Hey Guys and Gals.
Let me preface this by saying a few things 1) I have lived in Florida for 30 years, 2) anything (air, water, ice cream, etc.) below about 65 is freezing to me, and 3) I've decided to try a triathlon scheduled for the end of April 2013.
With the tri in April and a training plan in hand, I'm ready to start; however training will be full speed ahead right thru the winter. I am going to buy a wetsuit but I'm not sure what thickness to get. I was looking at a 0.5mm full suit or a 2mm shorty suit.
I tried on a 2.2 mm shorty and it seemed very restricting. Is that just the nature of wetsuits?
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I recently purchased an Xterra Wetsuit and so far am very happy with it. It is snug, but there is enough flexibility to be able to swim in it. Of course they design their wetsuits for swimming and not for scuba, so the mm distribution (I believe) varies throughout the suit (i.e., thicker in the middle, thinner on the limbs).
The negative is the cost of these suits ($800), but they do offer pre-owned suits at $129. I went with the used one and, uh, try not to think of how often it has been peed in :D (seriousily, I am sure the manufacturre cleans them before they resell them... I hope...).
http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/
I recently purchased an Xterra Wetsuit and so far am very happy with it. It is snug, but there is enough flexibility to be able to swim in it. Of course they design their wetsuits for swimming and not for scuba, so the mm distribution (I believe) varies throughout the suit (i.e., thicker in the middle, thinner on the limbs).
The negative is the cost of these suits ($800), but they do offer pre-owned suits at $129. I went with the used one and, uh, try not to think of how often it has been peed in :D (seriousily, I am sure the manufacturre cleans them before they resell them... I hope...).
http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/
