I have found skins compression tights to be somewhat disappointing and certainly over priced. I purchased my first pair from a fool on ebay who advertised them at a very low price and set the auction ending at 1am in the morning. They were new still in the box and i paid £23 for them. They are nicely made but the stitchng is not very robust, but Skins Uk are very helpful and replace items that obviously have manufacturing flaws in them. Ive worn the long tights for very long runs of 23-25miles and have found my muscles are just as tired and sore if i had not been wearing them. Other people obviously like them but as for value for money they are simply overpriced for what they are. Skins have paid top athletes worldwide to promote their clothing and because of this the price is pretty high. I would never pay the full asking price for them having worn the long leggings for over a year, but if you have the gorgeous athletic body to show them off to their best effect then i suppose runners will buy them for that alone. Put it this way, did Steve Jones, Rob De Castella, Bill Rogers and other great distance runners from the 1980s era use compression clothing - NO, and they still performed to the heighest level. Others may reap huge benefits from compression clothing but apart from looking good in them they have been of no use to me, and they are certainly not hard wearing if worn on a regular basis. | 
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Peter John Lewis
