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)
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!
I have not experienced that ... swam 4 events in the B70 three weeks ago and then did 8 this weekend plus warmdowns and keeping it on between races. I also did one workout in it. No apparent difference in feel.
Based upon Dean from B70's comment about this being a 25 swim suit, my plan is probably to use it for 3 to 4 'big meets' and then wrap-up a year in it with an open water swim like La Jolla. I'll still most likely wear plain lycra jammers in any meets I'm not trying to peak for.
I know these things are expensive when compared to a lot of normal suits (but not the LZR), but all I have to do to convince myself it's a bargain is talk with my triathlete friends about the dough they dump into their sport.
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!
I have not experienced that ... swam 4 events in the B70 three weeks ago and then did 8 this weekend plus warmdowns and keeping it on between races. I also did one workout in it. No apparent difference in feel.
Based upon Dean from B70's comment about this being a 25 swim suit, my plan is probably to use it for 3 to 4 'big meets' and then wrap-up a year in it with an open water swim like La Jolla. I'll still most likely wear plain lycra jammers in any meets I'm not trying to peak for.
I know these things are expensive when compared to a lot of normal suits (but not the LZR), but all I have to do to convince myself it's a bargain is talk with my triathlete friends about the dough they dump into their sport.
