When I started, the most advanced suit was he nylon brief. Clearly the "shiny suits" were faster, but they covered your whole body. Jammers cover such a smaller area I have to wonder how much difference the top of the line ones make vs more affordable. Has anyone done testing or any objective measure? Shaving down makes about 1 second/100 difference for me and every .01 sec can be important, but is there even .01 sec difference between good jammers and top of the line?
I’ve noticed improvements with even a tyr tech brief, but not as much of an improvement as the ap12 tyr jammer (still in use). Regarding shaving, I get an advantage of a suit over a fresh shave.
It would be an interesting experiment. Requires use of a lane for 2 days, a timer, and video for all but one of the swims.
50m fr AFAP:
day 1, unshaven
• completely naked
• $10 suit
• $400 jammer
• full body suit
day 2, just shaved
• completely naked
• $10 suit
• tech brief
• $400 jammer
A 100 would show experimental differences better, but fatigue would be an issue
I’ve noticed improvements with even a tyr tech brief, but not as much of an improvement as the ap12 tyr jammer (still in use). Regarding shaving, I get an advantage of a suit over a fresh shave.
It would be an interesting experiment. Requires use of a lane for 2 days, a timer, and video for all but one of the swims.
50m fr AFAP:
day 1, unshaven
• completely naked
• $10 suit
• $400 jammer
• full body suit
day 2, just shaved
• completely naked
• $10 suit
• tech brief
• $400 jammer
A 100 would show experimental differences better, but fatigue would be an issue
