Share the Goods: Mike’s Favourite Bathers (Swimwear)

I’ve been a lifelong wear of what you guys call Speedos. As an Australian we call them bathers, bathers is a name that can be used for both male and female swimsuits. I learnt to swim in Speedos, I guess mainly because that was all that was available at the time. I’ve always liked the briefer cut of swimwear, I think my first really small suit was in the 70’s made by Hom, it was very brief indeed, even briefer than some I wear today. It was a bright blue iridescent colour, I wish I still had it. But, back then I also had the body to pull it off?.

I’ve just done a count of my bathers and I have 25, only one is an actual Speedo brand pair which I don’t wear at all. The rest are mainly Cocksox, an Aussie brand that are really comfortable and have a nice pouch for my bits, some would baulk at wearing them as they do tend to show off your bits quite a lot. I like them because they are small, very comfortable, incredibly stretchy, light and come in amazing colours and designs. All my Cocksox bathers are what I’d call micro bikini styles, so perhaps not more than ½ inch sides. I also have a Cocksox swim thong, which I’ve only worn when I was hiking in the bush, I intend to summon up courage to wear it on our main beach this summer.

Over last weekend I wore my newest purchase, some Sluggers DeeTees in a light blue called Grecko. It was one of our first days of summers, so everyone was down at the beach, and I was pleasantly surprised lots of guys wore Speedos, the girl next to us wore an incredibly small G string, no one cares here, we just keep to ourselves and enjoy the beach.

I’ve included some pictures of my favourite bathers at the moment, there are 8 of them, it’s very hard for me to choose between them, as I like them all and enjoy wearing them. Although I have numbered them in order, it was hard, the first are a pair of Cocksox bathers that the material is super, super fine, very thin, very stretchy, super comfortable and ever so slightly see though, you really can’t see anything through them, I choose this pair because they look incredible (to me) they hold my bits forward a bit, which I don’t mind, I’m not ashamed of my bits, but I could see some people might be a bit shy about wearing them. I have a similar pair in with a grey pattern which are also nice. Unfortunately these have now been discontinued.

At number 2 is another pair of Flouro Orange Cocksox bathers, these are the same cut as the Number 1 bathers, but the material is a little thicker, again, comes with a prominent bludge up front, they look super cool with a decent tan.

At number 3 are some really quite old Kikini micro bikini briefs that are probably about 20 years old, they are incredible they just keep going. They are a lot more conservative than the Cocksox, but still have a very slim behind, which I don’t mind as I get more of a tan. Still got very narrow sides though.

At number 4 are some basic Aussiebum bathers with a nice whale pattern on them, I always joke that when I wear these Greenpeace try to push me back out to sea! These bathers are very comfortable and come with a modesty panel of cloth, I usually cut these out, but for some reason I’ve kept these as they came. I got these as my daughter in the UK who swims everyday in the sea (yes, she is actually nuts) has a one piece with a similar pattern.

At number 5 is a Cocksox thong, which is incredibly comfortable, but as I said earlier, I’m still not fully into wearing thongs to a very public beach, but I’m getting there, my wife doesn’t mind and she wears thongs to the beach all the time, I’ll get there, but I’m still coming to terms that a 60 something guy can wear thongs to a town beach.

At number 6 are the Sluggers that I wore last weekend, again, very comfortable with a modesty panel, which I’ve kept as they are very light coloured. This is the first time I’ve bought this brand and I’ll buy more, probably in a smaller style, they make them with 1 inch sides. They have some great colours and styles and designs.

At number 7 are some very cheap bathers I got from AliExpress, they looked great on the web site, I love the pattern of the bathers, but when they came they are actually transparent, you’d have to be pretty close to see through them, but they are transparent, I haven’t worn these to the beach yet, but I will as soon as I get up courage.

And finally at number 8 are another pair of AliExpress bathers, these are nice but very low cut and I’m not sure about the cord, I think I’ll pull that out and just wear them without a cord.

As I said, I’ve got about 25 bathers, 10 of which are Cocksox bathers (by the way I’m not connected to the company in anyway, I just like them) mostly plain colours, but bright like yellow and a sort of pink. Most of my bathers cost about A$50, some of them I’ve bought at sales, almost all of them apart from the Sluggers have been bought online. The AliExpress bathers are always a bit hit and miss on sizing, but I think I’ve worked that out now, the main advantage is they usually only cost about A$7, not more than A$10, so if they don’t fit or work out, I just throw then out.

One of the reasons I’m writing this article is that you all seem to worry about guys wearing bathers in public, I wanted to let you know that here at least in Australia, it’s totally normal for guys to wear “Speedo’s” even older guys wear them. No one bats an eyelid and I hope that things start to change in the States, we all need to relax a bit and stop getting upset with other people, it’s simply personal choice what you wear to the beach and no one should worry about it.

I hope you like my choices and would love to hear your feedback and which ones you like.

Thank you Mike for sharing your favorite swimwear from your drawer. Those are some nice looking swimsuits and some great prints in the selection. It’s great to know some places have respect for the briefer styles. Hopefully you’ll get to enjoy many of them over your summer. Again thanks for your submission. If anyone else would like to put in a submission, check out my share the good post on how to.