Two months ago I switched pools, going from an outdoor pool facility to an indoor pool at a YMCA. At the old pool I never considered not using the suit spinner, but since switching facilities I can't bring myself to drop my suit in the thing. The Y locker room is for all users, which means it smells like, well duh... a locker room (the old pool locker room was only used by swimmers so was thankfully free of sweat). The idea of dropping my suit in that thing now just disgusts me. Who knows what those Weight Room Igors do when no one is looking. And then there's the racquetball players dripping sweat all over the place. And let's not forget the noodlers who spend less than five minutes in the pool, which in my book is not enough time to sufficiently disinfect said noodler's suit before he drops it in the spinner. Eeee! Am I the only one grossed out by this?
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At first I missed not having a spinner at our pool, but thinking back I probably would have "killed " my suits even faster if had used one. I would never put lycra suits in that thing for sure.
What I absolutely want at my pool though I know I will never get....
It's a foot sprayer with an anti fungal or what not spray that you spray on your feet as you exit the pool area.
My pool in germany had it and I never worried about foot funk.
Sharing the pool deck and locker rooms our local Y with a very large crowd of people with questionable foot health (
and most are barefoot)has made me swear by flip flops, but the spray would be a nice reassurance.
Didn't help when my kid got ring worm under his eye from putting his goggles on the pool deck,
where all them bare feet just spread the funk.:mad:
Never use a suit spinner. I also swim in lycra, though. They wear out the fibers of any suit. I personally don't want to have to buy a new practice suit any sooner than needed by chlorine alone.
