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!
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On the subject of cheaper women's tech suits, for what it's worth:
I started swimming again in August of this year and have done six meets in that time. In December (after I'd done three meets) I bought my first racing suit - the Tyr Fusion 2 kneeskin. I'm not sure I'd really call it a tech suit, but the price was right and I wanted to see how the kneeskin style felt. I was worried about the leg length on it since I'd heard it ran long and I am 5'5" but it's fine on me (though I am a bit short-waisted).
I probably should have gone one more size down (I went down one from my practice suit size). I have swum faster in it, but I'm also in better shape and these were my first meets in better pools with automatic timing. I feel like it does pull some things in and compress a bit, but not as much as I gather a fancier tech suit would. However, I think it's definitely a faster suit than a polyester practice suit.
I know one forumite whose name escapes me at this moment told me that she prefers the low-end Arena kneeskin (about $120 if I recall correctly) to the Fusion.
On the subject of cheaper women's tech suits, for what it's worth:
I started swimming again in August of this year and have done six meets in that time. In December (after I'd done three meets) I bought my first racing suit - the Tyr Fusion 2 kneeskin. I'm not sure I'd really call it a tech suit, but the price was right and I wanted to see how the kneeskin style felt. I was worried about the leg length on it since I'd heard it ran long and I am 5'5" but it's fine on me (though I am a bit short-waisted).
I probably should have gone one more size down (I went down one from my practice suit size). I have swum faster in it, but I'm also in better shape and these were my first meets in better pools with automatic timing. I feel like it does pull some things in and compress a bit, but not as much as I gather a fancier tech suit would. However, I think it's definitely a faster suit than a polyester practice suit.
I know one forumite whose name escapes me at this moment told me that she prefers the low-end Arena kneeskin (about $120 if I recall correctly) to the Fusion.
