Here are the results of the BJJ gi survey. A second survey will be coming out soon that fixes some problems with the first. For example, you couldn’t match durability or sizing problems to a specific gi (since they were all lumped together).
The data collected could be sliced and analyzed in more ways than I’m showing below, so I’m offering it in CSV for anyone who wants to crunch the numbers. Here’s an example: The top three favorite brands were Atama, Gameness and Koral. But that’s not a big surprise when they are the three brands most people own and most people only have 1-3 gis. What would be interesting to see is of the people who own these brands and others, are they still their favorite?
BJJ Gi Survey Spreadsheet — Download CSV · View as HTML
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who owns more than 10 gis?
I’m wondering..The ones who machine dry their gi’s – are they pre-shrunk and you’re just not afraid of it going down more?
@Rokudan:
My gi was not pre-shrunk and I hung it to dry for the first two months. The collar would never completely dry out though and eventually it got mildew.. blech. I decided to throw it in the dryer on the next wash and was surprised that there was very very little size change. I machine dry every time now and haven’t noticed any changes. It tightens up a bit but after you put it on and warm up for about 4-5 minutes it’s back to normal… kind of like if you put blue jeans in the dryer.
FYI I have a Shiroi JJ Standard gi (http://www.shiroi.com.br) Excellent product.
tadams,
can you please help me order a shiroi gi?