Blue 70 vs. LZR

I think the downsizing requirements cause most of the problems. If you size down either one, you may have problems with ripping and if you don't, they are too loose and fill up with water.

The only stacking I noticed was that some guys wore a brief under their bodysuit. Some of those bodysuits are pretty much transparent so I think the brief was there for coverage. I was thinking more along the lines of, ahem, shall we say support.

On that note, can I get a ruling on whether we need to change what "pulling a Smith" means? I was right there at ground zero waiting for my 100 fly heat when the horror unfolded... er, unthreaded. :eek: "Pulling a Smith" to be more accurate!

I am cracking up..... I sell suits for a partial living and I expect these high end suits not to last past a few meets or even swims. With the materials used, the types of seems, and the amount of compression designed into these suits I expect many of them to split, fail, etc from just being put on the many different body types out there. Come on Paul, being of the clydsdale body type and considering the many not so finely tuned masters bodies out there, you couldn't expect these suits to last too long! I'm trying to educate my customers that it probably isn't money well spent on these suits considering the small amount of advantage you truely gain from them. Sorry DT but I call bullshit. These guys have been making products for years and they simply got sloppy in their production (mine didn't even have a logo on it) because demand had skyrocketed...even the cheap stitch pattern they use which doesn't "seal" but rather "runs" when a thread tears is an example of cutting corners or poor QC. The material has as much or more stretch to it than an FS, FS Pro, etc. and they tout its durability and back it with a one year warranty...and by the way I've owned some very high tec racing wetsuits that haven't fallen apart (same with my FS & FS Pro's) in spite of my clydesdale proportions.

Sorry DT but I call bullshit. These guys have been making products for years and they simply got sloppy in their production (mine didn't even have a logo on it) because demand had skyrocketed... I tend to agree, Paul. It's sort of like buying a new car in its first model year. Better to hold off and wait till they work the bugs out.

I think Blue70 has a 1 yr warranty on the zipper and seams. If you seam split, you can send it back and get a new one.

The only stacking I noticed was that some guys wore a brief under their bodysuit. Some of those bodysuits are pretty much transparent so I think the brief was there for coverage. On that note, can I get a ruling on whether we need to change what "pulling a Smith" means? I was right there at ground zero waiting for my 100 fly heat when the horror unfolded... er, unthreaded. :eek: Hmm sounds like more a sort of "Big Bang Theory" type event...:laugh2:

After seeing the workout that goes into putting one of these suits on and also zipping up Paul, I'll stick to my TYR tank, clip back. It got me 5 PB's this past weekend!

I haven't had problems with mine but I'm very concerned about problems others have had I've seen and heard of LZR issues I'd also seen swimmers who poked holes in their B70's which I assumed happened because they weren't being careful enough when putting on their suit now there's reports of swimmers ripping their B70 suits while wearing them Some is because big guys are squeezing down into small suits ie hoch 6'5" 190 putting on a size 26 Wonder how this will be resolved?

Only 5 swims, but no problem so far. However, now I'm getting paranoid. Buying the suits as small as humanly possibly doesn't seem like the best idea ... They do seem very small in the butt area. Thus far, I've had more problems with the Pro. Really never though about a LZR because I thought they were even more fragile than the Pro.