Simple Joys Carters Swimsuit Rashguard Reviews Summary

Quality and Material

Pros:

• "Good quality, true to size and nice colors."
• "Carter's is a brand I trust to be well-made and lasting."
• "Very nice quality stretch fabric."
• "The fabric is great quality and love the colors and great coverage."
• "Material feels high quality."
• "The quality of this set is really nice and the pattern is adorable."
• "The fabric is really nice on both pieces - appears really well made, too."

Cons:

• "I would not recommend this swimsuit and rash guard. It gave our son a rash both timing he wore it."
• "Nice bathing suit for the price, but not the same quality as regular Carter’s."
• "The only issue is that it is not chlorine resistant. After a few weeks of daily use, the fabric goes all soft and transparent."
• "The quality of the material was not so great. After one use the top started shredding,and the ajustable strap from the bottom started to shred too."
• "The item was a great deal, the short’s quality is great, but the shirt was was already having fir balls and the threads were coming loose after 3 wears and 3 wash."
• "Sleeves have thread pulled and shorts have seams in random places."
• "I love the carters brand, but I won’t be buying this 'Simple Joys by Carters' again."

Design and Style

Pros:

• "Little one loved the sharks on the rashguard and the whale pants."
• "I love this suit so much. Great quality, great coverage and sun protection, cute saying and great colors!"
• "Obviously, the design is very cute...which little boy doesn't love dinosaurs?"
• "I love the design options and my son loved the dinosaur surfing."
• "The alligator design was a definite plus. Who doesn’t like killer living dinosaurs?"
• "Love the color and design."
• "The design is adorable and colors are vibrant."

Cons:

• "The thing that take away from the suit is that the decal in the front keep melting/deteriorating and sticks to itself, resulting in a patchy front decal that looks really weathered."
• "Bought this set for my pirate-loving little fella who’s worn this 5 times or less since then and noticed today that the graphic has completely fallen apart on it."
• "The rash guard fabric is very nice but the shark is not printed, it seems like one of those plastic patches that are ironed to clothes."
• "The drawings on the swimsuit started peeling after one wash."
• "However, after 3 days of wear and 4 washes the ship and lettering is peeling off the sunshirt."
• "Super cute pattern BUT Within one week of beach vacation the applique on the top is detaching from the shirt."
• "Liked the swimsuit, thought it was adorable - lettering starts to peel off after a few washes unfortunately."

Fit and Size

Pros:

• "This swimsuit is perfect. It fits him perfectly and the shorts are not tight like other I have bought him."
• "Order your size. My son wears 4T and it fits perfectly."
• "Size 4 fit my 4 year old great (he’s above average height and at average weight)."
• "It fits perfectly."
• "Fits true to size and has not faded even though it has been worn constantly this summer."
• "This fit my 7 month old perfectly."
• "This swimsuit ensemble fit my 5 year old perfectly."

Cons:

• "The bottoms are pretty tight though. I purchased the 12m size."
• "So upset about the purchase bought two and they don't fit they are falling off my 4 year old boy even when I tie it it falls off."
• "The fit was a little small, I got my son’s size and the shorts are good but the shirt won’t last another summer."
• "Very nice quality. My son usually wears 5T so that’s what I purchased. The bottoms are way too big for him, recommend sizing down one size."
• "It’s huge! Definitely fits like a 6-7 but we dealt with it."
• "This bathing suit seemed big for my son."
• "The swimsuit appeared to be well made, however, it was way too big. Sizing was 2T to 3T."

Sun Protection and Comfort

Pros:

• "The shirt has long sleeves but is very breathable material so your child won’t get to warm."
• "No sun burn after 2 days of beach play - I could see his lower legs got tanner being exposed in the sun, while the parts that were covered by the outfit did not, so that confirmed its sun protection ability."
• "The material is thin and provides sun protection to my son."
• "The shirt provides great sun protection."
• "The long sleeves protect him from any sunburn and the material keeps him cool."
• "This swimsuit is perfect for kids that sunburn easily! Saves so much time and stress not having to sunscreen every 30 minutes."
• "Provides great protection against the sun."