Wetsuit dilema... decisions decisions
gunforhire
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Ok. First off, I'm new to open water swimming but I dragged myself down to Datchett this morning for my first dip at Liquid Leisure.
Mike at Open Water Swim was good enough to loan me a 2XU T0 suit. Cheers[;)]
So after getting my head together round the 250m lap (pretty nervous), I put 2 laps of the 750m in.
Was loving it by the end!
To be honest the 2XU T0 was probably top of my shopping list, before I tried it, however after 1500m I had a badly chaffed neck.
Anyone tried the 2XU C2 or Orca Excel or Sonar?
Would be interested in a comparison between the brands. Does one favour a particular body shape, etc.
Will back in the water pre-work this week!
So looking to buy soon.
Cheers
[;)]
Mike at Open Water Swim was good enough to loan me a 2XU T0 suit. Cheers[;)]
So after getting my head together round the 250m lap (pretty nervous), I put 2 laps of the 750m in.
Was loving it by the end!
To be honest the 2XU T0 was probably top of my shopping list, before I tried it, however after 1500m I had a badly chaffed neck.
Anyone tried the 2XU C2 or Orca Excel or Sonar?
Would be interested in a comparison between the brands. Does one favour a particular body shape, etc.
Will back in the water pre-work this week!
So looking to buy soon.
Cheers
[;)]
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Gotta love that bodyglide.
Did the same thing with my bike shoes and running shoes wearing no socks.
picked some body glide up from Up&Running at the weekend, will give it a go.[;)]
hopefully I can try another 2XU model, C2 or Elite as well.[:)]
Orca Sonar does look good though...
Had a go with V:1 last weekend, probably wasted on my mindless thrashing & weaving direction.
Guys down there had said to me that 2XU apparently has a better material compound than Orca - can't imagine it has anything to do with Rich Stannard being sponsored by them
Zero chaffing.
Tried a Small/Medium 2XU Elite.
Loved it!
Its a way better suit than I am a swimmer but that could be said for most of my tri gear I suppose.
This leads me to my next question....
How long to "break in" a wetsuit?
i.e. can you just buy one and go out and race in it, or do you need to get a certain number of swims in first?
FW