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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: Inkwe Mupkins on August 16, 2012, 11:56:45 AM

Title: Binder review 988 vs tri top.
Post by: Inkwe Mupkins on August 16, 2012, 11:56:45 AM
I have a black large tri top and recently got a black large 988 binder from underworks.
The 988 is the chest concealer one that looks similar to an undershirt. I am 5'5" and 240lbs. My ribcage is 40 inches and my moob area is 43 inches. The 988 has double compression in the front and back. The tri top is 3 layers in front and only 1 in the back.

Tri top
pros:
easy for me to get on
binds really well, but not to tight
easy to breathe in
no armpit cleavage
cons:
rolls really bad- i cut it, but that didn't work so I wore it backwards then safety pinned it to an undershirt which worked.


988
pros:
binds really really really well, too well for me
thin shoulder straps and lower neck line
doesn't roll up
cons:
makes my belly bulge
gives me epic armpit cleavage
hard to get on
hard to breathe in

Some pics:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi747.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx119%2Fmcalistershaun%2F08162012542.jpg&hash=461d2f7fc5e7fd421b52078e5cf1ba8b6857ee34) no binder

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi747.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx119%2Fmcalistershaun%2F08162012544.jpg&hash=40c46c33aeb14c15d7a2be5d57d0b13cec0caeea) tri top binder

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi747.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx119%2Fmcalistershaun%2F08162012548.jpg&hash=16465b1cc9b9e9cebb12d73902f046ac4248d04a) tri top binder by itself

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi747.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx119%2Fmcalistershaun%2F08162012550.jpg&hash=69d7695964baad10669a0c4949a6bc3a71561ca3) 988

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi747.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx119%2Fmcalistershaun%2F08162012554.jpg&hash=2a308b06a93692115b6397248a932a2f1b779d79) 988 by itself

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi747.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fxx119%2Fmcalistershaun%2F08162012556.jpg&hash=b415c65ba091e3c6bf4803319240a022be163719) 988 by itself