Looks like Masters swimmers have decided on the best new suit available right now - probably a combination of price / value / and length of use.
I am at the Long Beach SCM - west coast "nationals" and the winner is: The Blue Seventy by a ratio of about 50 to 1 over the LZR.
People are either wearing one of the older suits (some of them are to be had for $25) or a Blue Seventy. There is still a bit of "confusion" over which Blue70 to get - I saw quite a few of the open water models. But I think I have seen a total of 3 (including mine) LZRs at the entire meet. No kidding Speedo wants the coaches to ban the Blue70.
Personal comparison - 50 Free - Blue 70 = 23.25 /// LZR = 23.44 (but I had a poor dive and a poor turn - I would still rank them about even)
there are many B70's here
LZRs worry me
550 COST
hard to put on
fragile, easy to tear,
though i've seen several b70s tear usually in men wearing too small suits
BUT I'M most concerned with LZR zipper failure during races, i've seen more than 10, where the whole zipper comes undone
people need to test suits
probably the best value to speed might be the FS PRO but those are fragile and can be hard to get over thighs and hips
there are many B70's here
LZRs worry me
550 COST
hard to put on
fragile, easy to tear,
though i've seen several b70s tear usually in men wearing too small suits
BUT I'M most concerned with LZR zipper failure during races, i've seen more than 10, where the whole zipper comes undone
people need to test suits
probably the best value to speed might be the FS PRO but those are fragile and can be hard to get over thighs and hips
