I don't do a whole lot of cardio, so even though I love my Shock Absorbers, I don't need to be squashed down mot gym days. So, I wanted something else, something more comfortable.
I tried the Panache on recommendation from a friend and I really quite liked it. It is comfortably projected, it isn't terribly wide, and the wires are crazy cushioned. I like that the cups are high. I'm high set and I don't like showing a lot of cleavage at the gym, so this works well for me. Because it is so high coverage, I can also easily wear it on its own during summer which is my preference.
The volume was appropriate for me in the cups.
The band is TTS 28 and the tension distribution is really excellent. It's a firm 28 and I had trouble hooking it myself (you can see I missed the middle eye, oops). Once it was on it was pretty comfortable. But I opted to order a 30E instead. I'm not doing cardio and the band is wide enough that the top was digging into my lats. That may or may not have been uncomfortable at a later time. I don't need the ultra snug band since I'm not running, jumping, climbing trees in this.
This went back, I'll review the 30E more thoroughly since I'll be using it beforehand.

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Updated on Apr 22, 2016 Flag this

• I don't know if they have changed their bands since my last purchase, but the band in this bra, IMO, isn't suitable for people with a large thorax amplitude - I mean the difference in circumference when you breath in and out. I used to wear the 30E for horse riding and it wasn't always comfortable, but the band was perfect, or even too loose, at rest.

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  I agree, this band size isn't suitable for me at all. It was comfortable at my underbust, but I am about 36" around my upper lat and pecs. I have to be able to flare and rotate and all that goodness when I lift and a 28" band that was that high just isn't going to accommodate that flex comfortably, if at all. I didn't try since I didn't want to hurt myself or pull a hook since I was returning it.
  That is one really nice thing about the Shock Absorber Gym Bra, there's that other portion of the band that can be adjusted differently to fit those flares. It's nice.

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