I've been involved in triathlon for 10 years now so I've tried a LOT of tri kits. My favorites by far are Coeur Sports (
http://www.coeursports.com/) and SOAS Racing (
http://www.soasracing.com/). Both are quality suits that fit a wide variety of body types, have comfortable chafe free felt chamois, if you are smaller chested A/B the tops have plenty of built in support, and there are lots of pockets in both the shorts and top. The Coeur Sports chamois runs down the entire inseam of the shorts so there is no chance for chafing and the SOAS shorts have a very soft seam on their chamois so there is no chafing either. My friend just coordinated a custom order for a Coeur tri kit with a Coast Guard design and the owner Kerby is super nice and did an awesome job in helping design the suit - it's what I plan to wear at IM Louisville this year. I've worn both Coeur and SOAS suits for half-ironman distance races as well as multiple 100+ mi bike rides and had no issues - I only use tri shorts in training and racing, the padding in bike shorts are too much for me. I find that this year's SOAS designs run just a tiny bit larger than last year so if you are in between two sizes on the size chart I would size down... but I also prefer my suits to be more form fitting versus too loose.
Before this year I would have also recommended Betty Designs but they redesigned all of their suits this year - made a disasterous change to thier chamois and got rid of the built in bras for the tri tops (I understand this isn't a must have for everyone but it is for me). I bought the Garden Party Tri Kit this spring and wore it for a 102mi bike ride in May and I'm still recovering from the damage to my lady bits despite stopping to reapply chamois creme twice (which I rarely do). I spoke to the owner Kristen and she said that she hadn't heard any complaints but I have a few die hard Betty fans that also agree that the new shorts are only good for rides up to 25-30mi. They changed from a felt chamois to a very thin and VERY narrow piece of foam for their chamois with rough seams... for reference my thong underwear is wider in the crotch area than the chamois. Other than the chamois shredding my lady bits the shorts were comfortable... new yoga waist band and legs felt comfortable. If only they could go back to the old chamois design these would be solid shorts but without that change I would recommend staying clear of the shorts. If you really like the design of the Betty Kits I'd recommend getting their tops and pairing them with the Coeur Sports Little Black Shorts (
http://www.coeursports.com/...tle-black-tri-shorts).
Elisha
"Triathlon doesn't build character. It reveals it."