The Speedo Solar Brief has never been available in the UK and Europe, while the American version of the Speedo Brief used to have 3" sides and the UK/European version had 2" sides going back to the days of Nylon suits.
I understood that the Speedo Solar brief had 1" sides and was intended for sunbathing and leisure swimming, while the American Speedo Brief was intended for training and competition.
American Speedo seem to have made a 2" side brief and depending on which colour you choose it may or may not be a Solar. I suspect it is an attempt by Speedo to phase out the word Solar to simply mean brightly coloured.
Speedo have chosen not to serve the needs of the swimmer who prefers briefs for the past 20 years and swimmers have chosen to go elsewhere. They now seem to want to recover their share of this market but can't stretch to marketing swim thongs and 1", 2", and 3" briefs all at the same time and have produced a universal 2" brief as a compromise.
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