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)
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.
I think Peg was referring to LZR legskins that got stretched out. As far as I know, B70 doesn't sell legskins only, just body suits.
I'm currently at the stated limit for my B70. I think it is noticeably stretchier than when I first bought it but I don't think it is ineffective. I plan on swimming in two non-taper fast meets and I'll wear the suit in at least one of them, maybe both; then I'll buy a new one for nationals. But I'm thinking of giving the XTerra version a try.
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.
I think Peg was referring to LZR legskins that got stretched out. As far as I know, B70 doesn't sell legskins only, just body suits.
I'm currently at the stated limit for my B70. I think it is noticeably stretchier than when I first bought it but I don't think it is ineffective. I plan on swimming in two non-taper fast meets and I'll wear the suit in at least one of them, maybe both; then I'll buy a new one for nationals. But I'm thinking of giving the XTerra version a try.
