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FURSUIT REVIEW FORM

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Your Username
https://twitter.com/Zin0tter


Name of Maker and Links
https://www.rumwolf.net/


Your Relationship With The Maker
The maker is NOT a friend


Item Being Reviewed
Character name, type of commission, etc. This will be used to help title the submission on FursuitReview
Zin the Otter fullsuit in a toony style as a commission.


Species of Character
Otter



Photos of Completed Product
https://twitter.com/Zin0tter/status.....37961177817089


Price Paid
1750 USD paid in a lump sum


Do you have any prior experience with fursuits?
Yes, I've fursuited heavily with one other suit and attend cons regularly for the past 2 years.


How many hours have you worn/used the item(s) you're reviewing?
Give your best estimate.
15


Date Commissioned or Bought
December 2018


Date Completed or Shipped
March 2019

Shipping Origin
United States

Did the maker finish the item by the expected date (ETA)?
YES - the ETA was accurate


Did you tell the maker about any issues you had?
Yes, there were several issues that the maker was made aware of.

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HEAD
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the head of the costume. If you are reviewing only a set of ears, your answers would also go in this section.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear this piece of your costume.
The head is comfortable. The lining on the inside is soft. It is somewhat of a loose fit and has a tendency to move around if you make a sudden movement. The head was bought pre-made in an auction, so the one-size-fits all fitment is understandable. Breathability, eyesight, and weight are all average. Hearing is very difficult with head.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume piece looks from the outside.
I think the head looked better in person than the photos that I saw before purchasing it. The fur seems kind of cheap, but no significant problems yet. On close inspection, you can see where the fur was shaved too short and the backing material is visible. The eyes are very dark, but that appears to be typical with this fursuit maker. To my astonishment the black dots on the muzzle were airbrushed. I was very dissatisfied with this, so I cut them off and glued felt replacements.

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BODY
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the body of the costume.
If you are reviewing armsleeves or legs/pants that are seperate from a bodysuit, your answers would also go in this section.
(Appendages, such as hands, feet, tails, etc., are discussed later.)

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear this piece of your costume.
The fitment of the body suit was very bad. I sent a duct-tape dummy to the maker for this commission, but the fitment of the body was far too small and tight. I could not lift my arms above my shoulders nor could I bend over. The first time I wore the body suit at a convention, several seams broke, even with only moderate activity. After the first 3-4 hours of fursuiting, there were 4-6" rips in the shoulder seams, armpit seams had popped, and seams in the crotch had opened up. There was also a 1" rip in the fur in the abdomen area. Seams were machine stitched, but the durability seemed a little sub-par. To my disappointment, the front zipper and zipper to attach the tail were loosely hand-stitched using a blanket stitch.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume piece looks from the outside.
Outside appearance is fine. The neck is cut pretty low and is sometimes visible.

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HANDS AND FEET
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the hands and feet of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
The feet paws are very good very comfortable and uses the sock-like construction. The hand paws also are comfortable and easy to put on and remove.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
Feet paws look great!

I was happy that the maker said that he prefers 5-fingered hand paws when commissioning them. However, the construction is too big, and the paws look toony and clumsy. There's also a large difference in the size of the sleeves of the body and the hand paws, and that makes it look like i'm wearing gloves.

I requested resin claws on the hands and feet, however, I did not receive either of those.

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TAILS
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the tail(s) of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
Tail is fine. It has a belt loop and zipper that attaches it to the body. I believe the tail is stuffed with poly-fil with some foam reinforcement at the base. The tail tends to twist to one side when wearing it. The zipper is well hidden when attached to the body. The tail zipper was hot glued to the fur and it began to separate at my second convention with the suit (8-10hrs of wear). I reattached the tail zipper by hand stitching it to the fur, and will hopefully see better results than the hot glue. The zipper that attaches the tail in the body suit is loosely stitched using a blanket stitch, and I think I will replace that in the future.

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
The tail looks great and very natural when attached. It is long and just barely does not drag the floor, which is great. It was a little thinner than I expected.

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OVERALL SATISFACTION
The following questions ask how satisfied you are with the overall buying experience, including your interactions with the maker and the resulting final product.

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How well does everything fit together and match up?
As I mentioned above, there was very bad fitment, and bad mis-matches between the body and hand paws.


How easy was it to initially contact the maker for a quote?
Easy, they were responsive to their emails.


How satisfied are you with the response time from the maker?
How long did it take the maker to get back to you?
Initial contact was good, but near the completion of the suit I received no updates or feedback.


How satisfied are you with the professionalism and customer service and of the maker?
Communication was bad at the end of the commission. I received no WIPs. I was told that I would get pictures of the fursuit and it would be shipped out at the end of the week. However, I never received pictures, and the suit was not shipped out until two weeks later. I never received a tracking number for the package. I was not informed that a signature would be required for delivery, and I had to pick up the package from the post office after a failed delivery.

I even paid for some additional features, and did not receive them because the maker forgot.These payments were promptly refunded to me when I brought it up.


How satisfied are you with how long your project took to complete?
I was pleasantly surprised that the maker was able to complete the commission before my next convention.


Are you happy with the product you received?
No, the construction of some parts were very shoddy, and seems like a cheaply-done fursuit.


Describe your overall experience with this maker.
I believe this maker was generally careless when constructing my suit. I detailed exactly what I wanted in my commission in a document that I sent to the maker. Some features that I listed there were ignored, such as the resin claws.

I had a multiple construction issues with my fursuit, and took on the repairs myself, because I believed that I could make better repairs than the maker. I informed the maker of all of my issues and we negotiated a partial refund where they shipped me enough fur to make a second bodysuit and repair my existing suit (value of about $350).

I will continue to fix the flaws that I find after each convention I go to.

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FINAL SCORE
FursuitReview scores by having you answer the following question: Would you recommend this maker to another?
Pick one of the scores below that you feel honestly reflects your commissioning experience as a whole, including the quality of your item(s), the appearance, and how you were treated by the maker.

NO


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[YES] Positive = The reviewer would recommend this maker to another
[OK] Neutral = The reviewer may or may not recommend this maker, depending on certain circumstances (reviewer clarifies what these are)
[NO] Negative = The reviewer would not recommend this maker to another, unless the maker significantly changes their practices

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