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Best Place to buy Gym Wear - Online

Hi All

I need to get some new gym wear, can anyone recommend a place ideally on-line to get good quality inexpensive gym wear?

Ideally I'm after the Nike Dri fit range or something like it.
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  • Rummer
    Rummer Posts: 6,550 Forumite
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    Sports Direct often has big brands
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  • purpleshoes_2
    purpleshoes_2 Posts: 2,653 Forumite
    I'd second sports direct. Cheaper online than in their shops even with delîvery.
  • Saturnalia
    Saturnalia Posts: 2,051 Forumite
    I've had a few pieces from Asda which are made of sweat-wicking fabric and they feel comfortable, wash well and look good.

    If you have an Asda nearby you can order stuff online and pick it up at the customer services desk, and you pay the label price and no delivery charge.
    Public appearances now involve clothing. Sorry, it's part of my bail conditions.
  • CharlieRabbit01
    CharlieRabbit01 Posts: 1,246 Forumite
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    Saturnalia wrote: »
    I've had a few pieces from Asda which are made of sweat-wicking fabric and they feel comfortable, wash well and look good.

    If you have an Asda nearby you can order stuff online and pick it up at the customer services desk, and you pay the label price and no delivery charge.

    Thanks, there is an asda somewhere near here but I don't have a car to get to it.

    I shall check and compare their delivery.
  • CharlieRabbit01
    CharlieRabbit01 Posts: 1,246 Forumite
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    Thanks for the sports direct recommendations, I shall check them out.
  • cazs
    cazs Posts: 532 Forumite
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    Yep sports direct I got all my gym outfits save trainers and shock absorbers there.
  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,842 Forumite
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    I question the quality of Sports Direct. I have also read on this forum some time ago now that brands such as Nike can sell off copies of patterns they have to other companies who can then buy the patterns and rights to produce on mass the clothes they have the patterns for.


    The quality of the fabric and stitching does not have to be the same as if it was bought from Nike directly and so some items may not have the same quality or as high a quality. There was also a documentary on this not so long ago where it was said brands such as TK Maxx make or purchase some items which have been cheaply made without the same quality of fabric or stitching as those from the designer/branded shops they were supposed to have come from.


    I have definitely found that some- not all, but some things I've purchased from Sports Direct not retaining their shape or feeling as if the fabric is a little thin, it may not bother you and it is the choice of anyone who has the money to shop as they want, but I would be wary of shopping with Sports Direct online unless I knew exactly what I was buying.


    I end up sticking to the sales and Primark (the bra tops are great but be wary of the gym tops as they seem to shrink!) and Gap which when in the sale can be quite good- shopping online isn't so difficult in the sale as it is instore! I would also try Ebay but only if I know exactly what I wanted and had seen it in the actual branded shop, I've had too many bad experiences to not do this!


    I do think though that it is annoying and irritating that sports wear is so highly priced and so easily faked by cheaper Chinese factories!
  • aiza55
    aiza55 Posts: 9 Forumite
    the sport shop or a mall were else u could buy sport clothes

  • CharlieRabbit01
    CharlieRabbit01 Posts: 1,246 Forumite
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    jenniewb wrote: »
    I question the quality of Sports Direct. I have also read on this forum some time ago now that brands such as Nike can sell off copies of patterns they have to other companies who can then buy the patterns and rights to produce on mass the clothes they have the patterns for.


    The quality of the fabric and stitching does not have to be the same as if it was bought from Nike directly and so some items may not have the same quality or as high a quality. There was also a documentary on this not so long ago where it was said brands such as TK Maxx make or purchase some items which have been cheaply made without the same quality of fabric or stitching as those from the designer/branded shops they were supposed to have come from.


    I have definitely found that some- not all, but some things I've purchased from Sports Direct not retaining their shape or feeling as if the fabric is a little thin, it may not bother you and it is the choice of anyone who has the money to shop as they want, but I would be wary of shopping with Sports Direct online unless I knew exactly what I was buying.


    I end up sticking to the sales and Primark (the bra tops are great but be wary of the gym tops as they seem to shrink!) and Gap which when in the sale can be quite good- shopping online isn't so difficult in the sale as it is instore! I would also try Ebay but only if I know exactly what I wanted and had seen it in the actual branded shop, I've had too many bad experiences to not do this!


    I do think though that it is annoying and irritating that sports wear is so highly priced and so easily faked by cheaper Chinese factories!

    I'm not overly fussed on quality as long as it doesnt come apart in the gym!
  • fizzypotter
    fizzypotter Posts: 78 Forumite
    start fitness is another good website, I have used them with no problems
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