Question about speedo flipturns suits for swimming laps.
I swim about a mile each workout, about 3-4 times a week (work full time + law school at night, so time is very limited). I bought a couple of pairs of the new Speedo Flipturns briefs because they were on sale and thought the wacky designs would be ridiculous enough to be fun. Anyways, I've already gone through two suits, in little more than about 4 months. It seems like the back of the suit gets saggy after 2 months.
Has anyone else had this experience? Could the fact that I sit in a hot tub for a few minutes after a swim be causing the fabric to lose its shape?
I mainly ask because I've seen posts where suits last much longer. In fact, I've had regular solid briefs last a lot longer than 2 months, swimming laps 3-4 times a week.
Any insight will be helpful. Thanks.
I also got a Flipturns suit last year...was pretty cheap on Amazon, around $12 I think. Initially I really liked it, as it had both a brief and drag suit in one. Normally I wear a regular brief with a mesh drag suit over it.
But after ~2 months, I had the same thing happen. Especially the outer drag portion really got stretched out, and the inner brief somewhat so. We don't have a hot tub at our pool, so that can't be to blame.
Lesson learned--you get what you pay for.
I also got a Flipturns suit last year...was pretty cheap on Amazon, around $12 I think. Initially I really liked it, as it had both a brief and drag suit in one. Normally I wear a regular brief with a mesh drag suit over it.
But after ~2 months, I had the same thing happen. Especially the outer drag portion really got stretched out, and the inner brief somewhat so. We don't have a hot tub at our pool, so that can't be to blame.
Lesson learned--you get what you pay for.
