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Scuba Forum / General / February 2007snorkeling rash guard
I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove rash guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel like a stuffed sausage or did I go too small? It cuts under the pits a little, but body glove it is... > I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove rash > guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel like a > stuffed sausage or did I go too small? It cuts under the pits a little, > but body glove it is... Is that dry or wet? crabshell wrote > I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove rash > guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel like a > stuffed sausage or did I go too small? It cuts under the pits a little, > but body glove it is... Body glove is the brand name, nothing more. A lycra suit should be snug everywhere, but should not cut anywhere. If it's cutting or bagging, it's not the right size. By the way, they are normally a bit looser when wet. Lee "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in news:12tt0eib41u2g21@news.supernews.com: >> I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove >> rash guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel >> like a stuffed sausage or did I go too small? It cuts under the pits >> a little, but body glove it is... > > Is that dry or wet? Dry. I guess it gets looser when wet... > "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote > in news:12tt0eib41u2g21@news.supernews.com: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Dry. I guess it gets looser when wet... Yup. Shower time. It should fit snug, but not restrictively so. Chafed pits and salt water... > I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove rash > guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel like a > stuffed sausage or did I go too small? It cuts under the pits a little, > but body glove it is... I read it's supposed to fit tight. I just got a long sleeve Mares, and it's pretty snug, like a second skin, but no cutting under the pits. All flat lock seams. I got a M and that's what I would normally wear. The page on the Net said if you want a little room get the next size up. I thought it might be good to wear at scuba class and maybe knock the chill out, but the place I got it said it's really not for warmth, however it may dry faster than me when I jump out of the pool. I'll see. Nice shirt for under $20. Just tried it on when I saw your post, but haven't worn it in the water yet. Sheldon >> I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove >> rash guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sheldon If it gets looser when wet, per Lee Bell, maybe I'm ok. It does cut a little but not horribly. I bought mine at SwimOutlet.com and I paid about 6 bucks for 2 - 4 day Priority Mail. It shipped the day I ordered it (Tuesday) and I received it Thursday. Great service and a great deal for under $20. I'd highly recommend them. Thanks to everyone who responded crabshell >>> I'm going on my first snirkeling trip so I bought a lycra Body Glove >>> rash guard top to wear. Regarding the fit, are you supposed to feel [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > crabshell As long as we're giving kudos, I got mine from scubatoys.com. A pleasure to deal with. I guess we'll both find out. I'm off to the pool now. Do these things really do anything that a t-shirt won't do? (OK, so I'm cheap...) > Do these things really do anything that a t-shirt won't do? (OK, so I'm > cheap...) I think lycra sucks, but, I have a .5 mil Scubapro skin which is my prize piece of dive gear. >> Do these things really do anything that a t-shirt won't do? (OK, so I'm >> cheap...) > > I think lycra sucks, but, I have a .5 mil Scubapro skin which is my prize > piece of dive gear. I just wore mine in the pool today. It does seem to take the chill off, but not by much. It didn't get any looser, and my navel (an inni) really showed up. Also, it weighed nothing before it got in the water, and weighed a ton when I took it off. As for the T-shirt vs the rash guard -- I think a T-shirt would soak up water and hold it. A rash guard is supposed to be made of hydrophobic material that will dry quickly. > I just wore mine in the pool today. It does seem to take the chill off, but > not by much. My wife and I both ended up getting 3 mil wetsuits for our pool sessions. It was a heated indoor pool, but even so, after an hour my teeth were chattering so bad I couldn't talk-- a real lesson in warm water hypothermia. The three mils have been great on our dive vacations to warmer climes. "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> pounded away at his keyboard resulting in: : I think lycra sucks, but, I have a .5 mil Scubapro skin which is my prize :piece of dive gear. My wife has two lycra suits that she uses as wetsuit lube. Dan Bracuk If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure. > Do these things really do anything that a t-shirt won't do? (OK, so I'm > cheap...) Depends on the circumstances. Because they generally fit closer to the skin, they tend to protect from a wider range of problems, specifically, stinging things in the water column. If sea wasps, sea lice, or other stinging creatures are an issue, a skin, or rash guard as they seem to be called these days, is better than a T shirt. The full length skins protect more of your body and both the shirt type and the full length type tend to make it a bit easier to get in and out of a wetsuit. Lee >> Do these things really do anything that a t-shirt won't do? (OK, so I'm >> cheap...) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Lee My understanding is they are called rash guards because surfers tend to get rashes on their chests from the contact with the board. They also protect against overexposure to the sun (read: burn), even when in the water. > >> Do these things really do anything that a t-shirt won't do? (OK, so I'm > >> cheap...) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > rashes on their chests from the contact with the board. They also protect > against overexposure to the sun (read: burn), even when in the water. Yep. And, as Lee implied, they don't do anything a T-shirt wouldn't do except for looking more "surf" like. I grew up in Santa Monica, spending quite a bit of time in the local ocean. A T-shirt definitely works just as good as a rash guard for the chafing. The only people I've ever known to wear "rash guards" were not surfers. Real surfers wear shorties. |
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