Real Question: How long do your Tech Suits Last for your swimmer?

[Anonymous]

I am talking about true tech suits (13&O, no seams, etc) - how long does suit last?

1. For your female swimmer? Your male swimmer?
2 How many events?
3. How many meet sessions?
4. Do you find a difference between brands and price points?

I hear a lot of conflicting information. Someone told me that they will last a season. But, I would say a season of just prelims/finals or champs meets - not a season of every swim meet. No way. Not my experience.

[Anonymous]

1. Girl

2/3- With good care 2 or 3 - two day meets before you see the elasticity go and notice it is not as hydrodynamic. So probably 12 events total.

My kid only fits in one brand.

[Anonymous]

12 sessions total for a DB; especially if you swim the 1000 and other events 200 and above.

Wash the suit in cold water. Let it dry flat.

Don’t warm down in the thing or warm up.

If you see the suit stretched or holding water trash it.

Your DB must try on suits and see what fits, and works for them.

[Anonymous]

My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12 sessions total for a DB; especially if you swim the 1000 and other events 200 and above.

Wash the suit in cold water. Let it dry flat.

Don’t warm down in the thing or warm up.

If you see the suit stretched or holding water trash it.

Your DB must try on suits and see what fits, and works for them.

I am sorry, what is DB?

[Anonymous]

My kid has a talent for ripping suits, so I feel like we never get a full life out of them.

One time with a fingernail and another time brushed up against something jagged on the pool deck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

Interesting, our coaches prefer swimmers only wear them to championship meets or last-chance meets when they are very close to a cut. Our team never wears them to regular season meets otherwise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

Interesting, our coaches prefer swimmers only wear them to championship meets or last-chance meets when they are very close to a cut. Our team never wears them to regular season meets otherwise.

I agree that you should not be seeing kids at the October Open in a tech suit. That is kind of ridiculous. Do you? Yea, you do. Maybe they are trying for a cut for winter champs but they probably are not going to get it even with a tech suit on at that point in the season.

If you wear them all the time, they lose the mental edge they give you and that is huge.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

Interesting, our coaches prefer swimmers only wear them to championship meets or last-chance meets when they are very close to a cut. Our team never wears them to regular season meets otherwise.

So funny, I overheard a coach berating two swimmers during relay carnival this summer. He was telling them that because they didn't "suit up" they missed their chance to win the relay (instead of coming in 4th) and that swimmers who actually care will wear a tech suit. I was appalled knowing 1) how expensive tech suits are and how short of a lifespan they have; and 2) that it's SUMMER SWIM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

Interesting, our coaches prefer swimmers only wear them to championship meets or last-chance meets when they are very close to a cut. Our team never wears them to regular season meets otherwise.

So funny, I overheard a coach berating two swimmers during relay carnival this summer. He was telling them that because they didn't "suit up" they missed their chance to win the relay (instead of coming in 4th) and that swimmers who actually care will wear a tech suit. I was appalled knowing 1) how expensive tech suits are and how short of a lifespan they have; and 2) that it's SUMMER SWIM.

Let me guess, a D1 NVSL team?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

Interesting, our coaches prefer swimmers only wear them to championship meets or last-chance meets when they are very close to a cut. Our team never wears them to regular season meets otherwise.

So funny, I overheard a coach berating two swimmers during relay carnival this summer. He was telling them that because they didn't "suit up" they missed their chance to win the relay (instead of coming in 4th) and that swimmers who actually care will wear a tech suit. I was appalled knowing 1) how expensive tech suits are and how short of a lifespan they have; and 2) that it's SUMMER SWIM.

I overheard an OKM person basically tell a parent that a tech suit can make the difference in summer swim and that once they hit division 3 it was expected that all teams wear them. I am with you, that is appalling. There is a thread about banning them in NVSL and I wish they would.

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My kid doesn't warm up in her tech suit but does cool down in between events.

I want to say we average about 10 sessions. So a four day meet with prelims and finals will take most of the suit.

Definitely rinse in cold water and dry flat.

Oh dear god. One meet? Can my kids stay 12U forever?

My kid can make hers last a season. But like the PP said if you wear it at a prelims/finals meet and you make finals every day that will take most of the umph out of that suit. It will still have some life to it by you will notice when you splash water at the suit the water will not bounce back at you. And it will start stretching out (your kid will be able to get into it faster).

That is why you generally won't see kids wearing them at regular meets or opens unless they are trying for a cut. And you might see them just bust it out for that event if they have time to do so rather than wear it the whole meet.

Kids will also keep their old/stretched out tech suits for regular old meets instead of wearing a good tech suit.

The coaches encourage kids to wear them to swim fast which can be annoying (they don't pay for the suits). My daughter will not wear hers unless she is going for a cut or it is a prelims/finals meet. There are times when her group is at a meet in October and half of them are wearing a tech suit because the coach said so and she will be the only one not wearing it. I don't tell her what to do, but I like that she is being smart about it. She generally knows she is not going to be making cuts in October and will wait until November and better yet December.

Interesting, our coaches prefer swimmers only wear them to championship meets or last-chance meets when they are very close to a cut. Our team never wears them to regular season meets otherwise.

So funny, I overheard a coach berating two swimmers during relay carnival this summer. He was telling them that because they didn't "suit up" they missed their chance to win the relay (instead of coming in 4th) and that swimmers who actually care will wear a tech suit. I was appalled knowing 1) how expensive tech suits are and how short of a lifespan they have; and 2) that it's SUMMER SWIM.

Let me guess, a D1 NVSL team?

Nope! MCSL - and not division A.

[Anonymous]

So you need at least three suits per meet for a boy?