Just to play devils advocate.......
Maybe that's why they haven't.....there isn't enough difference......just another ploy to get you to buy yet another NEW suit.......
About 4-5 years ago when the first suits came out one of the Grad Assistants at ASU did a study as part of his thesis....partly funded by several of the manufacturers (my wife was one of the subjects).
The testing was pretty thorough measuring friction, dry weight vs. wet, buoyancy and how all was effected over time, etc. etc. He found that there was indeed an effect to the suits...especially (and contrary to FINA) with regard to buoyancy and he found they did have a positive effect which was actually reversed after the suit became soaked (after about 15 minutes which I've mentioned here before and why I don't warm up in my suit)(Speedo's suit at the time was only the 3rd most effective).
As far as I know the study was published but not picked up on by the swimming media...I'm going to try and track brian down and see if I can find it.
Just to play devils advocate.......
Maybe that's why they haven't.....there isn't enough difference......just another ploy to get you to buy yet another NEW suit.......
About 4-5 years ago when the first suits came out one of the Grad Assistants at ASU did a study as part of his thesis....partly funded by several of the manufacturers (my wife was one of the subjects).
The testing was pretty thorough measuring friction, dry weight vs. wet, buoyancy and how all was effected over time, etc. etc. He found that there was indeed an effect to the suits...especially (and contrary to FINA) with regard to buoyancy and he found they did have a positive effect which was actually reversed after the suit became soaked (after about 15 minutes which I've mentioned here before and why I don't warm up in my suit)(Speedo's suit at the time was only the 3rd most effective).
As far as I know the study was published but not picked up on by the swimming media...I'm going to try and track brian down and see if I can find it.
