Pearljam

Band: The back of the bra band keeps riding up, causing me have to tug it down all the time.
Gore: It does not lie flat. When I first put the bra on and adjust everything into place, it only touches my body, at the top and bottom, with a slight gap between the breast bone and the gore on the area in between. As I wear it, the band slides up at the back and the gore pops out at the top.
Cups: My breast spills out of top of bra on larger breast(left), but fit well all around the rest of both breasts
Underwire: Does not lie quiet flat against my rib cage, it sort of clings to the bottom of my breasts instead. However, the underwire, is shaped well for my breast root I think. This underwire shape is the best of any bra I have tried and fits perfectly along the curve of my breast where it hits, even under my arms and in length.
Straps: Tight, but I can fit two fingers underneath easily

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Band: feels tight, no wire, so fabric of band touches and hugs my rib cage, but roles up all the way around body
Gore: There is no gore the whole bra is a complete uni-bra on me
Cups: there is slight spillage at the top of the bra from my left, larger breast, but as there is all that extra room in the middle of the bra, it fits quiet well otherwise and feels fine. It fits the side of the breasts very well.
Straps: There is no adjustment on the straps, but they fit. My only comment would be that they feel a bit tight at the back ... of the shoulder (after an hour or two they have left an indent of the clasp on my back) while at the same time they feel a little loose at the front, just above the apex of the strap. Otherwise, overall they feel okay, but if I had the option I would experiment with the length to find something that felt a bit more comfortable.

This bra feels very supportive, if a bit small.
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Band: Good, it does not pull up, but it does roll up across the bottom at the back. It feels tight, but I can still put both of my palms under the band at the sides and easily pull it away from my body.
Gore: Does not ever lie flat on my breast. It floats above the gap between the breasts, resting on the sides of the breasts.
Cups: I spill out of top on both cups, a lot on the larger breast (left) and less but sitll too much to wear on the smaller breast. (more than the Elomi -Caitlyn in the same size 42FF(UK))
Underwire: does ... not lies flat against my rib cage anywhere except for at the very side of the bra just before it curves up on the side of the body under the armpit. Follows my root of both breast okay, but comes a little into the breast near the outside under the arm.
Straps: tight, but I can fit two fingers underneath easily

Back when I bought this bra, and I was smaller, it was very comfortable and pretty.
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This bra was good enough to wear even though it did not fit perfectly, so I wore it until I broke the wire on the right had side (my smaller breast). I am doing this review after the fact using the fit of the bra now.

Band: Okay. I can still put both of my palms under the band at the sides and easily pull it away a few inches from my body.
Gore: Does not ever lie flat. It floats above the gap between the breasts.
Cups: I spill out of top of both cups, and spills out of bra on smaller breast where the wire is ... broken on the side. Either the wire from the larger breast is pulling the bra over towards its side or the smaller breast is wider. (the wires on my smaller breast are always the ones that get broken or poke out the top at the gore, no idea why)
Underwire: lies flat against my rib cage except for at the very front of the bra which clings to the breasts. the Underwire follows the root of both breast okay, but comes in a little too much on the smaller breast near the outside under the arm.
Straps: tight, but I can fit two fingers underneath easily

I put good under quality, because even though the wire broke, I am pretty sure that had more to do with me forcing it then the quality of the bra.
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Band: Band is to big and rides up at back a lot, as well as roles up upon itself along the back.
Gore: Does not lie flat. In fact it sticks out at the top and leans to the right in a way that makes it seem as if it becomes part of the right hand cup which is the cup around my smaller breast. It touches at the bottom.
Cups: There is a gap between the apex of the strap/top part of the bra and the breasts. This is a large gap on the smaller breast, and a much smaller one on the larger breast. Some of ... the material on the bottom and sides of the both cups are resting on rib cage, instead of holding breast tissue.
Underwire: It lies flat against my rib cage, but well under my breasts, the gap getting wider the farther away from the center of the bra. The wires are larger than my roots, and higher then I would like under the armpits. They can poke into my flesh there.
Straps: fine, maybe a little loose on smaller breast, but that might just be the gap due to the large cup in relation to my breast size.
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The Elomi Energise 42 FF(UK) fits and feels firm (as sports bras tend to) but fine. The size of the cups is too small as there is a little spillage out the top of the front and the sides under the arms. Beggars cant be choosy and I have not found a more supportive bra in a band size bigger than 42FF. I am always looking though , so will take any suggestions offered. Still with the extra material and support, it holds everything in better than a regular bra, and my solution is to double up with a second bra. I pair it with a Goddess sports bra (5056) which covers the spillage and flattens everything into a secure package. It does not remove all the bounce, but it does reduce it, so I don't get whiplash during an aerobics class. As I said if there are any suggestions for alternatives that have worked, I am open to hearing about them.

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