 Poster: A snowHead
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@jedstar why don't you use straps and clips mechanism for off piste?
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trees and avalanche risk
In trees you can get a pole grabbed - much better to let it go than get yanked round by your wrist. In an avalanche you want to shed gear so that it doesn't act as an anchor and can perhaps float to the surface giving a clue to where you might have gone. Now a lot of the time neither of these will really apply but using straps is a habit so I'd prefer not to have to remember to take them off.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@jester much appreciated.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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i dont use pole straps..and I'm just a piste skier. I just don't like them round my wrist. I have 1 pair of carbon poles because I didn't know any better when I bought my first skis. The ones I use most are the cheapest alu I could find in Flachau when I bought skis to leave out there.
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What do we think?
By the time I've added the spare baskets, I'm not going to be far off this cost. Not convinced by the colour though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Looks a good deal. Stupid colour of course but at that price you could probably afford to lose them
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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...or let my daughter paint them...
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What do we think?
By the time I've added the spare baskets, I'm not going to be far off this cost. Not convinced by the colour though. |
Not enough Flange! 
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I've looked at those black crows and they look very nice but 120 euros for a pair of sticks is silly IMO.
My trab touring ones are very similar except ally rather than composite and cost about 20 quid (albeit about 8 years ago)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@JackSkier,
They look excellent - one of my poles IS a tad bent... 
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to consider .. length, matching colour if thats your thing, retractable...
add ons ... pow baskets only (detachable loops ? shouldnt use loop debate )
only premium price to consider on a set of poles, is does it allow for your favourite tipple inside ?
poles break, get bent, get dented, get scratched, stolen, none are heavy, you dont need race poles, noone looks at them and thinks ooooooh nice poles ...... well, someone might
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You know it makes sense.
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Went for the £10 Decathlon ones as the more expensive ones there had non-changeable piste baskets and I'm going on the PreBB bash tomorrow (which I had no intention of doing when I started the thread). I'll probably keep an eye out for a special bargain though.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Penry wrote: |
| and I'm going on the PreBB bash tomorrow (which I had no intention of doing when I started the thread). |
5 days is a long time on snowHeads 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thread exhumation alert...
I’d love to have a pair of collapsible lightweight poles that I can use for piste skiing, gentletouring™️ and hiking (via ferrata descents with dodgy knees).
Does such a thing exist? Presumably I’d need the ability to swap baskets / tips to suit intended use?
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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