I started a similar poll before,but time has changed things and I thought since USMS is going to have to do something definitive so they should have some input from the forumites
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I don't think there is any "degree" about B70 swim skins and wetsuits. They are so fundamentally different it is immediately apparent that they are intended for different sports. And wasn't FINA going to regulate thickness? Isn't the B70 1 mm? Draw the line there, easy enough.
And you are basing this on a comparison to a 3mm full wetsuit?
You can get 1mm wetsuits. The high end ones are made from yamamoto rubber, same as the B70. Those are also marketed with as having hydrophobic properties much like the swim skins. Having seen both, there is very little that is different. The only difference is the way its marketed, swim skin vs wetsuit.
Eliminate the wetsuit technologies (like yamamoto rubber) and you will have your line to draw.
I don't think there is any "degree" about B70 swim skins and wetsuits. They are so fundamentally different it is immediately apparent that they are intended for different sports. And wasn't FINA going to regulate thickness? Isn't the B70 1 mm? Draw the line there, easy enough.
And you are basing this on a comparison to a 3mm full wetsuit?
You can get 1mm wetsuits. The high end ones are made from yamamoto rubber, same as the B70. Those are also marketed with as having hydrophobic properties much like the swim skins. Having seen both, there is very little that is different. The only difference is the way its marketed, swim skin vs wetsuit.
Eliminate the wetsuit technologies (like yamamoto rubber) and you will have your line to draw.
