The popularity of swim briefs---then and now

[sebbie]

Some of the swim brief reviews on swimoutlet get quite detailed and graphic Several guys mention that the first thing they did was cut out the liner. Reading all the reviews gives a good idea of what is going on with guys when they pick a swim brief out and try on a specific brand, style, color and size for the first time

It appears that a lot of guys on HS and college swim teams are buying the inexpensive Sporti and iSwim briefs for practice wear, switching to a more expensive brand like Speedo or Tyr but only for the big meets.

And many guys have gotten hooked on the gather skimpy Sporti Euro brief as their go to swimwear for practice.

Sporti is selling black and navy spliced briefs with a contrasting splice color of red, yellow, gold, green, royal, red or purple. High schools often have one of these latter colors as one of their school colors, the idea being that HS swim teams will want a basic black or navy brief with the school color in the splice.

[Schoolspeedo]

it appears that I can't see the Eurobriefs while in the UK so can't see how 'tiny' they are, which I'd prefer.

[SwimForHealth]

My nephews wear jammers and speedo briefs at their school and school squad but they also wear rashtops with them. They like the coverage.

[SwimForHealth]

And solid white caps with the solid black bathing costumes.

[Bikiniman]

Sport i Euro Question. What is the difference between Sport i Euro and the i Swim briefs? Has a any one tried either of both with the liner removed?

The liner causes everything to be flattened out and squashes the ball sack. Does liner removal ease that without being modest enough for the gym pool?

[sebbie]

There is a Sporti Euro ( 1 1/2 to 2 inch side) and a standard Sporti brief (2 1/2 to 3 inch side. The iSwim brief is similar to the Sporti non euro brief, but generally cheaper. The iSwim I think is made by the company that used to make a brand called ClubSwim. I think they are basically the same thing.

The Sporti briefs have a rather confined pouch, but that is part of the idea. The Euro version is more nearly an Asian style brief than a Euro style brief. Small pouch, cut low in back. That look appears to be becoming increasingly popular, and Swimoutlet claims that both Sporti styles are best sellers. There are lots of comments on all of them that are, well, interesting to read, and in places, quite candid about specific size issues.