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)
This one woman had the LZR on Friday and by Sunday, she went to the B70. People were doing some blazing times with their B70s at Colonies Zones SCM Champs.
I suppose she was unhappy that the two gentlemen to her inside in inferior (and guessing both had old) suits smoked her in the 1500. ;) :banana:
Not surprised to see the switch, tough - she swam a lot of events (and yardage) in that LZR. Hope she felt like she got her money's worth. One of our teammates has one (legs)... he wore it for 3 swims at LCM Nationals. Wore for one event at Rutgers and said the suit was already stretched out and switched to his FSII. after 4 swims... ouch!
This one woman had the LZR on Friday and by Sunday, she went to the B70. People were doing some blazing times with their B70s at Colonies Zones SCM Champs.
I suppose she was unhappy that the two gentlemen to her inside in inferior (and guessing both had old) suits smoked her in the 1500. ;) :banana:
Not surprised to see the switch, tough - she swam a lot of events (and yardage) in that LZR. Hope she felt like she got her money's worth. One of our teammates has one (legs)... he wore it for 3 swims at LCM Nationals. Wore for one event at Rutgers and said the suit was already stretched out and switched to his FSII. after 4 swims... ouch!
