New Barefoot Suit

Can't go wrong with Eagle, never had a real issue with any of thier stuff, and if I did it was quickly taken care of at no expense.

stay away from intensity..they are cheap, but they don´t last a season....

That will be a Barefoot International suit, good suit. With padded shorts will give you a ton of padding. I use some 2mm shorts from barts because I don't like too much pad but thats just personal preference. If you want all the padding you can get then the BI suit and padded shorts combo is the way to go. I think Lane "guarantees" it too...LOL

I picked up a BI suit last year and consider it to be a better suit thzn the Eagle that I had previously. Got mine from Lake Elmo Sports - Chuck has always been great to deal with

sweet77 wrote: i dont know what to do

Foot

If you are worried about looking cool- KSO or Eagle are more stylin than BI, Lake Elmo had some KSO suits discounted earlier this year maybe still has some.


(I had bought a tower and super fly high from Lane and I did not like it so called Lane on the guarantee...I said it did not make me ski better and eventually after getting Mike S involved got all my money back. So Lane will back up his guarantees when you push it.) I've had BI suits last years and years.

sweet77 wrote: Probably going with the Eagle

I have the Bird of Prey myself and have been very happy with it. Did you see this one?

Both similar in construction. RS went out of business and Eagle is selling the remaining inventory for him.


Chuck(@ Eagle), recently designed this suit for me.

I love my BI iron

That's sharp, I like the RS suits.

so far I´m pleased with my BI iron...

SN206 wrote: watrski wrote: BI Iron here. Made in USA. Are you sure?

Made here: http://www.oceantec-usa.com/

where on that website does it say :Made in USA?

All 3 of my BI suits say Made in USA on the labels, I just wonder why that is not prominently stated on the Oceantec website???

And where do you think the neoprene comes from for the suits that are stitched here?

As I said I have 3 BI suits all have "Made in USA" labels in them. They are all older suits so I can't say what currently is happening with them.

I ordered a custom Eagle from Chuck and Michelle and after Chuck signed off on my design and the suit was made and shipped to me I was hugely disappointed that they had made a mistake and swapped an ink color. When I brought it to Chucks attention he said I was wrong, then he said somebody would lose their job and then told me how expensive it was to change inks on the dies blah blah blah...I told him I wanted the suit I had ordered and that he had signed off on. He was so PO'd because I had my name on the back and so he would not be able to sell it off he could only donate it to the YMCA and he was not going to make me the suit he had signed off on. I then talked to Michelle and offered to pay standard price and take the suit as is which she did. I was not too happy with the transaction to say the least.

I have BI, Intensity from both China and Australia, Vortex from China, a bunch of Eagles- only the custom says Made in USA.

I do not think quality is better or worse on any of these suits ---all seem pretty equal in quality.