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Skydiving Gear and Equipment: Jumpsuits and Clothing: Tony Suit : The Pit Special : Reviews

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(Review ID:2043)

2 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Very Impressed
Rated by: nwguinn on 2008-08-15 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Pit Special in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Quality of material, and attention to detail.
Cons: It took a long time to get to me and its a little snug aound the belly...might just be cause im a fat kid.

I have never written a review before but once I got my new Tony Suit I had to write about it. I was astonished on how much I liked it. I had heard horror stories from posts on Dropsone.com but I had none of them. My suit arrived in perfect condition just as I had designed. The suit dimensions fit my weird body in a way that no other suit has. It was a bit snug around the mid section but I will attribute that to my own girth not the fault of the suit. It did take forever to get the thing, but with the quality that the suit provides it is worth the wait. I would recommend this suit to anyone who is looking for a quality suit with any options you want.

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(Review ID:2032)

0 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Tweaking the fit
Rated by: fireballgrl on 2008-08-01 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Pit Special in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Nice suit, great color options and specialty fabrics, great customer service
Cons: not the cheapest suit on the market but sharp and made well

I have had my suit for two months and put approximately 20+ jumps on it. My dealer measured me wrong (never measures women for a tight suit) and the upper body, shoulder and bust area were loose. I specifically ordered this to help my fall rate without needing a weightbelt. I was not wild about sending it in and waiting a few more weeks for it to be right. I was headed up to Summerfest last week and Tony said to bring it and hopefully he could address the issues and fix it there. Needless to say a little nip and a tuck and my suit is tight as it should be, and fits much better! I know of at least 8 jumpers from my dz who have ordered custom suits and they have held up well through the years and crash landings...lol I am very happy with my suit and their personal customer service

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(Review ID:1589)

22 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

You don't get what you pay for
Rated by: aatomik on 2006-07-08 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Pit Special in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Fits good, flies good
Cons: Poor quality management and customer service

You might or might not get what you pay for.

Last year two of my friends ordered suits with exactly the same options. They were charged exactly the same. One of the suits had leg zips, one of them did not.

This year one of my friends ordered a suit with back of arm grips. He paid for them. He did not get them.

I ordered a suit online in the end of February. I got an automatic order confirmation, then an e-mail that leg zips are not available with that kind of bootie. OK about that.
Then later I noticed that 50$ more is taken from my credit card. I contacted Tonysuit and they said that I used old order form. Well, I used online order form and they sent me the order confirmation earlier. They said they are sorry but I had to pay 50$ more.
Finally I got the suit. Back of arm gips were missing. Sent them an e-mail, got an answer a week later. Sent the suit back on my own expense.
Got the suit back from warranty repair. Jumped it once. The suit broke under the arm. Contacted Tonysuit again and sent it back again for warranty repair. This time they paid for the delivery.
I got the suit back today. The have patched it, not replaced the arm part.

So I ordered suit in the end of February and finally got it in beginning of July. Paid 50$ more to Tonysuit and 100$ extra for transportation and customs broker.

But the damn thing fits and flies good. I hope that it will not break again.

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(Review ID:1254)

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Pit Special
Rated by: tanya on 2005-04-16 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Pit Special in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Great Fit, Great Fabric
Cons: Zippers

Love my Pit Special. Will order it without leg zips. The pulls always come off and then the zippers blow open in freefall. So take your shoes off to put your jumpsuit on, or jump barefoot, I guess!

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(Review ID:1153)

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

Tony Suit Pit Special
Rated by: 377 on 2005-01-10 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: The Pit Special in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Good fabric cut, seam placment and fit. Looks great
Cons: Some dyes run or fade in wash, zippers not the best

These suits are very good in their design, but there are a few things that could be better in their construction. The zippers are not the very best, have had a few pulls break off the zipper slider. The fabric dyes have obviously not all been wash tested. I had some serious color bleeding when I first washed mine in cold water. They are really comfortable suits and fly well, at least for me. They look great and hold up well with the exception of the bootie soles (no soles really, just exposed fabric). They suggest putting shoe goop on them which is ridiculous. They should have made abrasion resistant thin elastomeric soles for them out of KRATON (like the old O'Neill wetsuit kneepads, indestructible and flexy and stretchy as well). When I brought my Tony suit with a broken zipper pull to their booth at WFFC they quoted me a pretty high price to replace the zipper. DUMB from a customer satisfaction standpoint, they should learn from Alti 2 or Larsen and Brusgaard... fix it free if it broke without abuse. I am happy with my Tony suit, but I am also happy with my Michigan suit and even my old suits from the 70s. Tony needs a little bit better customer service (its not that bad) and more attention to wear testing zippers and wash testing fabrics. It could take them from good to great.

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