more bra woes

[miffy'sFuji]

maggie,
I'm a 34D and the support is great for me. It's not a compression bra, but the support feels so much better and more comfortable to me than a sports bra because of the separation. I also like the fact that it has no wires because those sometimes chafe me and you have to be more careful with them when washing.

Athleta carries these as well and rates them for C-DD in high impact activities. Athleta

[GulfCoastSwim]

Does anyone out there know of a company that makes 34F sports bras with adjustable shoulder straps? I tried on a moving comfort 34DD and the straps were too big to control any bounce. Right now I wear a Champion bra that's 1-2 sizes too small and it gives me 4 boobs! It seems like all of the bigger-cupped bras out there are made for people with wider ribcages, so finding a smaller band is difficult.

BTW, I do have an enell bra, but I can't stand all of the hooks!

[pooks]

Okay -- looks like this is the topic for girls with "big girls" which is NOT me.

But I thought I'd put my two cents in since I read several things here that resonated even though I'm proportionally small for my body size.

First of all, I bought a couple of sports bras that are supposedly wicking, quick dry, etc. I'd seen people here want to avoid uniboob and I thought it was from a purely aesthetic point -- but now that I've used these bras I understand it's a sweat issue! Not only that, but they don't dry quickly. Yesterday I left it on when I got home and it was still damp hours later. (I know -- I won't do that again! I was in a hurry.) Now that I've really looked closely I'm pretty sure it's because of the compression/uniboob thing, because the bras themselves look like they should dry quickly.

On the other hand, I have a "comfort bra" that is only two layers of microfiber. No support or shape to speak of, but it does have separate cups. I rarely wear it because it doesn't give an attractive shape under clothes. BUT -- I wore it to bike in and it was the most comfortable thing under the sun AND it dried in the blink of an eye.

By the way -- I've heard that Gold Bond Powder is great. I may start using it on general principle because I'm so heat-intolerant and sweat so easily that I get sweaty just being in my house with the thermostat at 80 (which is where I leave it during the day).