FastSkins vs. wet suit
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
Those fastskins are a lot less durable than a wet suit, so you cant really just rip it off as you come out of the water. The neoprene will stretch and forgive you for that, that thin expensive stuff may not.
How far south are you? From may till Nov our water temps in the bay area are wet suit illegal.
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donegal1 posted 2 years ago.
I wouldn't bother with the fastskins - just not worth it.
I don't how south you are, but here in Miami (and throughout the Florida and Southeast region) we have wetsuit legal races and I've found mine to be a great investment. :-)
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JasonBroussard posted 2 years ago.
I live in Louisiana. A friend of mine owns a really nice dive shop so I'm sure I can get a good wet suit for a fair price. Do you have any recommendations as far as thickness and brand? All I know is what the magazines promote. I've got two dive suits but have never seen the over all value of a really expensive suit. I had one tailor made in Hong Kong several years ago and it's the best I've ever seen; paid the whopping $125. I can see having say an Ocra brand on the west coast where the water is cold but down here wearing one will only be a fraction of the seasons length. What do you think?
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kylie posted 2 years ago.
The benefits of a tri suit are also that the shoulders are designed to restrict movement less, and the neoprene thicknesses are designed to aid in swimming (ie legs a little thicker to make 'em float better). It also has necklines for ease of breathing while swimming. Using a dive suit to swim can lead to lots of chaffing issues and make your shoulders have to work even harder as you swim.
As for thickness, I can't remember off the top of my head what the tri rules allow, but they definitely have a max. I bet it's somewhere in all the USAT rules...
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
I tried using a shortie wetsuit that was for diving and watersports.
The shoulders on the suit definitely restricted movement. The tri wetsuit is designed for arm movement and buoyancy.
The fastskins are like thicker swimsuits but are not designed for quick exit. :D
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JasonBroussard posted 2 years ago.
I had no idea about the tri suit being ergonomically made for swimming--just never put the two together, stands to reason it would be. Thanks for the help guys, helped make the decision. Good luck this season.
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JasonBroussard posted 2 years ago.
Didn't mean to include you in the guy bracket, should have payed closer attention--no disrespect intended.
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kylie posted 2 years ago.
I'm fine with being one of the guys... it's kinda just how the term seems to be used now. No worries :)
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Has anyone had any experience with FastSkins? I live in the south and need to buy a light wet suit for when the water is cooler than comfortable and was looking at this stuff. The only thing that concerned me is that it says on the site that it takes a full 20 minutes to put on.......does that mean 20 to take off? Any comments on a light weight suit would be appreciated.