I've never raced in a technical racing suit before, but would like to give it a try. I see that Yingfa Sharkskin leggings are significantly cheaper than American made technical suits (Speedo, Tyr). Has anyone raced in Yingfa Sharkskin? Will you please provide feedback? I don't expect them to be quite as good as the more expensive suits, but also don't want to regret trading my old lycra brief for Yingfa leggings. For example, I wouldn't race in standard jammers, because they are just longer versions of the same old water logged lycra briefs. Thanks!
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What was it that you didn't like? What other suits have you tried? I only have a pair of Yingfa leggings and FS PRO leggings. I wear the Yingfa for fast swims in practice. I save the FS PRO for my big races because I'm just assuming it's a slightly better suit because of the Speedo brand. But I honestly can't tell the difference in how the two suits feel when I am swimming.....
Compared to my other suits( pro full body, nike full body, and fsII legs) it just lacked that feeling like I was going thru the water any faster. I ordered a 28 just like I have with all my other suits(even then I was worried bc of all the size charts made a 28 seem like it was gonna be small on me), the ankles felt really lose, then as soon as i got in the water it just felt like it was absorbing water...I guess my biggest let down was just the material seemed cheap and was no where near comparable to any FSII Ive worn.
It wont be a bad practice suit occasionally but I know for big meets I will be sticking to my PRO
Knightswimmer
What was it that you didn't like? What other suits have you tried? I only have a pair of Yingfa leggings and FS PRO leggings. I wear the Yingfa for fast swims in practice. I save the FS PRO for my big races because I'm just assuming it's a slightly better suit because of the Speedo brand. But I honestly can't tell the difference in how the two suits feel when I am swimming.....
Compared to my other suits( pro full body, nike full body, and fsII legs) it just lacked that feeling like I was going thru the water any faster. I ordered a 28 just like I have with all my other suits(even then I was worried bc of all the size charts made a 28 seem like it was gonna be small on me), the ankles felt really lose, then as soon as i got in the water it just felt like it was absorbing water...I guess my biggest let down was just the material seemed cheap and was no where near comparable to any FSII Ive worn.
It wont be a bad practice suit occasionally but I know for big meets I will be sticking to my PRO
