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!
My rationale for buying tech suits these days is that I buy one for spring Nats and then wear it to all meets for the next 12 months till the next Nats, when I get a new suit, and repeat the process. That way I get a brand new suit for Nats and then get a still pretty good suit for the next 12 meets or so before I replace it.
For example, I'm planning on replacing my FSII jammers from last year's spring Nats with an Arena Powerskin Carbon Pro for Nats in May. By the time I make the switch, I'll have gotten 10 meets out of the FSII. At $105 for the suit, that comes out to $10.50 per wear. I'll take that. Even at $350 or $400 for the PCP (depending on which model I get), spread out over the 12-13 meets I plan to do between this spring Nats and the next one, that comes out to ~$30 per wear. Given how much I spend on food and beverages on a given weekend (as an example to compare costs), I think that is an absolutely reasonable price per wear!
My rationale for buying tech suits these days is that I buy one for spring Nats and then wear it to all meets for the next 12 months till the next Nats, when I get a new suit, and repeat the process. That way I get a brand new suit for Nats and then get a still pretty good suit for the next 12 meets or so before I replace it.
For example, I'm planning on replacing my FSII jammers from last year's spring Nats with an Arena Powerskin Carbon Pro for Nats in May. By the time I make the switch, I'll have gotten 10 meets out of the FSII. At $105 for the suit, that comes out to $10.50 per wear. I'll take that. Even at $350 or $400 for the PCP (depending on which model I get), spread out over the 12-13 meets I plan to do between this spring Nats and the next one, that comes out to ~$30 per wear. Given how much I spend on food and beverages on a given weekend (as an example to compare costs), I think that is an absolutely reasonable price per wear!
