I know there are many of you out there with strong feelings against technical suits. While I respect your opinions, I am wanting to try a technical suit for the SCY 2011 state/national meets. What I am looking for here are suggestions, tips, and/or recommendations from people who are using technical suits as to what I should be looking for - other than "FINA approved". If you have any advice for someone looking to buy her first technical suit, please let me know. If it makes a difference, I am focusing on mainly freestyle and fly.
Thanks!
Fit is important and depending upon your body type can dictate which suit is best for you.
If you are on the thin side you can buy almost any suit and the fit will be good but if you have some curves you may find it better to go to a shop and try them on.
I didn't start buying the tech suits until I lost most of the weight I needed to lose. I used to weight 220 lbs but did not buy my first tech suit until I was 175 lbs. My personal opinion is don't waist your money until you can actually fit in the suit, that is why I waited. I have seen people I feel do not need to stuff themselves into a suit that is TOOOOO small and they are almost see thru in the back.
When I finally decided to buy my first suit I visited the booths at Nationals at the Woodlands starting with the Speedo booth where the sales gal said she could fit anyone even if she had to put me in a mans suit. In the end she had to admit my body type was better for a Tyr suit than a Speedo, so she took me over to the Tyr vender and they helped my find an Aquapel that fit really well.
Since then I have been using the Tyr suits. Due to price I have been staying with the Fusion 2 which fits good and works for me without draining my wallet. When I can find an old Aquapel or Aqua Shift I pick them up. I have 3 I managed to find recently at a great price. My local swim shop also keeps an eye out for me on samples and such.
for your first suit don't worry about price, go for fit. Go to a good swim shop and try them on. This is always my recommendation. Once you know what to buy you can pick it up at a good price.
I hope this is helpful.
Fit is important and depending upon your body type can dictate which suit is best for you.
If you are on the thin side you can buy almost any suit and the fit will be good but if you have some curves you may find it better to go to a shop and try them on.
I didn't start buying the tech suits until I lost most of the weight I needed to lose. I used to weight 220 lbs but did not buy my first tech suit until I was 175 lbs. My personal opinion is don't waist your money until you can actually fit in the suit, that is why I waited. I have seen people I feel do not need to stuff themselves into a suit that is TOOOOO small and they are almost see thru in the back.
When I finally decided to buy my first suit I visited the booths at Nationals at the Woodlands starting with the Speedo booth where the sales gal said she could fit anyone even if she had to put me in a mans suit. In the end she had to admit my body type was better for a Tyr suit than a Speedo, so she took me over to the Tyr vender and they helped my find an Aquapel that fit really well.
Since then I have been using the Tyr suits. Due to price I have been staying with the Fusion 2 which fits good and works for me without draining my wallet. When I can find an old Aquapel or Aqua Shift I pick them up. I have 3 I managed to find recently at a great price. My local swim shop also keeps an eye out for me on samples and such.
for your first suit don't worry about price, go for fit. Go to a good swim shop and try them on. This is always my recommendation. Once you know what to buy you can pick it up at a good price.
I hope this is helpful.
