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)
Kirk -
If the suits already allowed are shown to provide bouyancy, why would a wetsuit be disallowed?
Matt,
I think (up to this point) the approved suits have only exhibited neutral or no bouyancy to whatever test methods are being used. I think when some swimmers are performing their own tests, they're probably not in line with whatever test method FINA is utilizing.
Kirk -
If the suits already allowed are shown to provide bouyancy, why would a wetsuit be disallowed?
Matt,
I think (up to this point) the approved suits have only exhibited neutral or no bouyancy to whatever test methods are being used. I think when some swimmers are performing their own tests, they're probably not in line with whatever test method FINA is utilizing.
