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.
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.
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.