Hello everyone !! First of all, thank you very much for your time spent on the questionnaire. More than 300 of you responded, which was a huge contribution to this swimsuit sustainability project. In the vast majority, the aging of swimsuits is explained by the loss of elasticity of the components. This has been translated in different ways (loss of support, modification of the cutting edge, fiber coming out of the components, transparency), but the explanation is ultimately the same. These data are used to power our correlation test. Indeed, we have swimsuits in long-term testing with lots of testers, who will swim between 50 hours and 230 hours. At the same time, we are developing a laboratory tool simulating the aging and loss of elasticity of swimsuits. We seek to correlate data between the field and the laboratory, and your answers have allowed us to anticipate the laboratory tests to be developed. Thank you again for this, and see you soon for new adventures!!! Joey

Listening and Analysing

Result: Let's characterize the aging of swimsuits with chlorine

Durability and the characterization of product aging are important projects, carried out by all DECATHLON brands. At Nabaiji, the aging of products essentially revolves around the environment in which they are used: water, chlorine, salt, UV rays. Added to this, the sporting practices of users, made up of mechanical aging, storage methods, washing of products, etc. The purpose of the project will be to precisely characterize the aging of the different products, with your help, in order to design more durable ones, or eco-designed products with the same lifespan. We will call on you for questionnaires, or to test products over a long period of time (up to 250 hours of practice). Thank you for the help you give us on this project that is so important to us: sustainability!

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Let's improve the sustainability of swimming products