Orca Apex Float Wetsuit

Wetsuits, while pretty essential for staying warm in open water are sometimes quite restrictive. The very nature of a wetsuit tends to prevent full movement, especially in the shoulder and arm areas and moving through water is tough enough as it is! So this newest wetsuit in the Orca range does it’s best to get around these traditional issues.

Firstly, it is their most buoyant yet. It achieves this through the use of Exolift technology. This is simply 3 separate layers of neoprene, with the outer layer benefiting from a Nano Ice SCS Coating (basically fills all the microscopic pores and makes the material ‘water-phobic’ if you like, making that push through water all the easier) and the middle layer is specially treated so there is no water absorption at all. That’s just half of it though, the real magic is in the lower body where there are hundreds of air pockets sealed between neoprene layers providing a good level of buoyancy and so helps to maintain your optimum hydrodynamic position when swimming. Speaking of the lower body, the suit has different levels of thickness depending on your temperature needs with 3 mm’s on the torso and 5 mm’s on the legs – the further from your torso, the more insulation. Sounds obvious when you state it but it’s this attention to detail that Orca are quite good at!

The Apex Float also benefits from bamboo fibres in the lining giving more flexibility (as well as helping to cut down odour and bacteria growth) and so less effort is needed to stretch the material, 72% less force than neoprene that hasn’t been made in this way in fact! All of this combines for a very smooth, comfortable swim, perfect for the competitive athletes out there among you. RRP £499

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