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Hiring boots before buying?
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Never hired boots before but need a new pair - just wondering what is the quality of hire boots these days?
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I don't think hiring will give an indication of what a properly fitted new pair, that suits your feet, will be like.
As for quality of hired boots - generally not bad, but can be variable. You often get what you pay for.
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I would add it is very country/resort specific as well.
What I have noticed is that the Austrian resorts tend to have best quality rental equipment (new and top level of kit) whereas French resorts tend to have worse quality rental equipment (dated and not top level).
Of course this is a generalization but something I have noticed.
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extremerob wrote:
...French resorts tend to have worse quality rental equipment (dated and not top level).
I take it you've never hired in Italy...
*Though it was just the kit in the hire shop our hotel had a discount deal with that was old and crap. I wanted to try some wider skis, which took a bit of hunting around all the hire shops to find and they were clearly not used but in perfect nick.
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