above the 28 and spot on the 30). I think I'll try the 30, make sure I've got time to return it if it's too loose and go for it. @sunruh, I do need some new board shorts for my summer lake vacation and the $160 Oakley Blade III Board Shorts are advertised as "with compression", so I might just take you up on your offer. I just have to wear these in one event at Nats, right, for the offer to be valid ;)

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sunruh — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:43:31 GMT

PWB, i will buy you any 1 of these for you to wear at nats. www.swimoutlet.com/.../ just give me the shipping info or i can hand it to you personally. i am just that nice of a guy! :D

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Water Rat — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:21:31 GMT

To me it's not about the waist, it's about the hips/thighs. Not that I'm too familiar with your hips/thighs Patrick but my guess is you're narrower than me. I wear a 28 B70 XII, but I prefer my Speedo Fastskin3 Elite. It's a size SR6 whatever that means! I also wear a TYR Durafast size 28 jammer to practice.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 04:49:35 GMT

yeah, say the 200 free on sunday :DOh, I was thinking the 200 breaststroke.:bolt:

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sunruh — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:10:26 GMT

D E A L!!! mark

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knelson — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:22:38 GMT

Yeah, but the B70 sizing chart is pretty funky. They say a size 28 should fit someone 175-205 and a 31" waist. cdn.shopify.com/.../2014_nero_size.jpg I'm very close to 180 lbs so you'd think 28 would be my size, but it's definitely tight. The big question is why would you call a suit a "size 28" when it's supposed to fit a 31" waist?

RE: Nero - TX vs XII + jammer sizing?

__steve__ — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:55:17 GMT

I can barely don a 32 (TYR ap12) without destroying the suit in the process, and I'm a toothpick (size 32 pants fall off of me). Takes about 5 minutes minimum, and even then I see damage occur where places of the suit get overstretched.

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Allen Stark — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:07:19 GMT

The only B-70 jammer I have had is the TX. I like it a lot.I wear a 32 suit for practice and the size 30 seems right for me for a meet suit.

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knelson — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:05:36 GMT

I think the XII is probably the better suit. The only reason it's cheaper now is that it's been replaced by the Nero 14. That's my thinking, anyway. I haven't actually used either of those. I recently bought a size 28 Nero 14 and it is very tight. All I've done so far is try it on. I think there's the possibility I can get it all the way on, but I haven't quite demonstrated that yet! I think a size 30 may have been a better call. But I do have relatively wide hips. If you are narrow hipped the 28 might fit just fine.