I'm a small guy, about 5"1' tall, not exactly sure what chest size I am, but I currently wear an underworks 997 XS, and I feel it's maybe not tight enough. It worked fine until I washed it, I think it was at 30degrees in the washing machine, and didn't tumble dry it or anything, but since then I don't think it's been binding tight enough. Adjusting where I'm putting the things helps a little, as does pulling the binder up heigher on my body, but then the shoulder straps end up pretty loose and baggy. It seems to me that the arm holes are the main issue with the binder, they just seem so much looser on me than what I've heard from other guys about their binders cutting into them under the armpits; I can't see how that would happen with them being so large on me.
I thought that the next binder I'd get would be the tri-top, when the opportunity arises for me to get one, I'm out to my parents but they haven't changed anything in the way they treat me so I'm not keen to explain what I'm getting ordered, so getting it posted to someone else is my only option, and the only person whom I can ask to do that for me lives 500miles away and is hated by them... so it might be a while, but as soon as it's a possibility I want to get it ordered so it doesn't arrive too late like my last one did (I live in the UK so shipping always takes a while, especially when you refuse to pay extortionate amounts for faster shipping.)
From what I've heard T-Kingdom are good for smaller guys, but along with Les Love Boat and Esha, I've never heard that much definative reviews on them - appologies if I've just missed them - but looking at the websites is just totally daunting to me. It was pretty clear when looking at Underworks that the 997 and the tri-top are the best, but with T-Kingdom, Les Love Boat, etc., there are just so many different styles and binders it's overwhelming.
Any suggestions guys?
