Product Reviews
Dive into our collection of outdoor swimming gear reviews. From wetsuits to goggles, swimwear to accessories, the expert enthusiasts at outdoorswimmer.com put each product to the test. Explore our honest assessments and kit recommendations to enhance your outdoor swimming experience.
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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…
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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…
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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?…
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Unencumbered fun: Restube Active
Outdoor Swimmer Contributing Editor Jonathan Cowie tries out the Restube Active
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Zoggs swimwear
The new range of swimwear from Zoggs is designed with sustainability in mind – and a particular focus on outdoor…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Open water essentials from Zone3 | AD
Embrace the escape with open water swimming kit from Zone3
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Charlie McLeod Driathlon
Getting warm, dry and changed quickly is often imperative after swimming outdoors. There are a number of different products on…
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Robes
Getting warm, dry and changed quickly is often imperative after swimming outdoors. There are a number of different products on…
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Bags
Holdalls, drybags, ruck sacks and changing bags – whatever your swimming adventure there is a kit bag designed for you…
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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…
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Wild swimming wetsuits
What do you need in a wild swimming wetsuit? For us, it was more a question of what you don’t…
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Swimrun wetsuits
Team London Lads competed in the Ötillö Swimrun Engadin race in Switzerland. Mark Klein (pictured right) wore the Orca Swimrun…
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Christmas Gift Guide
Treat the outdoor swimmer in your life (or yourself!) to our pick of the best outdoor swimming gifts 1. POOL…
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Blueye ‘Eel’ and ‘Squid’ Sunglasses
As far as we can remember, this is our first review of sunglasses, possibly for the obvious reason that most…
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How to Read Water, by Tristan Gooley
Naturalist Tristan Gooley is perhaps best known for his book The Natural Navigator, an enticement to leave behind your phone…
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Immersion by Karen Throsby
A few years ago, a friend of mine returned from a successful swim across the English Channel bearing gifts –…
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AMEO Powerbreather
We have reviewed training snorkels before on our gear pages, but the Powerbreather is something different. Rather than the traditional…
