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COMPRESSPORT TRAIL PIRATE ¾ LADY

The Compressport Running Pirate ¾ is a major piece of technical gear. So much so you have a User Manual that comes with it – and it is a good idea to read it carefully first…! The design is complex and carefully researched with various cutout pieces with different degrees of stretch and types of fabric.

 

Putting it on for the first time is not as easy as it looks, you need to make sure you have it on correctly to benefit from all of its carefully positioned compression technology.. It took a few minutes to properly position and is a little like putting on a wetsuit! I found it pinched behind my knees when I bent them and then with a little maneuvering realized I hadn’t pulled the legs into a low enough position.

 

Once on you immediately feel the muscle support and it feels quite tight, but once you start moving you don’t feel any restriction in your movements and the Pirate pant is comfortable. It is essential to have the correct size, I am 1M54 and weigh 45 kilos, I have muscly thighs and calves and the pant was tight but the waist (V shape belt as they call it) for me was too slack and had no support. I also found it uncomfortably high – but I think this is just a personal taste and I soon got used to it whilst running.

 

The horizontal “energy” mesh pockets on the side of the hips are apparently for ventilation and double as pockets but they are too long and would be better vertical not horizontal in position – I put gels in there, they moved and also whilst running the spike at the end of the gel kept catching my hands as I ran – I had to remove them.

 

The “lunar” pocket at the back is badly positioned as it sits right on your coccyx, which is not very comfortable but more importantly if your phone is in this pocket and you were to slip and land on your butt you would smash your phone and quite likely hurt your coccyx at the same time…

 

At the front there is a piece that resembles a Y-front design, which I also found to be baggy when running (see photo) and on a personal note for a girl I didn’t find it very flattering, you feel like “something is missing”!

 

The silicone printed dots on the lower thighs work well for uphills and we think they could even have put more slightly higher up.

 

The material is very comfortable and feels nice against the skin, you feel supported and even in 30 °C temperatures I didn’t have the feeling of being to hot which shows the excellent breathability of the fabric.

 

In the downhill the muscle support is very efficient around the knees, an area that is difficult to support with calf sleeves (because they are too low) or even thigh sleeves (because they are too high!) It would be very interesting to test on an ultra to really appreciate the benefits that we are sure would be even more obvious after suffering the impact of many technical descents.

The other additional bonus is that the Pirate ¾ is also an excellent recovery tight for helping the fast removal of toxins in the system.

This is an excellent technical, well researched product using excellent fabrics that are breatable and lightweight.

"This is an excellent technical, well researched product using excellent fabrics that are breatable and lightweight."

Rating

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  • EASE TO PUT ON
    6
  • COMFORT
    8
  • SUPPORT
    8
  • BREATHABILITY
    9
  • DURABILITY
    7
  • RECOVERY
    8

Price : 110

Overall Rating

7.67

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