Hey shorties, what's your wetsuit?

[Susan Otcenas]

The earlier-model blue seventy suit (from before they were blue seventy) I have is I believe the precursor to the Reaction, not the Helix. It's too long in the torso for sure and also too long in the legs.

Men's or women's?

[colby]

Men's or women's?

Very good question. http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10651 - 2005 womens stealth size medium (wow, it is 5 years old ). Size chart looks pretty similar to today, so I'd technically be a large - yeah, that's part of the hard to put on part, so maybe if I sized up I could PUT the fabric where it's supposed to go and it would stay? I just have a hard time believing it wouldn't just have more fabric where I don't want it in the torso. Ever the sizing skeptic.

I will double check the interior of the suit when I get home.

Edited to add, I haven't put it on this year and am lighter and trimmer than last year, so I may need to re-fit and see if it's still all the fit problems I remembered.

[Susan Otcenas]

Colby - a couple of things about their size chart.

They shifted everything one size a few years ago. So your old large is now a medium large in the current suits.

Women's Sizing
Size WML
Height (feet.inches)5.6-5.11
Weight (lbs) 139-154

As you no doubt know from years of experience, putting on a wetsuit is a science, and many people have a hard time with it. The most common problems we see are that people do not pull up the garment into the crotch far enough AND that they don't move the torso material up enough to truly get their shoulders and arms into the right position.

We have a great "how to" pdf that even very experienced wetsuit users could probably get a few tips from. You can find it here:

http://www.blueseventy.com/docs/BS_FIT_CHART__08.pdf

[colby]

Colby - a couple of things about their size chart.

They shifted everything one size a few years ago. So your old large is now a medium large in the current suits.

Women's Sizing
Size WML
Height (feet.inches)5.6-5.11
Weight (lbs) 139-154

As you no doubt know from years of experience, putting on a wetsuit is a science, and many people have a hard time with it. The most common problems we see are that people do not pull up the garment into the crotch far enough AND that they don't move the torso material up enough to truly get their shoulders and arms into the right position.

We have a great "how to" pdf that even very experienced wetsuit users could probably get a few tips from. You can find it here:

http://www.blueseventy.com/docs/BS_FIT_CHART__08.pdf

Thanks, Susan. I checked the suit and it is in fact a Womens Medium (WM) - of that time range's size chart anyway

I feel like it's a lot of effort to get it to sit where it's supposed to, with all of the material gathered up over my hips. I spend a LOT of time when I put it on pulling the material from my knees, to my thighs, to my crotch, up into the torso, and up from there to where it can sit in the body of the suit without making as much pain. I thought that was just how wetsuits fit and were put on until I put on the Fuzion, which didn't require nearly as much futzing to get it on and get the material where it's supposed to be. Maybe I just got lucky and that's how the proper size in other suits fit as well?

That's basically the rhythm I go through to put my suit on, too. It doesn't look nearly as coordinated when I do it, though.