Customer Reviews

Speedo Women's Speedo Women'S Race Xtra Life Lycra Reversible Mesh Splice Swimsuit

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This is one of the worst suits I've ever owned. Only Nike makes a worse swimsuit. I'm a lifeguard and swim instructor. I spend anywhere from half an hour to four hours a day teaching in a pool. I always rinse and take care of my suits as soon as I get home. The chlorine levels are not high in the pool. Yet after three weeks my suit has started to become see-through and the mesh is super saggy. There is not a whole lot to this suit to begin with so I feel a little more exposed where the black slice has gone see-through. This suit will not last you. The lycra does not make it more chlorine resistant. This is my work uniform and I feel my employers have been taken advantage of by ordering this suit for our guards. So as long as you never get this suit wet, it will be a great suit. For a disaster, just add water.

Size wise, this suit fits fine. I wish they had shown a picture of the back, because it is VERY open. Your entire back is revealed. It's okay for me, but the problem is with the straps. They don't stay in place because they don't connect to each other in the back at all. One single strap runs from the front, criss-crosses in the back with the other and connects to the opposite side bottom. They are always twisted. The front is fine and the size is fine but the straps aren't great.

After two months of wearing this swimsuit twice a week, the black mesh started falling apart, and now it looks like I have a big hole in the middle of my swimsuit. The idea of having a reversible swimsuit is nice but this swimsuit didn't fulfill my expectations, now I need to buy a replacement.

I bought this swimsuit because I lap swim two days a week and wanted to get a suit that would last. After only a few times wearing it, the black side of the suit began to feel loose and baggy. It would also gape open in the front while swimming making it impossible to swim laps comfortably. Now the black side is completely falling off and it is no longer wearable. I would wonder if the chlorine was exceptionally high at the pool but my friend, who also swims with me, has had a different swim suit and has never had a problem. Very poorly made!