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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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.
We tested wetsuits (in Florida) during the winter of 2010-2011 for SWIMMER magazine. That was an unusually cold winter for Florida, and the Gulf water temperatures got as low as 56 degrees during our testing period.
Here is the video of our wetsuit reviews:
www.youtube.com/watch
As someone already mentioned, you need to make sure that you are looking at triathlon wetsuits and not scuba or snorkeling wetsuits. The brands that we tested (and that are included in the video) were BlueSeventy, Orca, Xterra, TYR, AquaSphere, ProMotion, and probably more that I've forgotten.
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.
We tested wetsuits (in Florida) during the winter of 2010-2011 for SWIMMER magazine. That was an unusually cold winter for Florida, and the Gulf water temperatures got as low as 56 degrees during our testing period.
Here is the video of our wetsuit reviews:
www.youtube.com/watch
As someone already mentioned, you need to make sure that you are looking at triathlon wetsuits and not scuba or snorkeling wetsuits. The brands that we tested (and that are included in the video) were BlueSeventy, Orca, Xterra, TYR, AquaSphere, ProMotion, and probably more that I've forgotten.
