I reported earlier that my B70 Nero comp legskin developed a tear. I bought it the last day of LCM Nats in Portland on August 17. I swam 2 events in it there, one meet and 5 events in November, and finally 4 events at a meet in December. At the last meet a teammate noticed a tear developing. The hole looked like a seam or lamination in the fabric was letting go. The attached thumbnail shows the tear, which was above the stitched crotch seam and below the zipper. The stated warranty is 90 days, so I was about 3 weeks outside that when the tear developed.
I am 6'2" and 195, and the suit was a 30, so I was more or less within the guidelines. I also bought the size recommended by the vendor, Kastaway.
I didn't warm up or practice in the suit at all, and was pretty careful putting it on. When I looked at the tear closely, I didn't see any sign that I'd snagged it on something or torn it somehow.
I sent an email to blueseventy in Seattle, got a prompt response from Shawn Lucas and (indirectly) Roque Santos, and after I sent the picture, an RA#. I sent the torn suit back, and today received a brand spanking new replacement under warranty via UPS, no charge.
Excellent customer service, gentlemen, thank you!
I've mentioned before that I love the suit. I did not like my FS Pro full suit for breaststroke, but the B70, even with the full leg, works for all strokes.
I'm even happier with it now.
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Hi,
As a retailer, swimmer and triathlete, I have been consistently impressed with Blue Seventy on many fronts, most notably customer service at both the dealer and consumer level.
We (are small) but of our 50 Nero suits so far, we have had 3 suits either break a seam or tear. In every case the swimmer ended up with a new suit.
They are nice folks and really do seem to have their heads in the right place.
We can get bogged down with the rights and wrongs of modern tech-suits, but it seems that Roque (with Shawn on the inside warranty/CS desk) and his people at BS are really trying hard to do good and be good.
Tom
Hi,
As a retailer, swimmer and triathlete, I have been consistently impressed with Blue Seventy on many fronts, most notably customer service at both the dealer and consumer level.
We (are small) but of our 50 Nero suits so far, we have had 3 suits either break a seam or tear. In every case the swimmer ended up with a new suit.
They are nice folks and really do seem to have their heads in the right place.
We can get bogged down with the rights and wrongs of modern tech-suits, but it seems that Roque (with Shawn on the inside warranty/CS desk) and his people at BS are really trying hard to do good and be good.
Tom