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Does anyone still require bathing caps in public pools? I plan to visit a public pool in May and I'm wondering if I need to bring one of these things along just in case.
Charlie
I wear one to stop my hair getting wet - I go swimming at night after work and it's cold outside. Also it's a pain trying to swim with your hair waving in your face.
Just gotta be careful that the bathing cap doesn't rip your hair out when you take it off! (Use talcum powder to dry it off).
Okie, depends on the pool - i used to work in a pool where caps were mandatory - and the only person who was exempt was this big TOTALLY bald guy - If you have seen Braveheart - he is the torturer dude at the end of the film, he was in Far and Away too, as one of the other fighters.
ANyway - theree main types of caps - Cloth - Latex and Silicone, cloth obviously wont keep your hair dry - but it keeps it out of your eyes/mouth/passing swimmers hands etc...
Latex - cheaper then the silicone ones keeps hair dry-ish - but are rough on hair - anyone who tied their hair back with elastic bands knows how they are relaly damaging. Yes - talcum helps.
Silicone - thicker and more expensive than latex hats but much comfier, kinder, easier to put on/take off and also keep hair dry-ish.
Gar