Our scheduled ship date is the 3rd Friday, approximately 15 days before your event weekend. We offer the longest wetsuit rentals period because we believe there should be no surprises come race day. After the wetsuit has been shipped it will arrive within 1-3 days, giving you a week and a half to get a feel for the suit. If you would like your wetsuit sent a week earlier, we will ship it out on the previous Friday from your ship date and the fee will be $15. If you want it even a week earlier the fee will be $27.

The wetsuit must be shipped back by Wednesday following a race weekend and the return date is that Friday. As long as the wetsuit is shipped out by the ship date there will be no late fees. Any wetsuits shipped out after Wednesday will be charged a $25 late fee. Late wetsuits will incur a $25 late fee every Friday until a total of $450 has been charged.

In most cases, if the order is made early enough, we can ship the suit out the same day the order is made. During high-traffic months like May & June, we ask customers making late orders to call to check for availability. Depending on our inventory status, some wetsuits may be delayed 1-2 days. This is important if you have waited until Tuesday or Wednesday the week of your event to place your order since time is crucial. Last year over 90% of our orders took 2 days to arrive with standard ground. If you’re ordering a wetsuit within a week of your event it is better to use Express or expedited shipping to ensure it arrives by your race date. Once a wetsuit is shipped out we offer no refunds so choose your shipping options carefully.

We urge you to call (813-546-6235) or email (mike@triwetsuitrentals.com) if you are ordering Wednesday or later so we can tell you when your suit is scheduled to arrive and if expedited shipping is necessary.

This is a common concern. We have seen a wide range of body types and we take all that past experience into account when we size a person. All these suits have different requirements for their sizes so a medium in one brand is not necessarily a medium in another. Certain suits fit smaller than their charts imply and others tend to be quite accurate. That’s why we send our wetsuits out sooner than anybody. If after swimming in your wetsuit you feel the wetsuit is still too tight we will send out a replacement wetsuit. We try everything in our power short of delivering it to your door ourselves to get it right.

Before returning your suit it should be rinsed out thoroughly and dried. Please do not leave your wetsuit outside exposed to direct sunlight. Hang dry your suit on a shower rod after your event.

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Small tears are going to happen. The neoprene in most of these suits is quite delicate and tears rather easily. The most common cause of wetsuit tears come from finger nails when donning your wetsuit. When putting your wetsuit on be sure to use the tips of your fingers and not your nails. For small tears there will be no charge but please be careful still. If the tear is large and goes all the way through, you may be charged the purchase price of the wetsuit depending on whether the suit can be repaired. What constitutes a large tear? If it’s 2-3 inches or longer that’s a pretty good indication the wetsuit was mishandled. We charge a minimum of $25 for damage that we deem as negligent up to the price of the wetsuit for extreme damage.

Remember, these suits are supposed to fight really tight. This tightness usually subsides after you get in the water and the wetsuit expands. Before you make a judgement on whether or not a suit fits you must swim in it. It is hard to gauge if a wetsuit fits or not just by trying it on. These wetsuits are hot and tight when you are on dry land. One test that you can do is to squat down and simulate a swimming motion with your arms. A wetsuit that’s too tight will give you a lot of resistance. If after properly putting on the wetsuit you still believe that it doesn’t fit, contact us immediately and we will send a replacement suit out. The other suit must be returned back to us the same day the replacement suit is sent out. Customers are responsible for shipping the first wetsuit back to us. The replacement wetsuit will be the same style wetsuit (sleeved/sleeveless) that was originally ordered.

Due to inventory demands we are not selling our wetsuits. We will be selling off our wetsuits around mid Octboer

Once a wetsuit has been shipped we do not offer refunds since the wetsuit has been reserved. Event cancellations do occur unfortunately. If your event or swim is cancelled we will give you a discounted rate on your next order.

For the men our sizes range from 4’10” – 6’7″ and 120-290 lbs for the weight. For the women our sizes go from 4’6″–6’2″ and 85-250 lbs.

Wetsuits do indeed keep you warmer than you would be without one, but this really isn’t the primary function of the suit. Triathlon wetsuits give you buoyancy, and allows you to swim faster and more efficiently thus allowing you to save your energy for the other disciplines. Buoyancy is the main function of the suit and swimming faster and more efficient is a result of being buoyant. Being buoyant in the water helps reduce drag because you’re higher up in the water than you normally would be with no suit. Less water equals less resistance. Most triathlon wetsuits now days, whether they are entry level or elite, are coated with some form of SCS which has hydrophobic properties and helps reduce drag so you glide through the water.