Boy short style swimming costume

[CaptainHarville]

I want a new swimming costume or tankini but I really want one that has proper boy shorts. Basically I can't be bothered with the necessary upkeep that wearing my usual costume entails. It doesn't matter how I do it the regrowth is itchy and I always end up with ingrown hairs.

Has anyone got a proper boy short style swimming costume or a tankini with shorts where the shorts are going to cover everything and not ride up and show off my lack of grooming.

Yes. They have done them in sports direct. They are work by swimmers. Think you can find then on Amazon as well

Or i have bought a costume and then the shorts that go with the tankini and worn them over the top of the costume.

Yes. I do. Speedo do them.

www.speedo.com/international/en/speedo-fit-legsuit-kickback-swimsuit/810368B741.html

Watching with interest. The difficulty I had was finding ones that have a boy leg AND enough bust and tummy control. The ones I found were all quite sporty and terribly unflattering to my middle-aged figure (I'm not overweight, just big boobed and untoned)

Zoggs do a few. Look at their website.

I'm considering one but currently I just wear swim shorts, either board shorts or men's swimming shorts, over my costume

I was looking a little while back and in the end I bought some board shorts and wear them over my costume. I couldn't find a costume with enough support for my top half and had the leg coverage I wanted.

I bought these

Land end usually sell mix and match tankini sets with tummy control short bottoms and full length top halfas one option. Though tbh I found the elastic too holdy-in and a struggle to get in and out of. Relatively pricey too. Beware where the seams are too. I bought swimming shorts with just a front to back seam and no gusset and the seam rode up in the most uncomfortable manner

Not lands end (the ridey up ones) to clarify. Cheap ones. The lands end ones weren't going anywhere!

These from Amazon are brilliant.

Is it swimming for sport or for lounging about by a beach or pool? If for sport, the Slazenger ones in Sports Direct are great. I once ha da great Adidas two-piece with boy short legs (sport bikini top, not tanking which I find impossible to swim in). They have stopped doing them but I've since bought smaller sized men's swim shorts in the right boxer style and just worn with a matching colour swim top. Black usually the easiest to match.

A combo of boy-too swimwear and a miraculous swim hat thing that keeps my hair properly properly dry had meant I swim way more frequently than I did, as the hassle associated with the pool is far less.

Sycamore

What swim hat have you got?

I have a couple of the Speedo shorts leg tankinis and they're ace, I love them. I have a long body so tend to find one-pieces quite uncomfortable, not to mention unflattering. The Speedo ones come up small though, be warned.

It's a long-hair silicon Speedo one but the real trick is a silicon hairband thing underneath, about two inches wide. Put the band on first around the hairline, and then the hat over. Hair stays bone dry. I can't find my exact one online but it's like this :

www.amazon.com/Sync-Hair-Guard-Ear-Headband/dp/B073DCQ39S?tag=mumsnetforum-21

Wear the hat over the top. No points for style but lovely dry hair - I hate trying to blowdry at the gym with rubbish dryers and humid air.

Amazon is the best place to get these. So much cheaper than the shops.