 Poster: A snowHead
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Noticed a bunch of sales on ski equipment lately. End of season mixed with the pandemic. I’m looking to
buy my first pair of ski boots (Salomon s/pro 100 or 120). Would these be recommended for an intermediate skiier? Only skii’d 3 times but pretty comfortable skiing most red runs.
Or is it wise to wait a while as prices may drop again throughout the year?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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don't buy ski boots off the internet unless you really know what you're looking for. it really is a case of buy cheap, buy twice
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@nba2005uk, how standard are your feet? The three times you've skied have you had any boot pain?
The general advice is to go to a good bootfitter when they have their full stock in at the start of the season. They will assess what boot is right for you and custom fit it. It costs but that cost is relatively little over the lifetime of the boot but it ensures pain free skiing.
For the more standard feet you may get away with "out of the box" boots. And while they claim the Salomon s/pro fits 70% of people out of the box you have to take that with a pinch of salt.
If you can say which area of the country you live people can recommend a boot fitter.
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I’m in Cardiff Wales and the only shop I know of around here is Coyoti ski. The boots I wanted were around £150 in there. Apparently theres a lot of adjustables in the S/pro 120’s? Was worried the flex may be a little stiff. I’m 6’3, 90kg. Size 11uk pretty standard size feet possibly a little wider if anything.
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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 am 6'4" 100kg, advanced but over 50 - and I ski 110 flex. But flex is not a scientific value so manufacturers/models can vary. If I was you I'd go for 100.
By the way, I doubt prices will drop. Retailers will be have their residual stock on sale at this time of the season anyhow and even more so given the season has been curtailed and companies are struggling.
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| nba2005uk wrote: |
| I’m in Cardiff Wales and the only shop I know of around here is Coyoti ski. The boots I wanted were around £150 in there. Apparently theres a lot of adjustables in the S/pro 120’s? Was worried the flex may be a little stiff. I’m 6’3, 90kg. Size 11uk pretty standard size feet possibly a little wider if anything. |
£150 is a wonderful price as long as they fit that is. You are unlikely to get that much better.
Why wait as you are unlikely to save much more anyway.
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| richjp wrote: |
| £150 is a wonderful price as long as they fit that is. |
That's the $64m question.
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$64m seems steep, even for properly fitted boots.
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Sales generally start around mid to late March up to the end of the season then June and July prices are slashed further. Problem being the availability so if you find something now its a good bet to pull the trigger. Bargains are had up til August but you need to be lucky to find something earmarked now.
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Just bought some ski boots. I'm a size 42 foot and things tend to run out in that size. If you have odd size feet you may be able to wait and get better deals.
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Sorry I meant they’re around £150 more in my local shop lol.
£200 online and £350 in local shop (approx)
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You know it makes sense.
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@nba2005uk, £200 is a great price for that boot. If it fits out the box great. If not, then take it to a good bootfitter. They'll charge what they would have done for customisation and footbed anyhow plus maybe £50 consultation.
TBH, I think it's more optimal to go straight to a good bootfitter. But then I am not totally standard foot wise and I am fortunate these days to have the funds to get a great fitting boot.
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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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Speaking as someone who has committed the sin of buying online, but successfully, I’d make the following observations.
1. I’d never have done it if I’d only skied 3 weeks.
2. Do you know what your mondo size is (if you don’t, alarm bells start ringing)..?
3. Buy the boots that fit you, these are not necessarily the ones that win best on test awards or come recommended..
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Poster: A snowHead
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@nba2005uk, I know its slightly against the advice above, but my view, especially if its your first pair of boots (and therefore by default its all a bit new) is to buy from an experienced boot fitter at one of the better ski sports shops in town when you next go on holiday. The advantage is that you can get them fitted, and ski on them the rest of the week and keep calling back into the shop as often as you like for tweeks here and there if required. They may be a bit more expensive than buying in the sales, but even so they may have some of last seasons boots on offer, dont forget they probably sell 10x the volume of boots in the larger shops in resort than you can buy in UK so tend to have all boots in many sizes so you can try loads on before makinga decision. They stay open late so you're not missing skiing time.
My experience of buying boots here in UK is not good tbph, my wife was sold a pair of boots by a specialist touring shop locally to where I live that were clearly too big (none of the above mentioned btw), I've been sold boots in the past that were the wrong last for my feet, and sold them soon afterwards becasue they were so painful, and so for me bearing in mind its the most important thing you'll ever buy as a skier (its the mechanism that joins you onto the ski and therefore the snow), you want it to be right......even if it does cost you £150 more say....£10 a week say over the life of your boots, assuming you'll probably ski them at leats 15 weeks, probably more.
One other point i'd make is once you've got your boots and have had a week on them, take them to see the lads at Rivington Alpine, near Bolton (I know its a treck for you but worth a trip, post lockdown) and get a custom bootfit and innersole, it'll cost a few quid but a good day out, a laugh and well worth it.
Plus.....If you were looking for skis btw, I'd say buy here in UK right now if you know what you are looking for, if not call Jon (Spyderjon on here) and i'm sure he'll give you good advice. They have regular ski tests too at the indoor snowdomes and he's always supportive of fellow Snowheads.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@nba2005uk, from Cardiff I'd travel ~2 hours to see @CEM at Solutions4Feet in Bicester. Not the cheapest but definitely one of, if not the, best bootfitter in the UK. That way, you'll get a boot that fits.
Some of the stuff on the Coyoti webpage raises some warning bells for me (still get heel lift in a properly fitting boot? Fitting in half an hour?). I'd steer clear.
I very much doubt that any boot can properly fit 70% of feet out of the box. Feet just aren't that similar. Feeling comfortable in the shop, and fitting well, are not the same thing. You might be lucky, and the S pro might be the right boot. But do you know enough to tell? And the cost of getting any adjustments made if needed will almost certainly wipe out most of your savings.
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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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Ok guys thanks for the replies. Think I’ll wait it out a while as we aren’t even sure skiing season will be on next year the way things are going lol. Prices will probably go down within the next 12+ months anyway surely.
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