albertsonrm1 wrote:
I'd like to poll owners of Roka wetsuits about the durability of these suits: I've decided to try out the Maverick X, but have ran into a few hiccups along the way. I noticed two fingernail cuts in the first suit I received before I even put the wetsuit on. I decided not to swim in this suit as to not risk my chances of a return. Roka took that suit and sent a new one no hassle. After swimming in that suit, I realized I needed to size down to a small tall. I received that suit this evening, and inspected it on opening the box. I noticed a fingernail cut right about the right ankle release panel. I know for sure this wetsuit has been sent out before as the tag isn't attached to the lanyard.
I've had a sleeveless Blueseventy reaction suit for 4 seasons now and it has no cuts, tears or whatever. I actually feel like it's pretty bombproof. It's been an incredible suit, but I want a full sleeved suit and wanted something designed for flexibility (so I was looking at the helix, maverick pro, and maverick x). Roka happened to be the best bang for the buck via my tri club.
Please feel free to comment on the durability of your Roka wetsuit, and how it has compared to other brands for you.
Thank you
I will make two general statements about wetsuits:
1) Like Rob says, all the high-end suits are considerably fragile when it comes to fingernails tails. It doesn't really matter if it is Roka, BlueSeventy, Xterra, TYR, 2XU, Zoot, Aquasphere etc. The Yamamoto coated material is very susceptible to fingernail tears. People have to be very very careful to cut their fingernails, and learn to pull the suit up from the inside and take their time.
2) The number of customers, who tears wetsuits, yet return them. I am not a manufacturer, but I have found my own peer group is very sketchy when it comes to owning up to tears. Having sold numerous suits on eBay after switching to a new suit and taken well descriptive pictures, you would be surprised to see how many people try on a suit, tear and it, and want to return it despite a various obvious picture showing that it wasn't torn beforehand.
Even grabbing a suit out of a box is enough to tear it. From my perspective tears are very easy to fix with wetsuit glue, but you should never get a suit that is torn from the get go.
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