Wetsuit Advice / Sales

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Looking for bit of advice as a relative newbie. Looking to pick up a wetsuit that'll be grand for an Ironman (Youghal) for someone whose favourite part of the process definitely isn't swimming. i.e. the more help I get floating the better!

1) Anywhere known to be good for Dec/Jan wetsuit sales? I took a look on CSS, Amphibian King etc websites but didn't see anything very obvious.

2) Was looking at the Orca range and see both the 3.8 and S6/S7 suited towards swimmers looking for more flotation. Quite a price difference between the 2. I assume the S6/S7 would get me through a 2-hour swim? Don't plan on doing heaps of open water swimming one this event is out of the way, so not too concerned in investing in something for the very long term.

Thanks for any advice

EDit

Have a look on wiggle, they seem to have a perpetual sale on and sometimes have bargains on wetsuits. The approach recommended to me was to to order 2-3 different brand wetsuits in 2-3 sizes and then return those that don’t work/fit. Wiggle’s return policy is flexible enough to do this easily and you are only out of pocket for a few weeks.

In terms of the Orca wetsuits, I don’t have one, but my wife uses the S6 and loves it. My main recommendation (albeit from limited experience) is to find one that feels right and fits comfortably with your body shape, rather than being too concerned with neoprene thickness and paneling and stuff like that

Mr Tango

Huub sell ex demo suits on their website. Significant discounts for very good suits