First, I just want to preface this review by stating that I ordered this size being fully aware that the band would be too big for me. My best fitting size right now is actually 30JJ or 32J (I am wearing most of my 32 banded bras on the tightest hook), but there are very few options for sports bras above HH cup. I have tried the Freya Active underwired sports bra before, but the shape was too pointy and spread east/west for me to feel comfortable wearing it. I decided to give this one a try because: 1) I read reviews that the ... band was quite snug and 2) this bra relies on compression rather than encapsulation, so I figured that'd give me a little wiggle room to work with even it if didn't fit perfectly.

So, the fit.....well, the band is definitely too big. I tried it on the tightest hooks immediately and still could pull it from my body. It did feel comfortable, though. The cups may even be a tad bit on the small side as well; after I scooped and swooped, I had quadboob (and my boobs felt like they were up to my neck.) I love the straps, though. Every bra I own is guilty of having straps too far apart, so I immediately fell in love with the pulled in straps on this bra.

I jogged in place for a minute to test the bounce control, and it actually wasn't too bad, considering the band was too large. I can imagine in the proper size, this bra would allow NO movement! I think for now this bra will work fine for my purposes, and if I don't get tons of life out of it, I'm not too disappointed since I didn't pay much for it. I'd much rather wear this one bra than 2 or 3 cheap Champion stretchy sports bras like I have been doing for the past few years. I'm in terrible shape, so it will probably be some time before I will graduate to needing anything for really high-impact activities anyway.

Did I mention it was pretty? I am soooooooooo sick of black and white bras, so I love how fun the colors are. It might make me actually want to exercise!

Also, I wanted to add that it was refreshing to see a company actually put the correct US size on their label (since most companies seem to put the US & UK size as the same when they're clearly not!)
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Although this bra technically "fits"me, I don't think this a right fit at all. The straps feel like they are holding up the weight of my boobs and my shoulders hurt almost instantly. This sports bra works by compression, and I feel like if I exercised in this my boobs would sweat in the middle. Also this is supposed to be a high impact sports bra but my boobs wiggle way too much. I put it on the middle hook and that controlled the wiggle some, but I definitely could not power walk in this. Perhaps in a smaller cup size this bra holds the girls in, but ... not in a HH. Although their was no quad boob, my boobs were trying to escape on the sides. I would have like to go up to a J to see if maybe that would be a better fit, but alas, this only goes up to a HH and the band runs true to size so a 36 would be way too big. This bra also gave me no support, my boobs were hanging and the straps were already uncomfortable so I was not going to tighten them. I am sending this bra back. Perhaps encapsulating brasare the way to go for me.
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