Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I heard about this bra after the Shark Tank episode aired, and my mother contacted me about it. I'm a lifelong athlete and I've been strapping these boobs down for athletic pursuits for about 23 of my years, so I am constantly on the hunt for the perfect sports bra. This is NOT IT. I wanted to love it, I really did. I ignored the red flags: None of the marketing ads showed women actually doing anything bouncy, all the women in the ads appeared to have breast implants (which is great, but totally changes what they need from a sports bra), and it appeared to have several of the problems I've encountered previously, which I will detail below. I ordered anyway, and I should have listened to myself. My current activities include running (bouncy), Jazzercise (super bouncy), cycling (less bouncy), and Crossfit (intermittently bouncy). 1) Sizing: Women with large breasts on a comparably much smaller frame know that you need cup sizing in anything, including sports bras. Without cup sizing, it's always the same: if it fits my boobs, the band is too large. If the band fits, my boobs look like they're being squeezed out all around the bra like Silly Putty. So the idea of an adjustable band seemed like a great way to overcome this. I was on the cusp of two sizes, so I ordered the smaller one. I have the band as tight as it will go - no velcro left to go tighter - so I know I couldn't go up a size. The cups seem just a bit small, which means less bounce control. 2) Bounce control: I was concerned when looking at the bra online that there is a lot of cleavage, which means there is not much coverage on top. That's fine if your breasts are mostly implants that are held down by the pectoral muscles, but natural boob-slingers know that they bounce up every bit as much as they bounce down. Well, I was right. There is little to nothing to keep upward bounce under wraps. SHEfit has fallen into the same trap many sports bras fall into: they rely heavily on shoulder straps to control bounce. When the straps are in H-back, we're talking pure earthquake-simulating chaos. Worse than my regular non-sports bras. When it's in X-back, I can get some decent control if I tighten the straps enough. But the straps are narrow, so it doesn't take long before they are cutting into my traps. So then I get to choose between tit-sloshing and bruised traps. I could not wait to get out of this thing after my workouts. 3) Comfort: I've already addressed the miserable discomfort involved in controlling bounce, so here's what I have to say about general comfort. The base/band and cups of this bra are substantial. It's like wearing a "device," not a bra. Which I would be fine with, if it worked. Just know it feels bulky and looks weird under clothes - the adjustable band sticks out under a shirt and so does the front zipper, creating a weird lump at the top of your cleavage. The band and straps adjust with a hook & loop closure, and no matter how I adjusted it the scratchy part kept finding its way to my skin. I ended my workouts with my shirt stuffed up under the band where the scratchy part was. 4) Other: And speaking of the zipper... When I tried to wear the bra in H-back, the zipper lasted about ten seconds and then shot down to the bottom, releasing my tatas like floodwaters. I tried again, with the same result. This thing was touted to be a game-changer in the world of sports bras for large-breasted women. It is not. At all. They've made all the same mistakes their predecessors have, and the few areas of innovation are done inelegantly and ineffectively.