Speedo Sports Brief

[Torchwatch]

Looks like a 3" side Speedo but not familiar with the material "50% Polyester, 50% Polybutylene".

[Swimmboy]

It appears that Speedos made in the US or for the US market have the Speedo logo on the right front hip - at least those I've bought over the years did. Those made for Asia/Australia/Europe have the logo on the left front hip, as do the ones in these pictures. So I'm not sure they are available from a US store or supplier?

[Byron]

Pentland Group is all over the world but Speedo International is headquartered in Nottingham UK - except that I believe Speedo USA operates separately.

Try an Email to info@speedo.com however - I have found them helpful in the past and they may be able to unravel this mishmash of branding, distribution and manufacturing (which I for one can never work out - so much simpler when they just came from Sydney).

[Byron]

Well, as we all know Torchwatch, polybutylene is a polyolefin, often used in manufacturing water pipes.
I am sure it is useful in speedos too but if you can translate this I for one would be grateful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybutylene

[JamesSwim]

Originally Posted by Byron

Well, as we all know Torchwatch, polybutylene is a polyolefin, often used in manufacturing water pipes.
I am sure it is useful in speedos too but if you can translate this I for one would be grateful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybutylene

It must be a typo and they really meant PBT. It says endurance on the suit, and that's what their endurance suits are made of.

[Byron]

OK - I'll go here instead but I still think I need a degree course in polymers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybutylene_terephalate

(sounds like a cover up is needed on the beach as PBT degrades under UV light)

[jackk78]

Looks like the UK version of their standard brief.

http://store.speedo.co.uk/p/briefs/m...-brief/808354e

They don't ship to the US, but you can get a few sizes from Figleaves.

http://www.figleaves.com/us/product/...=&colour=Black