Great to see our new Nuotare swimming website featured in this month’s 220 Triathlon. Grab a copy at https://www.220triathlon.com
The Lomo Prime wetsuit has long been our pick to recommend to swimmers who fall outside the usual size range of wetsuit brands and here, the new Nuotare makes wetsuit wearing even more accessible. Borrowing the same fit as the Prime and coming in an impressive 16 (women’s only) sizes, the suit can accommodate swimmers of most heights and weights.
So what makes the Nuotare different? Put simply, it has lost the smoothskin coating found on most swimming wetsuits and replaced it with a super-flexible stretchy outer material that makes it ridiculously easy to pull on and very comfortable to swim in. Sizing is generous, with this UK14 tester usually using a medium or large in most brands, but here we tested a small and found we still had a little too much room in the top half of the suit (sizes start at
XXS) Thanks to all that stretch.
Other swimmers told us they tried a few sizes before getting the perfect fit, but that Lomo was very helpful and quick to replace suits and that it was refreshing to have such choice in larger sizing.
Once in the water, the suit did behave differently to a normal swimming/triathlon one as, without the smoothskin, the suit did allow water to creep in. Once we got swimming, though, the combination of 2/3mm neoprene did a good job of keeping early autumn chills out.
We admittedly lost a little speed too, but in our book that’s a small problem versus the problem of a lack of inclusive sizing in wetsuits. Plus, the price is an absolute bargain. Well done, Lomo, good work. HW lomo.co.uk
VERDICT Not one for racing snakes, but price, comfort and inclusivity is ace.
