What tips do you all have for keeping a racing suit functional as long as possible? I have been thoroughly enjoying my first one, after a few fashion/fitness models this is so much more comfortable!!!! However, it has already "given out" in a couple spots and I've only worn it about six weeks. For me that is 4 - 5 times/week. Will 30 workouts mark the beginning of the end of a racing suit? I do rinse it out after every swim in medium temperature water = cool shower water.
Any tips of the trade??? What do you all do to keep your suits going?
Thanks!!!
Tzivia
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Hi Janis et al,
I've heard the H2OWear suits last a long time . . . except the company stopped making suits for men. But, the key here as Leonard, Laura and you have mentioned, is polyester material. I've found, too, that suits made of lycra/nylon blends don't last. I seem to go through one a month, using it 4x a week. And . . . I carefully rinse them out in cold water, too. The lycra simply doesn't tolerate chlorine. This gets bit expensive, ya know.
So, I went to a local aquatics store that sells only stuff for the pool and asked for advice as to what will last. They suggested either the Speedo Water Polo suit (100% nylon) or the Speedo Aquion suit (100% polyester for working out. (I have a nylon/lycra suit I use only for meets.) The poly will last longer, so I bought it. After two weeks or so of use, there is no evidence of fading or loss of stretch which lycra will show. By the way, I first went to the local Speedo Authentic Fitness Store and they DON'T even carry these suits. (That was a wasted trip!) So, the best bet is a specialty store like the one to which I went. (This store is great and is well-known by teams in my area.)
Seems to me that many years ago, suits were made of 100% nylon. They lasted for a long time. Not now! Now you have my $.02's worth.
Hi Janis et al,
I've heard the H2OWear suits last a long time . . . except the company stopped making suits for men. But, the key here as Leonard, Laura and you have mentioned, is polyester material. I've found, too, that suits made of lycra/nylon blends don't last. I seem to go through one a month, using it 4x a week. And . . . I carefully rinse them out in cold water, too. The lycra simply doesn't tolerate chlorine. This gets bit expensive, ya know.
So, I went to a local aquatics store that sells only stuff for the pool and asked for advice as to what will last. They suggested either the Speedo Water Polo suit (100% nylon) or the Speedo Aquion suit (100% polyester for working out. (I have a nylon/lycra suit I use only for meets.) The poly will last longer, so I bought it. After two weeks or so of use, there is no evidence of fading or loss of stretch which lycra will show. By the way, I first went to the local Speedo Authentic Fitness Store and they DON'T even carry these suits. (That was a wasted trip!) So, the best bet is a specialty store like the one to which I went. (This store is great and is well-known by teams in my area.)
Seems to me that many years ago, suits were made of 100% nylon. They lasted for a long time. Not now! Now you have my $.02's worth.
