How Often do You Replace Your Swimsuit?

Women's suits actually cost a little more, but I've found great polyester ones for $20--look for sales at big sports chain stores and then online places like swimoutlet.com, sportsbasement.com.

Polyester is key. I beat up bathing suits like nobody (swim a lot in them in chlorine and salt, leave 'em wet in bags for months, etc.) and polyester lasts YEARS.

Sound like that is typical (not the farting!).  I thought it could have been when I lean against the wall during my rest interval - the conc. wall rubbing through to my arse.  But for a month, I intentionally did not lean against a wall and it still happened.

Well with me it could really be either way    

Back in my swimming days my coaches always told me to atleast rinse my suit to make it last longer. It seems to work well for me.

I've been really happy with my speedo endurance suit.  I've had it for about 9 months and it still looks great!  I noticed they have my same suit on clearance at sierra trading post.  Its 1/2 price now!

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/2597,84292_Speedo-Saber-Splice-Swimsuit-with-Super-Pro-Back-For-Women.html

Thanks a lot all.......  I'm on my way to Sports Authority to get a new suit.  I'll be looking for the Speedo Endurance or something else made of poly.  I can wait to get rid of my other one.  I may have another month in it - but I want something new

Thanks again!

Speedo has two different suits that say they are chlorine resistant. One has some lycra in it & it will fall apart. Get 100% polyester or one with PBT and/or Poly blend.

I have suits 3 years old that look brand new.

My sister teaches water aerobics like 12 classes a week a turned me on to the better type. I find at swimoutlet.com or speedousa.com I can get the good suits for under $40 often around $30. You better like them a lot as you'll have them a long long time.

I like the Speedo XDSkin suits, which say they're chlorine resistant but really last only as long as every other lycra suit.  However, I  love getting new swimsuits, and I don't like how polyester feels.  Even if I get two suits a year, it's cheaper than one pair of Asics (or half a pair of Newtons) and makes me happy.  Don't wear them in the shower or the hot tub; hot water is bad for swimsuits.

I also agree with Kathy on the online prices, but in the last few years have had some bad experiences with swimoutlet.  Their website says repeatedly that you can't order something out of stock, but somehow I manage  to do it for every order.  They take my order and charge my credit card, then about a week later I get email from them saying that some piece of my order isn't available and rather than backordering it they are canceling the order and I should expect a refund on my credit card in 5-10 business days.  It is usually anywhere from $20-50, so not huge amounts, but I don't think it's a very honest way to do business, and certainly inconvenient -- I'd have ordered elsewhere in the first place to get it sooner and not have to pay shipping costs in more than one place.  Makes me sad b/c I have shopped there for years; only in the last 2-3 years have I had this problem.

Thanks again everyone!  I picked up a couple last night.  They were on sale and got two for $75.  I got a jammer pair, and for the first time, a smaller "boy short" type - gulp!  (I'm not sure what they are called - they look like a croped jammer)  I will probably never be ready for the bikini type unless I get a body like the models that show them.  They were a little harder to find - they had a lot less and I had to search through a lot of tags to read the material make-up.

I'm stoked to see how long they last.  I threw away my other ones with glee last night!

For one of the above posters...  They seem almost exactly the same as the lycra suits.  You can tell a small difference in material - they seem a tad bit heavier - but mostly just the same!  SO happy right now, going for a swim at lunch to "test drive" them!