Billabong 202 Revolution Pro Chest Zip Short Sleeve Steamer

Billabong 202 Revolution Pro Chest Zip Short Sleeve Steamer features sealed seams and Billabong’s new Super Light 280 neoprene. Billabong has laid graphene lining through the 2mm neoprene to optimise stretch and warmth.

Glued and Blind-Stitched seams have been used on the Billabong 202 Revolution Pro Chest Zip Short Sleeve Steamer to create a sealed seam with the level of stretch required for performance surfing. So, the seam is stretchy, the SuperLight 280 neoprene is extremely stretchy, so what about the zipper? The zip is the only part of a wetsuit that can’t stretch and this physical limitation was what birthed the chest zip!

To get the most out of your wetsuit we recommend washing it with Wetsuit Wash & reading our maintenance guide.

Billabong 202 Revolution Pro Chest Zip Short Sleeve Steamer Features:

• Furnace Graphene Lining: Billabong’s premium internal lining made from carbon graphene, featured all the way up to their $600+ wetsuits. Furnace lining is hydrophobic and is stitched in a way that creates countless air-bubbles in the lining, in-turn improving on thermal retention! It dries quickly too.
• Uninterrupted Front and Back Panel: Wetsuit stretch is a % function. As we’ve mentioned above, this suit is made up of a 250% stretch foam.. That is to say that 1m can stretch to 2.5m without permanent deformation. If you chuck a seam in the middle of that panel, it won’t stretch to 2.5m because seams don’t stretch as much as neoprene. Therefore, by removing almost all the seams from your front and back means the greatest possible stretch!
• Superflex 280 Jersey: Stretchy, light and quick-drying nylon jersey laid through the high-stress panels. Stretching to 280% its resting state and made from upcycled tyres. Need we say more.? No, but we’re gonna.
• AX1 Jersey: A more durable, less supple version of the Superflex 250 – used in the low-stress panels.
• Superflex Neo Tape Reinforcing: As we mentioned above, seams don’t stretch as much as neoprene, therefore the most amount of strain is always applied to the seam. By adhering a synthetic ‘tape’ the seam on the Billabong Mens Revolution Springsuit can divert the strain off the seam and onto the tape. If the tape begins to peel off, just slap on some wetsuit repair glue and you’re sealed up!
• Strategic Seam Placement: Billabong has minimised the total number of seams which in turn creates a more flexible suit. The same notion as the uninterrupted torso panels!
• Glued & Blind-Stitched Seams: The most cost-effective performance seam in the wet suit world. Billabong uses a twin-needle blind-stitch to mitigate pin-holes whilst ensuring the best seal and durability of the Absolute Steamers. Intrigued? Check out our wetsuit seams blog.
• Dislocating Chest Zip Entry: A no-brainer for any performance wetsuit as it’s warmer and dryer but drastically increases the entire suit’s stretch factor. Read more on our blog.
• Short-Sleeve: ?Advantageous for paddle efficiency and ideal for winter conditions further north around Queensland.
• Fabric: 80% Neoprene 20% Nylon
• Thickness: 2mm