Product Reviews
HELIX wetsuit
2 Jul 2006
As you’d expect from an established brand (blueseventy is the new name of Ironman Wetsuits) the top of the range Helix is a light fast and comfortable suit, it features a reverse pull zip (fastens top down), that makes getting in a little trickier, if your on your own, but makes offer a lightening T1 split, as it falls off with noo danger of snagging. Alos it won’t come undone if someone accidentally manages to catch hold of your zip chord in the chaos of a swim start. in the water, the suit offers fantastic buoyancy, as well as featuring SCI-Fi sounding Nano SCS hydrophobic coating for mimumum resistance. the neck design is very supple and smooth and did not chafe at all during testing. As a topp line wetsuit the Helix is difficult to fault with the standard of finish that you’d expect from a product at this price. Performance 9, Value 8 A speedy, sleek number that more than justifies it’s weighty price.
~ 220 magazine
HELIX Wetsuit
26 Jun 2006
The brand previously known as Ironman now goes by blueseventy (as in the amount of water covering the earth’s surface) and redesigns with the new Helix. Where you see blue on this suit is thinner rubber, and were coincidentally areas we loved. The thinner blue rubber lateral to the calf opened the calf mouth just that bit more, allowing for the foot to slip out much easier than in past Ironman suits. But our biggest joy was in the shoulder-back rubber (called Reactive Stretch Technology by Blue Seventy) that created an X-pattern when looked at from behind and looped in front of the chest from the front. This combo was super flexible through the stroke, opening the reach upward with very little restriction, almost a custom fit, making for a strong, effortless swim, and a top-end offering that is light years beyond anything Ironman accomplished in the past. Extra Strokes: BlueSeventy is the first to do what Aquaman has done in using a reversible zipper, that opens when pulled upward. It’s long been an underrated favorite tech feature on Aquaman’s suits, and was a pleasure to use in the Helix as well; an easy leash find, a natural tug up and we were out quickly. Additionally, the company offers Femme Fit, a women’s cut in seven size variations with slimmer arms for less resistance, narrowed neck, wrists and ankles for a woman’s more petite diameters, and shapes considering the bust and torso.
~ Triathlete Magazine
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