Ladies, help! Swimsuit sizing question

No specific help on that brand, but I wanted to say for the record that swimsuit sizes are terrible to try and figure out! Very frustrating.

After emailing the manufacturer for my first online purchase (emailed my height, weight, and measurements), I went with a size 28 per their recommendation. It's too small, but wearable. So when I ordered some last week, I went with a 30. It's even smaller than the 28, all though they are different brands. I will probably have to go up to a 34 in that brand.

Then, in a different brand, I went by their size chart and ordered an XS. Which fits great.

WHO KNOWS! I'd just guess and send it back for an exchange if you have to.

Yeah, another vote that you are probably going too big. I bought a too big one and my coach told me that it was. I thought it was fine, but it did tend to bag out. She told me that I should be wearing a 32 or a 34 (I think I was wearing a 38 or something), so I went down to a 34 and wear it in all brands now. I've only been wearing polyester though, so maybe I'd wear a 32 in lycra?

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that you should probably be buying a smaller size, but 36 at the largest is my advice.

I'm going to have to disagree that they are all the same. At least in my experience. I was also a swimmer and am not sure I've ever had two different brands of the same size fit me the same. At all. They are all completely different, which is the problem. I am 5'6", 120 pounds and will have to send back a size 30 becuase it's about 2 sizes too small... would never have guessed that.

I have both Speedo and Dolphin poly suits and Speedo runs larger than Dolphin. It may be the material is more stretchy on the Speedo than the Dolfin.  I wear either 36 or 38 I'd have to look.

If your Speedo fits in 38 I'd get the same size in the Dolphin not smaller.