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Outdoor swimming gear reviews and gear advice articles.

REVIEW: Swimsuits

Looking for a swimsuits that fits and adapts to your body, provides support and comfort when training, dries quickly and…
Review: Swimming trunks

Additional buoyancy, chlorine-resistance, long-lasting comfort or classic style. Whatever you’re looking for in your next pair of swimming trunks, the…
Book review: Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

Most of us who swim know why we do it, but I suspect few of us could explain it as…
REVIEW: Open water goggles

Are you looking for an optimum fit, hydrodynamic shape, polarized lenses or even an in-goggle display with real-time swim metrics?…
Unencumbered fun: Restube Active

Outdoor Swimmer Contributing Editor Jonathan Cowie tries out the Restube Active
Zoggs swimwear

The new range of swimwear from Zoggs is designed with sustainability in mind – and a particular focus on outdoor…
How to pack smarter for your swims

As opposed to the warm comfort of the swimming pool, swimming outdoors, combined with all the (often unpredictable) elements, requires…
Zoggs Predator Flex Goggles: Find your perfect fit

We put the Zoggs Predator Flex goggles to the ultimate test: a team of Outdoor Swimmer readers
Yonda Ghost II Swimming Wetsuit – Extended Review

Due to space constraints in print, our product reviews are often shorter than some pieces of kit that we test…
Orca open water SW wetsuit

The new Orca SW is packed with features that we haven’t seen in wetsuits before and which are designed to…
Vivobarefoot Tempest amphibious trail shoe review

While it took a little while longer than expected to get the Tempest shoes on due to the high ankles,…
What’s in our kit bag? January 2021

Thermal wetsuits and jammers, watches and changing robes. Here’s our pick of swim kit this month. 1. Alpkit Hurley outdoor swimming…
Should outdoor swimmers wear earplugs?

Ear plugs should be in everybody’s kit bag. Becky Horsbrugh explains why One of the most important pieces of swimming…
WAKEcup zero waste starter kit

Global WAKEcup is a zero-waste reusables brand with a mission to end single use plastic pollution. According to WAKEcup, besides…
Open water essentials from Zone3 | AD

Embrace the escape with open water swimming kit from Zone3
FORM launch ground-breaking real-time workout feature for Smart Swim Goggles

Fitness technology company FORM have announced a ground-breaking ‘Guided Workouts’ feature for their FORM Smart Swim Goggles. The first-of-its-kind technology…
Robes

Getting warm, dry and changed quickly is often imperative after swimming outdoors. There are a number of different products on…
Bags

Holdalls, drybags, ruck sacks and changing bags – whatever your swimming adventure there is a kit bag designed for you…
Born to Swim towel

In our May issue we tested our choice of towels, but this one didn’t arrive at our office in time…
Wild swimming wetsuits

What do you need in a wild swimming wetsuit? For us, it was more a question of what you don’t…
Swimrun wetsuits

Team London Lads competed in the Ötillö Swimrun Engadin race in Switzerland. Mark Klein (pictured right) wore the Orca Swimrun…
Christmas Gift Guide

Treat the outdoor swimmer in your life (or yourself!) to our pick of the best outdoor swimming gifts 1. POOL…
Charlie McLeod Driathlon

Getting warm, dry and changed quickly is often imperative after swimming outdoors. There are a number of different products on…
Kozii mexiko elite bind one-piece

This eye-catching costume from Australian costume manufacturers Kozii is a real head-turner. If you’re looking for holiday swimwear that combines…
GlideSoul Tie-Dye Wetsuit

Taking the attitude that there’s absolutely no reason that all wetsuits have to be black, GlideSoul have come along and…