simon you have a pretty oldschool approach. If your lifts are moving up, there is no problem. I think you could make faster progress - but progress is progress.
Im not saying the gear doesnt matter 1ply vs 2ply, but i think the less depth is adding more then the gear. The new generation of single ply squat suits are very damn good. Even the metal V-type I have is pretty comparible to many 2ply suits.
Without a doubt the most common shirt at the 2ply meet i was at last weekend was a singleply katana. There was i think a 700lbs press done in one, 600 @ 198 (actually that was a f6), for the record - the guy who did 600 said he has not benched 400 yet. The guy who did 7 raw pressed mid 4s the year before. 200-250lbs is not unreasonable if you are really good in a shirt and have a real strong lockout.
I train with some singleply guys, they train exactly the same way as me, just squat to a lower box and walk them out once in a while. They are some of the better ipf lifters in canada, actually some national record holders. One other thing to consider - is who you are training with. In canada/usa if you find a group of powerlifters, pretty damn unlikely that they will be singleply lifters.
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