I loved this wetsuit (My first). Great fit. Great swim times.
This QR wetsuit is in bad shape now after 11 years and needs replacing. I’ve made some poor choices in the past attempting to replace it and gotten some too tight models (“Don’t worry, it’ll stretch after a few swims”). The shoulders on most of the others like the 2XU were just too tight. I’m 6’3", 163.
Any suggestions from former QR Hydrofull owners before I become wetsuit impoverished? What did you replace it with, and have you been just as satisfied?
I’ve swam in B70 Helix 2 different years can’t remember which, Nineteen, Huub something and I liked all those.
Also had a Roka something that was meh, Orca 3.8 that didn’t play nice with my clavicle plate although I liked the suit and something else that was even less exciting but I can’t remember what suit
If I were shopping for a new wetsuit today I’d look at Huub, Blue 70, Aquaman, Zone 3 & sailfish off the top of my head.
I loved this wetsuit (My first). Great fit. Great swim times.
This QR wetsuit is in bad shape now after 11 years and needs replacing. I’ve made some poor choices in the past attempting to replace it and gotten some too tight models (“Don’t worry, it’ll stretch after a few swims”). The shoulders on most of the others like the 2XU were just too tight. I’m 6’3", 163.
Any suggestions from former QR Hydrofull owners before I become wetsuit impoverished? What did you replace it with, and have you been just as satisfied? Thanks.
i have owned a QR hydrofull, as a matter of fact. what you’re looking for is a “performance” fit. companies don’t much talk about it these days. wetsuits are made either for a performance fit, that is, to fit the customer you should be, or they’re made to fit the customer you are. i’m somewhere in between, most of the time. i would guess you’re very similar to jordan rapp in your morphology. QRs, at least back 25 or more years ago, when north of 10,000 hydrofulls a year were getting made and sold, it was a performance fit wetsuit. i find that ROKA, blueseventy, Orca, are pretty good at performance patterns and that’s what you need.
i’m sure there are more wetsuits than these that will work for you. we’re getting ready to publish in sailfish, ROKA and deboer. i’m currently swimming in a de soto because it’s the great fit-almost-anybody wetsuit, because it’s a 2-piece wetsuit.
