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!
1. Very good Jimby.
2. Probably true, but you know that so you can factor that in in analyzing the difference in your pre and post tech suit times.
3. I can see why that would be a complete drag for men.
4. I am likewise less effected by the loss of tech suits than some of my competitors. And I have my theories about that, which I know I've posted elsewhere.
5. That $404 Arena suit is for OW only and can't be used in the pool. So you can't use that for cost comparisons. You should be very happy you can get a good suit for much less than women. I'm not sure anyone thinks you can buy more time with X brand of kneeskin. But I know that I want to get the fastest suit for me, and fastest may be dictated by fit since they are all very similar suits. I don't know any masters women that have sprung for the $595 FS3. I'm not; and the reviews are not good to date. For the suit I recently ordered, which I desperately needed, I was between sizes, so ordered up to avoid undue tightness/possible busting. I just swam well in a very stretched out LZR with small holes, so I'm not sure I need to shove my body into the smallest imaginable size and risk a tear. I've recently found that Glide helps get into tech suits very quickly.
1. Very good Jimby.
2. Probably true, but you know that so you can factor that in in analyzing the difference in your pre and post tech suit times.
3. I can see why that would be a complete drag for men.
4. I am likewise less effected by the loss of tech suits than some of my competitors. And I have my theories about that, which I know I've posted elsewhere.
5. That $404 Arena suit is for OW only and can't be used in the pool. So you can't use that for cost comparisons. You should be very happy you can get a good suit for much less than women. I'm not sure anyone thinks you can buy more time with X brand of kneeskin. But I know that I want to get the fastest suit for me, and fastest may be dictated by fit since they are all very similar suits. I don't know any masters women that have sprung for the $595 FS3. I'm not; and the reviews are not good to date. For the suit I recently ordered, which I desperately needed, I was between sizes, so ordered up to avoid undue tightness/possible busting. I just swam well in a very stretched out LZR with small holes, so I'm not sure I need to shove my body into the smallest imaginable size and risk a tear. I've recently found that Glide helps get into tech suits very quickly.
