FreyaWomen's octane Underwire High Impact Sports Bra

Nov.UPDATE: Old listing got deleted and merged with the Galaxy (Yet the Purple Haze is still separate🤔). What I said about the cup shape is still true. My relaxed breast shape always sinks to the bottom and needs readjusting in order to wear this center-cupped bra comfortably. I'm now a 30 band and the 2nd hook works fantastic! The side elastic & straps do dig in after long use tho. I dutifully followed the washing instructions and nothing bad has happened. Sorry in advance for any image quality degradation, I had to re-download the pics cuz no way am I going to scroll back to the time I took them lol. ****All the following is the review I posted back in August. (Don't worry, I'll try to find time to submit the Galaxy print review so this one makes more sense):In my review of the galaxy print variant of this bra, I said that I would order a 34H to get the optimal fit. Well...this one isn't, and it doesn't have any of the support from when I first tried on the 32H Galactic blue. I tried tightening the 34H on the 2nd & 3rd row of hooks but, although feeling perfectly snug each row, I still had bad bounce. And this was with the straps shortened all the way down. The whole bra just felt too roomy tbh. There was a large gap in the top part of the cups while my breasts just sunk to the bottom with no compression. It /was/ comfortable to wear, just couldn't wear it for its purpose, a sports bra.So, I returned the 34H Pure Leopard and...exchanged it for a 32GG. AND THAT WAS BAD TOO! Picture here shows the amount of depth in the cups. My left boob, which is a cup size bigger, was absolutely squished with severe quadding. My right breast, which is a GG, fit snugly in the cup. In fact, when I jumped, I had less bounce than with the 34H PL (but still more than the 32H Galactic). But even my right breast still had about 1 inch of exposed tissue at the side of the cup, so I'm returning it. The 32 band loosest hook was snug, not initially suffocating like the Galactic's 32 band. So I choose to believe that the PL type runs larger than the other kind.Something that I underestimated this bra on was the 'FREYA ACTIVE' straps. Although I was excited at the prospect of wider straps for comfort, the picture made the material look off🙅‍♀️. But no! I apologize in advance for my explanation, but think of the straps like a regular t-shirt kind of material, or like a thinner version of soft 100% cotton socks. I didn't even notice them when I was wearing the bra! Unlike the Galactic color with thinner, more hard straps. It's great, personally I think all the High Octane bras should have this PL's straps.....so this all means I chose the right size all along 🤦‍♀️ 32H FTW, I will be getting this next.Future me notes app edit: Alright, I got 32H, and it fits perfectly! 🥰 my first assessment was right, the Pure Leopard variant does seem to run a little bigger. But that's fine, I'm gonna lose weight and have to change bras anyway.Please Freya, make a variant of this bra in all black!

This bra runs small. Also it is stiff and did not fit my shape. I am 47 and wear a 36 DDD so I need a lot of support. This bra feels like I am stuffing my chest into a mold that belongs to someone else!

I should have gone down a band size and up a cup size like I do with the dynamic bra— this one has weirdly shaped cups that squash the top part of your boobs and still doesn’t reduce bounce. Wish I hadn’t kept it.