 Poster: A snowHead
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| alex_heney wrote: |
No lock will stop a determined thief. It will only ever prevent the opportunist taking them, or them being picked up by mistake. |
2 good reasons to lock them up I would say. I use a fairly flimsy wire combination lock (easy to carry and only a few seconds to use), but I figure that as the vast majority of skis are totally unlocked, why would a determined thief bother to nick my locked skis? So far I've never had a pair stolen, fingers crossed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Usually lock mine but I managed to break the lock a couple of weeks ago. All I did was tug it lightly to see the combination and it broke where the cable enters the lock. Also, make sure you have a light of some kind as it may well be dark when you come out of the bar. Not that I've ever struggled with a combination in the dark following a few beers. 
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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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A handy pair of wire cutters can be useful.... 
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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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I use a dakine combination lock. It's good!
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| alex_heney wrote: |
| AB Ski wrote: |
If my skis were stolen when I'd left them unattended and unlocked I'd anticipate the insurance company might be awkward. |
Not necessarily. The wording in my Direct Travel policy from last year, under what they will not pay for is theft when:
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Winter sports equipment you have left unattended in a public place unless the claim relates to skis, poles or
snowboards and you have taken all reasonable care to protect them by leaving them in a ski rack between
8am and 6pm
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Most of the policies I have had in the last few years have been fairly similar. They don't expect you to lock them outside mountain restaurants. |
When my skis were stolen and I tried to claim the excess back they wounding pay as they werent locked. They said I hadn't taken "reasonable care". There was nothing specific in the policy about this. Luckily I took insurance with the rental shop which covered the most of the cost but the excess was 150 euro.
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I use one of these where possible:
http://www.skikey.com/
Some resorts have special ski/board racks that you slot your equipment in and then use the Skikey to fix a locking bar across the slot. They are only the size of a matchbox and so not much to carry around.
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| a.j. wrote: |
| But why would anyone WANT my crappy rental skis? |
Because they've arrived in resort and want to save the cost of the rental fee for a few days. Rentals are so commonplace noone would take a second look at them. Pinch them, ski them, dump them. Far less likely to get caught than if they pinched a set of brand new, unusual skis.
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Yes but they have already had to get up the mountain and down to where my skis are (As noted by several folks already I don't leave them in the village or gondola stops as I agree that is a little more likely.) I'd be surprised if anyone would risk it for an upgrade to red skis from blue 
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