Poster: A snowHead
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I'm about to buy some of the above.
What do I need to know?
Am I right in thinking normal small kid's feet are fairly regular and not all lumpy and gnarly so that formal sizing and subjective comfort are all that matter? My kids have Mondo point 17.5 feet at the moment, so would it be reasonable to buy 18.5?
The only thread I've been able to find on this is this one which doesn't help an awful lot.
Anyone with experience of this?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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slikedges, hi, I buy ski boots for my kids every few months (dry ski slope lessons). I don't really know much about fitting these things so I buy the head x2 carve as they have a clear plastic window at the end to see toes & are comfy. My only advice about fitting is that if you go to a shop that sells boots without the toe window thingy - you must insist that the liner of the boot is pulled out to enable you to feel the toes & feet in general. Your child is smaller than my 2 & so the x1 carve would be the right size - at the moment they are half price at snow & rock - try the link below - hope it works.
http://www.snowandrock.com/shop/activity/ski/junior/ski_boots/products/EH5KI.htm
My oldest daughter (6) has quite wide feet & these boots have always fitted well. good luck!
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slikedges, I've just looked closely at the x1 boots (link above) and they might be too basic - how old is the child and what stage - obviously the more clips the better applies to kids too & there is only one clip on the x1 - hope cem & szk come back with something on this. The snowskisnow comment about not leaving decisions to kids is so true - tantrums in hire shops about old grey boots spring to mind!!!
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IncogSkiSno, probably truer than we think
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slikedges, buying one size up in a kids boot of that sort of size should not cause too many issues, be sure that the measurer that the shop used is accurate as many measures for junior sizes are calibrated to give a size of growing room, ie 17.5 on gauge, actual foot size 16.5 therefore buying 18.5 is 2 sizes too large.
take a look at lockwoods as they do a trade in system on kids boots, you can buy either new or used and trade them i against the next pair as the kids grow out of them
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CEM, junior sizes are calibrated to give a size of growing room, ie 17.5 on gauge, I didn't know that - wish they'd say!! regarding the trade in - you can also get a really good price on e-bay - for example the x2s are £33 - and you can get £25+ for them on e-bay if you time it right.
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CEM, how do I check the measurer? I used one in EB which was a continuous scale from kids through to adults, so I think that should've been ok? Ta.
rpft@rpft.co.uk, thanks for that, I'll check out ebay too, though as you say S&R have some online and they'll probably be easier to return to if any problems!
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slikedges, if it was a generic measure then it should be fine
rpft@rpft.co.uk, Brannock junior measure is set up that way to allow growing room, some others are but your average ski shop measure is fine.
RobW, incase you haven't worked it out yet Rob, i ain't there no more
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CEM, Out of curiosity what to Lockwoods et al do with the boots that are part ex'd
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boredsurfin, they clean em up and sell them second hand,
example (prices from last season ish) buy it NEW, £40 use it trade it in get £10-15
buy a USED one £20-25
buy it used in the first place £20-25 trade it in and get £10 etc etc
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You know it makes sense.
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CEM wrote: |
RobW, incase you haven't worked it out yet Rob, i ain't there no more |
Couldn't fail to miss your (general) absence But on other threads you do say you're there 23rd October.
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slikedges, no problem - hope you get sorted out. Are they having dry ski slope lessons?
I feel v. guilty buying from S&R because we have a really good local shop here (norfolk), but these boots at S&R were £35 cheaper than to buy locally & I am buying for 2 kids quite frequently. My kids have both got big feet for their ages, so the binding size is too big for the ski size & it is therefore easier for them to have their own boots & skis (with rental bindings to adjust!) anybody else have this problem??
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Poster: A snowHead
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, keep an eye on the Lockwoods price for junior skis, last few seasons their ski and binding price was the same as S&R's ski only price
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rpft@rpft.co.uk, they've had dry slope lessons at Hemel for 3 seasons running and this year now that they're physically a bit bigger we'll be going to MK more regularly. I'm resigned to buying new boots for each twice yearly but will try to delay the pain of skis for as long as I can unless some cheap used ones come available.
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CEM, thanks for that - we have lots of friends with bigger kids, so tend to buy v.cheap 2nd hand skis & fit railflex rental bindings for flexibility, but will bookmark lockwoods for the future. last year snowskisnow gave us a pair of salomon crossmax for kids & they have been fantastic.
slikedges, lucky you, wish MK was nearer to us, though the slope at norwich is huge & the instructors brilliant. I only buy skis & boots because of the above mentioned problem, both girls have big feet for the length of the skis and it gave the ski school fitters a headache trying to accommodate this anomaly!
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Similar theme - different question. In your opinions is it worth getting my 8 nearly 9 year old his own boots?
If it makes a difference to the advice, he's around a UK size 2, had about 8 weeks on snow in the last 4 yrs, and likely to get 2 or 3 weeks this season.
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We've hired boots for the kids (now 12 yo) over the last 9 seasons, no problems. I don't imagine that the fit has always been ideal, but no complaints and they ski pretty damn well. I've no reason to suppose that their feet are unusual, although my son, like me, has wide feet and high insteps.
I think that the chances of a boot which the kid says are fine in the shop in Englandstill being regarded as fine several weeks later on the snow are likely to be slim, kids being what they are (annoying little sods), and if my experience of getting boots to fit comfortably is anything to go by, they'll have grown out of them before that happens.
At least if hired boots are uncomfortable you can take them back at once.
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Not really small children but didn't want to start a new thread for this...
My 14 year old is pestering me to get her a pair of boots. She says that her feet have stopped growing, but how can I be sure of this, and even if they have, will her feet/ankles/lower legs change shape at all over the next couple of years.
I don't want to buy her boots if they will only last a couple of years. What do people think?
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Ray Zorro, Buy her a new pair of boots each year. After all this years pair won't be fashionable next year or the wrong colour or the................
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Just checked out Lockwoods on-line.....Wow I really like the junior ski packages - Salomon Course 70 boots, skis, bindings and poles for £150
Pity they are 500 miles distance from me.
BTW: My local indpendent Ski/Outdoor shop (est 120 years ago!) reckons that kids should get at least 2 seasons out of a pair of boots
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rikochet wrote: |
BTW: My local indpendent Ski/Outdoor shop (est 120 years ago!) reckons that kids should get at least 2 seasons out of a pair of boots |
Yes, that'd be right - winter and spring!
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