RE: When to get rid of suits

orca1946 — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:45:54 GMT

Wear 2 or 3 of the old suits till the outer one dissolves?

RE: When to get rid of suits

Nichollsvi — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 05:01:37 GMT

Thanks all! I do keep the best ones, a couple of them, only for races. The rest I don't care about, but I need less drag. So I'm going to get rid of 3 suits and I've got one worn a few times and start putting another one or two in the 'rotation'. :) Appreciate it.

RE: When to get rid of suits

Elaine Krugman — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:29:29 GMT

Wear your suits for training until you are no longer comfortable with how they feel/look. If they have gotten so thin or stretched out that you are embarrassed to wear it, toss it. I wear my suits until that point. I'll never forget the time knew it was time to toss my Speedo Endurance suit. I had been keeping track of the mileage in my Go the Distance FLOG to see how long I could get it to last. The suit had logged in almost to 300 miles, and it was still going strong, so, I took it on a cruise with me. One day, I wore it in the postage stamp-sized ship pool to do some kicking and sculling drills. When I got out, I bent over to pick up my towel off the pool deck. My suit seemed to feel so much looser than usual, but I didn't think much about it-- until I returned to my cabin and took my suit off. Little did I know, I had punished the surrounding sunbathers at the pool with the view of my :mooning: BTW: The longest lasting suit is one made of PBT. Speedo Endurance and TYR Durafasts are 50% polyester/ 50% PBT, and I have found they last the longest-- about 300 miles when cared for properly. I rinse mine in plain cold water, loosely roll it in a towel, and then throw it over a shower rod to dry. For competition, wear your newest, tightest suit to reduce drag. For training, I like the extra drag my older, worn suits create!