To Jaked or not to be Jaked - THAT is the question
Former Member
Would you splurge and get one of these suits if you could afford one and they were in stock even with the possibility of a ban approaching in 2010?
There are lots of pros and cons of which only a few I'll list here:
Cons
Many of your competitors have inferior suits, so is it as satisfying to beat them given the possible advantage of 1.5 seconds or more per 100?
You are near some masters world records. Although you may break one with the suit, the satisfaction is not the same for you as the current world record holder did not have a comparable suit.
How will you physically and mentally handle the suit downgrade post the ban, assuming it happens.
Wait! Your "just for fun", it's all about self improvement masters swimming feels like it's suddenly taking a turn to win at all costs.
Pros
What's not fun about going as fast as possible while staying within the rules?
You had better take advantage of the fast suit technology while it's still around and legal.
Who does not like to turn in a top performance?
I'm torn. Pun fully intended.
Former Member
Have one and will wear it. I did get it for the summer already, so I am getting some use out of it. I will also wear the same suit as last year for some races to get "real comparison time".
The Blue70s are going for $200 or less - I am guessing the Jaked will follow the same pattern. We should get an idea in September on the deadline for the suits.
Former Member
Would they be legal as a wet suit in OW swimming? If so and they dropped enough into my price range I would get one.
No "Possibility": as it stands the tech suits are a done deal, a dead horse, soured milk. Unless, with their impending doom all but assured, the Jaked suit becomes gets moved to the "bargain bin" at 50$ a suit, why waste your money and likely post a bunch of useless asterix times?
I wonder how the companies that invested untold amounts of money in development of these suits feel right now? They were not even on the market long enough to suck even one swim parent into buying a full rigging for their soon to be Olympian ten year old. All that money and likely not even one red cent back on the investment.
As it stands now neither FINA nor USMS has outlawed these suits for Masters.I ordered a Jaked for Nats and it tore the second time I tried it on.The replacement arrived the day after nNats and I plan to use it as much as possible.
Have one and will wear it. I did get it for the summer already, so I am getting some use out of it. I will also wear the same suit as last year for some races to get "real comparison time".
The Blue70s are going for $200 or less - I am guessing the Jaked will follow the same pattern. We should get an idea in September on the deadline for the suits.
Me too. However, no time drops for me with the Jaked, at least in the long axis strokes. At Nationals, I swam 2 50 backs (one Jaked, one B70) and 3 50 frees (2 B70 leading off relays and 1 Jaked). I was slower in the Jaked for both events. The only discernible variable between the races was that I felt like I got slightly worse starts in the Jaked. Oddly, I swam the fastest on day 4 in my very old and very stretched out B70.
I'll keep using both until they're banned for masters. I certainly don't recommend sizing down in the Jaked.
Former Member
I wouldn't want to buy a Jaked right now. Too fragile and too much money. I have a bunch of swims in a Tracer Light (about 40) and a b70 (15ish plus 3 open water swims) and they are holding up to the abuse fantastically. I'm definitely getting my money's worth out of these things. At $500 a pop and very easily torn, the Jaked doesn't seem like a good deal to me unless you're picking up a free one.
