I am curious to what your preferences are regarding Speedo or TYR products (or other). I myself am a Speedo girl, and always have been. However, I recently bought a discounted TYR reversible suit for practice and it lasted way longer than any Speedo ever has. I'm tempted to buy TYR again, but do I dare switch loyalties? I like Speedo styles better - I've never been big on brand names at all, except when it comes to swimming - there's just something about Speedo.
For training, I prefer Adidas' endurance briefs, forget the name they use. For tech suits, I'll use my daughters' experiences, since I don't buy them for me. Speedo fits one, TYR fits the other. The Speedo just does not last. And actually their in season team suits were teh same way. It was like the non-reinfoced region had some coating that just fell apart, leaving that part of the suit looking rather sheer......as in unusably sheer. Non-tech suits only lasted a few meets, tech suits lasted one in season meet, and then one championship meet (wtih very few swims). The daugther who swims in TYR swims in a lot more meets, as she is hitting national level meets. The TYR's last a little longer, but we had one that didn't fare well. The reinforcement patch on the insdie started coming unglued at her last short course meet. She had only gotten a couple of swims out of it. Contacted TYR to see if it could be repaired (not ripped, it was like the adhesive failed). They had me send it back, they determined it was a manufacturing defect, and refunded the purchase price in full. So I was very happy with how they handled that.
For training, I prefer Adidas' endurance briefs, forget the name they use. For tech suits, I'll use my daughters' experiences, since I don't buy them for me. Speedo fits one, TYR fits the other. The Speedo just does not last. And actually their in season team suits were teh same way. It was like the non-reinfoced region had some coating that just fell apart, leaving that part of the suit looking rather sheer......as in unusably sheer. Non-tech suits only lasted a few meets, tech suits lasted one in season meet, and then one championship meet (wtih very few swims). The daugther who swims in TYR swims in a lot more meets, as she is hitting national level meets. The TYR's last a little longer, but we had one that didn't fare well. The reinforcement patch on the insdie started coming unglued at her last short course meet. She had only gotten a couple of swims out of it. Contacted TYR to see if it could be repaired (not ripped, it was like the adhesive failed). They had me send it back, they determined it was a manufacturing defect, and refunded the purchase price in full. So I was very happy with how they handled that.
