 Poster: A snowHead
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queen bodecia, maybe there's some correlation between the cheap pants and the fact you go through so many pairs. Buy well, buy once and all that.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Think we are all sorted from the end of season sales last year (though might need a new helmet as mine isn't where it should be which I suspect means it has been treated to the tender care my 7 year old dishes out!) but always a good sign winter is coming when all the surf and skateboard stuff in 2 Seasons in Derby goes into the sale to make space for the ski and board stuff! And I'm never one to pass up a bargain bit of ski kit in Tacky Max!
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Alans deep bath, I think ripping salopettes on chairlifts/boots/wooden seats would happen regardless of price paid. And buying big brand name stuff for whatever ludicrous amount does not guarantee quality. They are all made in the same sweat shops in the third world regardless of label.
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queen bodecia, give Skiwear4less in Tamworth a try, its a bit pot luck when you go in but you can find top name kit for Trespass prices if you get lucky, my Killy softshell trousers had a manufactures price ticket of €450 but were a rather more reasonable £40 in there and my daughters Westbeach jacket was £50 down from £150, guess it helped there aren't that many XS ladies about but it makes fashionably baggy snowboard gear for an 11 year old!
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Thanks for the tips folks. I don't shop online though. I need to try stuff on.
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| Alans deep bath, I think ripping salopettes on chairlifts/boots/wooden seats would happen regardless of price paid. And buying big brand name stuff for whatever ludicrous amount does not guarantee quality. They are all made in the same sweat shops in the third world regardless of label. |
This is only partly true. There is a huge difference between expensive fashion-oriented brands and expensive sports-oriented brands.
Certain fabrics and laminates have far better abrasion and tear resistance than the materials used in cheap or fashion ski wear. These fabrics are expensive but made to last. Mountaineers cannot afford to wear jacket or pants that will tear on a rock face because that could be a life endangering situation in bad weather. Same for backcountry skiers.
These brands are definitely worth the money if you do that level of sport. Or if you don't want to have to replace your gear each season because of some minor mishap.
If you tot up your ski pants purchases over the years, would they exceed the cost of a single pair of expensive, well-constructed, hard-wearing ski pants that would still be going strong? I'm not saying buying expensive is the only way to go but only that sometimes it is cheaper in the long run.
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To get this thread back on track, this season's beanie arrived in the post yesterday, so finally some new gear stoke in my household 
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Just come back from Bielefeld, Germany and the big Sports Scheck there has new ski wear ranges in - Spyder, Schofell, North Face etc plus some brands I didn't know. Ziener and White Season stuff in particular looks really nice and seems great value (even at dopey exchange rate). Just had a quick look online and Ziener doesn't seem to be available in UK. I managed to buy a jacket I didn't need and increasingly think I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops!
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Just come back from Bielefeld, Germany and the big Sports Scheck there has new ski wear ranges in - Spyder, Schofell, North Face etc plus some brands I didn't know. Ziener and White Season stuff in particular looks really nice and seems great value (even at dopey exchange rate). Just had a quick look online and Ziener doesn't seem to be available in UK. I managed to buy a jacket I didn't need and increasingly think I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops!
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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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Just come back from Bielefeld, Germany and the big Sports Scheck there has new ski wear ranges in - Spyder, Schofell, North Face etc plus some brands I didn't know. Ziener and White Season stuff in particular looks really nice and seems great value (even at dopey exchange rate). Just had a quick look online and Ziener doesn't seem to be available in UK. I managed to buy a jacket I didn't need and increasingly think I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops!
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Just come back from Bielefeld, Germany and the big Sports Scheck there has new ski wear ranges in - Spyder, Schofell, North Face etc plus some brands I didn't know. Ziener and White Season stuff in particular looks really nice and seems great value (even at dopey exchange rate). Just had a quick look online and Ziener doesn't seem to be available in UK. I managed to buy a jacket I didn't need and increasingly think I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops!
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You know it makes sense.
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Just come back from Bielefeld, Germany and the big Sports Scheck there has new ski wear ranges in - Spyder, Schofell, North Face etc plus some brands I didn't know. Ziener and White Season stuff in particular looks really nice and seems great value (even at dopey exchange rate). Just had a quick look online and Ziener doesn't seem to be available in UK. I managed to buy a jacket I didn't need and increasingly think I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops!
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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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Just come back from Bielefeld, Germany and the big Sports Scheck there has new ski wear ranges in - Spyder, Schofell, North Face etc plus some brands I didn't know. Ziener and White Season stuff in particular looks really nice and seems great value (even at dopey exchange rate). Just had a quick look online and Ziener doesn't seem to be available in UK. I managed to buy a jacket I didn't need and increasingly think I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops!
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Poster: A snowHead
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ian999, you're a very bad person. 50 lines. "I shouldn't be allowed in ski shops". Just 44 more.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zero-G, to some extent the same is true of motorcycle gear. Most branded gear is made in the same factories in Pakistan or Turkey, but the difference between the cheapest non-leather gear and the next range up is polyester (grabby, not especially abrasion resistant) to cordura (smooth, very abrasion resistant). In the past I have applied the same principles to ski clothing, don't buy the cheapest of the cheap, but the next range up does the job, especially since I only ski once or twice a year.
I've got through 3 pairs of salopettes over the last 5 years, total cost £97. I can probably afford to spend around £50 this time, so I shall see what seems best (and what fits) for that money.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ive never understood why anyone would pay 'new seasons' prices when every year the same stuff is put on the shelves but just in 'new seasons' colours.
IMO Shop end of season or even summer and you can get some excelent branded kit at great prices.
So what if its last years colours. 
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So what if its last years colours
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Black, so last year so next year...
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valais2, It has crippled my finances, but i had laid down a deposit for at trip to tux at the end of October. Dono how im going to pay for it 
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My jacket is purple. I fear if I also had purple salos I'd risk looking like a giant plum. 
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go for the full set, purple skis and boots as well 
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CEM has his stock in at solutions 4 feet
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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.
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jackets are in tkmaxx but no salopettes yet! Was in the stephens green store in Dublin, I asume its the same in england/scotland/wales 
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And if anyone is interested in secondhand stuff then my OH reports that there appears to be much more on ebay now for children than a few weeks ago.
He seems to be happily sitting at his computer buying stuff for our grandchildren - on the basis that if they don't like it, doesn't fit etc its only been a couple of bob. A very nice boys ski suit apparently now bought for the four year old from French ebay.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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was in txmaxx on wed during lunch, they had the jackets in stock but no salopetts! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Pam W. I am doing my 44 lines now but I have no idea why my post appeared 6 times. Its not like it was that interesting and needed ramming home. I must not be allowed in ski shops.....I must.......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Pam W. I am doing my 44 lines now but I have no idea why my post appeared 6 times. Its not like it was that interesting and needed ramming home. I must not be allowed in ski shops.....I must.......
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Now twice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ian999, you only need to click that submit button once. That may help
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