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Anyone spotted any stunning bargains in the End of Non-Season sales please? Men's ski jacket, modest end of range for this one, say £100 max for now, unless something fantastic that would last half a lifetime but is over £100 is on your radar. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There are some great deals on sportpursuit.com at the moment, and there are some with a 20% further reduction until the 17th May, marmot , eider and helly hansen among them, even some of the elevenate stuff .
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Make sure you get one with a lift pass pocket on the left arm. I had a jacket once that didn't have it and it was a pain in the ass at every lift.
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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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@GlasgowCyclops, agreed, you definitely don't want to keep your lift pass in your ass.
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| Riccardo wrote: |
| @GlasgowCyclops, agreed, you definitely don't want to keep your lift pass in your ass. |
Turnstile twerking is best avoided
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Thanks all for your replies. Yes I definitely want left arm lift pass pocket and plenty other pockets too!
Tried signing up to Sports Pursuit. Despite attempting several different (clean) passwords in different formats, kept getting ‘unacceptable’ message. Eventually asked for help and got an IT Support ticket for tomorrow, which may be too late for that ‘extra 20% by 17 May’ offer. Hopefully it will be replaced by ‘extra 30% off by 20 May’ deal.
Checking out a few other sites. Seem to be quite a wide range and choice of sizes still. Many of the colour schemes and/or designs are questionable taste, which may help explain why there’s still plentiful stock.
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I think the plentiful stock might have more to do with closed resorts than design . But I agree, there are more sizes than usual available.
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Bro in law has one for wandering around. Seems to work.
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| PeakyB wrote: |
Thanks all for your replies. Yes I definitely want left arm lift pass pocket and plenty other pockets too!
Tried signing up to Sports Pursuit. Despite attempting several different (clean) passwords in different formats, kept getting ‘unacceptable’ message. Eventually asked for help and got an IT Support ticket for tomorrow, which may be too late for that ‘extra 20% by 17 May’ offer. Hopefully it will be replaced by ‘extra 30% off by 20 May’ deal.
Checking out a few other sites. Seem to be quite a wide range and choice of sizes still. Many of the colour schemes and/or designs are questionable taste, which may help explain why there’s still plentiful stock. |
Have you tried using a different browser?
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@anarchicsaltire, thanks, sorted now. Tried old trick of switching brain off. Counting to 10. Switching brain back on again.
Turned out I already had an account with Sports Pursuit. Opened in 2013 and not used since. Browsed their sales but nothing vaguely suitable below about £150.
Will look for a few days. If unsuccessful will probably wait until Ski Show at NEC in October. Had all my fave jackets from there over the decades, so see what’s going there maybe.
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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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@Roguevfr,
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I think the plentiful stock might have more to do with closed resorts than design . But I agree, there are more sizes than usual available.
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Almost certainly true.
Unsurprisingly though, the designs that look as if they hatched after a few too many lunchtime bevvies are over-represented in remaining stock. Whereas the classic, timeless designs are around but more scarce, especially in sizes medium/large.
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Intrigued to get an idea on what it is you're looking for ? Insulated , shell only single block colour etc .
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You know it makes sense.
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@PeakyB, personally I am wary of sportpursuit.
I bought a jacket that wets out all the time Hagloffs couloir.
I bought state of elevent merine (great but one was seconds)
Dale jumper that was clearly the wrong size because we have 4 from Dale in Norway.
Some other sites like Tiso, Nevis port, greaves (all UK) have good deals on.
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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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Bro in law has one for wandering around. Seems to work. |
Yep, tried one on in the shop and have another friend that uses one. I guess I'm an outlier in that I don't need a lift pass wrist pocket and am quite happy just putting it in my chest and turning a bit! Prefer a jacket that I can use elsewhere, rather than just pull out a cupboard for ski season each year.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Anyone have a Black Crows Mens Corpus 2L Insulated Jacket*? Any informed views about that one? Any similar spec insulated jacket you think better?
* lot more expensive than my original £100 wish target 
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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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| GlasgowCyclops wrote: |
@PeakyB, personally I am wary of sportpursuit.
I bought a jacket that wets out all the time Hagloffs couloir.
I bought state of elevent merine (great but one was seconds)
Dale jumper that was clearly the wrong size because we have 4 from Dale in Norway.
Some other sites like Tiso, Nevis port, greaves (all UK) have good deals on. |
I agree , I bought some Hagloffs GTX products that were 2nds . Cuff thumb holes were inverted , sent it back, replacement was the same
Recently discovered that the “Fjern” brand is owned by them; maybe others ? (Isobaaa?)
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Yes I think Isobaa is one if theirs and maybe one of the cycling ones they often advertise.
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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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ster, Agreed about Isobaa - often thought its one of their brands. Not bad stuff though for the price.
I know all the Arcteryx stuff they offer is sample merchandise( its always medium size  ) - and Arcteryx wont warranty it the same as full price gear.
Hagloffs might be the same ?
Sportpursuit has its place like other retailers, you just have to be aware thats all.
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@Roguevfr,
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Intrigued to get an idea on what it is you're looking for ? Insulated , shell only single block colour etc .
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Not for me, buying for someone else (I'm less fussy).
Insulated, but doesn't need to cope with extreme high altitude mountain cold/snow conditions. Not necessarily single block but a colour scheme unlikely to make the male wearer too self conscious if they walked down the local High Street wearing it. Possibly rules out 80s style lurid greens, fluorescent yellows, oranges, bright pinks, startling turqouises, and so on. Our local High Streets not usually awash with such bold statements during the colder months.
Warm, plenty zipped pockets, not short in the body essential. Hood handy.
Mid to dark blues, reds, that kind of solid colour likely to be acceptable.
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I've bought loads of stuff from Sport Pursuit and never had a problem with any of it. If anyone is getting seconds it's because the manufacturer is accepting it back into stock. You can tell samples because they usually say so and because they tend to be Medium only. I bought my son a Marmot sample jacket and it's been perfect.
I bought my daughter a Columbia jacket from SP last week for £75. The same is on Amazon for £200 and Columbia's site for £300. Get it right and your £££s go a very long way.
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