Open Water Swimming

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KatieB Oct 2020 4:38pm, 13 Oct 2020 8,323 posts	0 KatieB What’s your budget? I went entry level Orca and it’s done 3 seasons. Still going fine. £100 I think.
LindsD Oct 2020 4:51pm, 13 Oct 2020 41,514 posts	0 LindsD I was thinking around £150. That's really helpful, thank you.
1step2far Oct 2020 4:56pm, 13 Oct 2020 5,856 posts	0 1step2far I love Alpkit. They do thermal winter, summer and less floaty ones. I've a less floaty one. Not that it fits currently.
KatieB Oct 2020 4:57pm, 13 Oct 2020 8,324 posts	0 KatieB This is mine: sigmasports.com
Rosehip Oct 2020 4:57pm, 13 Oct 2020 18,170 posts	0 Rosehip I gave up waiting for the Alpkit thin one to come back into stock - they were saying hopefully November last time I checked.
KatieB Oct 2020 4:59pm, 13 Oct 2020 8,325 posts	0 KatieB I ordered 4 different ones, tried them on at home and sent 3 back but obviously you need a bit of spare cash to order 4 wetsuits! Huub were too high in the neck for me. I liked zone 3 but it was not as comfy as the Orca.
LindsD Oct 2020 6:02pm, 13 Oct 2020 41,515 posts	0 LindsD Thank you all. LittleD has Alpkit but they all seem to be out of stock at the moment.
LindsD Oct 2020 8:50pm, 14 Oct 2020 41,547 posts	0 LindsD Zip repair was fine today. Fab swim but short because we were late. Thirteen deg apparently. Had ice cream head for first side of rectangle. Two hats. Gloves next week I think.
jda Oct 2020 10:24pm, 14 Oct 2020 8,652 posts	0 jda A bit under 14 for us, full head to toe coverage was comfortable enough for our usual 2 laps (about half an hour or so). Others in skins but I’m not going there!
FRU (KeepTheFaith) Oct 2020 6:44am, 15 Oct 2020 12,719 posts	0 FRU (KeepTheFaith) I am yet to purchase a wet suit. Instead I am in a log sleeve rash vest, swimsuit and run shorts. Plus socks and gloves Anyone else? The Jury is out for me on a wetsuit as I am going to try and swim through in skins The swims will be shorter that’s something I thought about last weekend as our river swim was probably around 36mins. I felt ok, water was around 11. Famous last words though!