Is a Speedo really more fun to wear than a Jammer?

[sebbie]

Growing up, I never encountered a jammer swimsuit. There were Speedos and, typically, plaid red boxer suits. These boxer suits often had an inner "liner" that was actually a brief style made from a nylon material that was course-knot. The guys who wore the boxer suits had a place to expand should the occasion arise, without being too "obvious" since the folds of the loose plaid cloth provided a cover for what was Speedo as casual wear.

But the idea of wearing a tight-fitting jammer suit was never an option. If you wanted a tight-fitting suit you had to go with a brief made by a company such as Speedo or Tyr. And once you opted for that instead you were stuck with something skimpy, which could mean that you swam competitively. The idea of just having fun wearing casual wear in the summer months while around a pool by other than a competitive swimmer did not commute.

Still, there were guys who were not competitive swimmers who longed to do just that. Deep down in the sense most guys got is that it was "fun" to have your penis in such a confined space and the fit and feel of the slick material pressing against a penis was in fact an enjoyable experience that every guy longed to try but was fearful of setting off too much of a "reaction" that could not be kept hidden. Or a Speedo was simply something you wore in your bedroom under the cover of darkness.

Jammers evolved as a suit that a guy perhaps could wear in public without the fears associated with wearing a Speedo. I own lots of briefs and lots of jammers. The jammers I really like fit very tight. Tight enough to that I can position my penis in my favored "up" position and it will stay there. I had better not start to drip, however in this position or I could create an embarrassing damp spot on the front of the suit. Guys deal with this event simply by popping into the water for a bit.

The suit I have on today is a Tyr, mainly black but with a green stripe pattern on either side. It fits really really tight. I remember that I purchased this in size 28. The fit and feel is very good.

To be continued....

[Torchwatch]

Naked skin has less drag in water than all natural fibres, so the swimmer must aspire to wear as little as possible in societies where naked swimmers in public pools was not acceptable.
The swim brief or slip was developed long before synthetic fibres such as nylon were developed.
Knitted wool swimsuits absorbed a lot of water and went very saggy when wet, your woolen slip might drag down to your knees. At school I once swam in the school pool in white PE shorts, they went completely see through and hid nothing from view, the weight of the wet fabric was more than the waist elastic could cope with so I had to hold them up with one hand ever when standing still in the water. At moments like this one wonders if it's easier to swim naked.
In the Olympics there was a runner named Orsippos, who won the short sprint in the 15th Olympics held in 720 B.C. Orsippos began the race wearing the traditional athletic garment -- a perizoma, a type of loincloth held up by a band of fabric that went around the athlete's waist. The story goes that it fell off Orsippos while he was running, and after his victory it was decreed that athletes should henceforth compete naked.
Nylon was available after World War 2 and Speedo in Australia made the first swim briefs from it that neither impeded the swimmer nor fell down.

A spin off of Cold War technology was coatings for submarines that allowed them to pass through the oceans without drag or noise. This technology was applied to polyurethane fabrics and turned into very low drag swimwear. Since Sharkskin fabrics had less drag in water than naked skin it made sense that the more skin you covered the faster you'd go. The regulations caught up with the technology and for racing swimmers PU jammers were permitted.
PU jammers have to be worn very tight and take time and effort to put on and take off, they are colosally expensive perhaps 10 time the price of speedos so can be worn only for racing and training.
Although they make Lycra jammers they seem to defeat the purpose for wearing jammers, having more drag than naked skin the fabric between thigh and knee serves no purpose but to slow you down. I've swum in some and they felt all wrong compared to swim briefs but they are ideal for wearing on a campsite and walking down to the beach in.
Many men reject Lycra briefs, square cuts and jammers because they want shorts with pockets for their keys, wallets and phones but you'd still have to empty your pockets before going for a swim, perhaps they go to the beach but never swim.

[Minimalist75]

Originally Posted by Torchwatch

Naked skin has less drag in water than all natural fibres, so the swimmer must aspire to wear as little as possible in societies where naked swimmers in public pools was not acceptable.
The swim brief or slip was developed long before synthetic fibres such as nylon were developed.
Knitted wool swimsuits absorbed a lot of water and went very saggy when wet, your woolen slip might drag down to your knees. At school I once swam in the school pool in white PE shorts, they went completely see through and hid nothing from view, the weight of the wet fabric was more than the waist elastic could cope with so I had to hold them up with one hand ever when standing still in the water. At moments like this one wonders if it's easier to swim naked.
In the Olympics there was a runner named Orsippos, who won the short sprint in the 15th Olympics held in 720 B.C. Orsippos began the race wearing the traditional athletic garment -- a perizoma, a type of loincloth held up by a band of fabric that went around the athlete's waist. The story goes that it fell off Orsippos while he was running, and after his victory it was decreed that athletes should henceforth compete naked.
Nylon was available after World War 2 and Speedo in Australia made the first swim briefs from it that neither impeded the swimmer nor fell down.

A spin off of Cold War technology was coatings for submarines that allowed them to pass through the oceans without drag or noise. This technology was applied to polyurethane fabrics and turned into very low drag swimwear. Since Sharkskin fabrics had less drag in water than naked skin it made sense that the more skin you covered the faster you'd go. The regulations caught up with the technology and for racing swimmers PU jammers were permitted.
PU jammers have to be worn very tight and take time and effort to put on and take off, they are colosally expensive perhaps 10 time the price of speedos so can be worn only for racing and training.
Although they make Lycra jammers they seem to defeat the purpose for wearing jammers, having more drag than naked skin the fabric between thigh and knee serves no purpose but to slow you down. I've swum in some and they felt all wrong compared to swim briefs but they are ideal for wearing on a campsite and walking down to the beach in.
Many men reject Lycra briefs, square cuts and jammers because they want shorts with pockets for their keys, wallets and phones but you'd still have to empty your pockets before going for a swim, perhaps they go to the beach but never swim.

Full body PU swimsuits were permitted at one time. but regulations now limit them to waist to knees for men and shoulders to knees for women.