 Poster: A snowHead
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Just wondering, cos I want to get the 4 kids helmeted this year for fear of some idiot T-boning them or something while they're on the nursery slopes. Never bothered with helmets before, but thinking it might be a good idea. Do the resort shops usually have heaps of stock? And for helmets, is buying better than renting? I'm thinking if you rent a helmet you don't know if it's already been whacked badly.
And I'm a baldy - are helmets warm enuff for baldies? Wonder if I should wear one of them really thin fleece hats that fit under helmets.
Thanks all.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Helmets are very cheap in TK Maxx. I bought my son one for £18, similar to the I bought in Tignes for £70,
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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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We've not had a problem finding well fitting rental helmets for the nippers in N.America, Kitzbuhel and Tignes. The advantage of buying is that you know its history and that it fits well; if you get a deal, it might even be cheaper than renting if you're skiing for a few weeks. The disadvantage is obviously that the little blighters grow out of them in no time flat. We've been happy to sacrifice the benefits of buying to the great God Money Saving; a few years ago they'd have been skiing without a helmet at all, so they can consider themselves lucky.
I'm not bald, but a bit thin on top. I'd guess that you'd find a helmet warm enough without a liner even if you are a boiled egg; usually the problem is overheating, so one with closable vents is a good wheeze.
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petemillis, I guess it depends where you are going, but many resort shops seem to stock plenty of hire shops especially in kids sizes
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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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petemillis, If you are going to Italy helmets are a legal requirement for Kids. In France ESF will not let them in a class without a helmet.
Hire shops thus have lots of Hemets (unless it's half term week perhaps)
If you check the Items for sale on here I think you will find a real bargain in a childs helmet!! 
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=22446
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boredsurfin, I was staring at your helmet just now. One of the kids I need one for is a 7yr old girl. Also 5 yr old boy with big head, 10 year old girl and 13 yr old girl. I suppose that Cebe might fit the 7yr old or the 5 yr old. I'll have a measure when they're back in from school.
richmond, I s'pose I was a bit worried about them growing out of things, but with a good chain of 4 for hand-me-downs it's not too bad. I do feel for my little boy though - he's getting a bit fed up with the girly coloured bicycles, frilly knickers and dresses!
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Is that deal in TK Maxx still on anyone know?
I ask because I was charged 19 euros per kid to rent over christmas so would rather buy at that price!
I have 2 more trips to go this year so actually cheaper to buy than rent.
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professorpool, I got some on ebay for me and kids that seemed a good deal <£20, they came with removable padding for fit and I think I've done a good job with its positioning, you ordered them by head circumference, and they were very speedily delivered - Although its an atrocious photo I'm wearing one in the snowheads photo gallery
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| petemillis wrote: |
| richmond, I s'pose I was a bit worried about them growing out of things, but with a good chain of 4 for hand-me-downs it's not too bad. I do feel for my little boy though - he's getting a bit fed up with the girly coloured bicycles, frilly knickers and dresses! |
It's character building for him. We have twins, so twice the cost i none go and no hand me downs (and they're one of each).
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I bought helmets for two of my daughters in Cervinia just after Christmas. They were given fairly free choice and I ended up paying €68 and €62. We didn't do in-depth research, but the cheapest (that they would have worn) was €30 and they went up, well over €120 (it was a rather tasty design though).
The number of shops in Cervinia (with each having a large stock of helmets) meant that buying was an absolute doddle and there was no need for them to have the same model/colour (a big plus for mine).
petemillis, I reckon my helmet keeps me warmer than a hat.
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I bought a helmet in Whistler this year. It's taken me two years to find a shop that had a helmet in stock that fit my enormous bulbous head without making me look special.
If you do have a head like a watermelon, it can be quite hard to find a helmet to fit. I'm told that peaheaded people have the same problem.
I am still not entirely convinced that wearing a helmet makes me any safer when skiing, but as I was cartwheeling down between the rocks in Whistler on my first day, my resolve was sorely tested. 
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Right - tomorrow's sorted - off to Surf and Ski to see about the Conformable footbed, then to TKMaxx to see about helmets. Think I was supposed to be finishing revisions to chapter 2 of my thesis - stuff that till Monday or so. As they say - one day late, it may as well be 2 weeks late!
Kramer, how big is yours? Mine's 58 and that's hairless. I used to have big hair and I think it might have been about 60 odd then.
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You know it makes sense.
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petemillis, I don't know how big it is but in a Giro 10 I take an XXL.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Kramer, Mr Medicine Ball! I thought you said your head was only like a watermelon 
I've got a feeling I'll probably be an XL - trouble I have is that my head isn't round from above - it's sort of like a rugby ball I suppose - and I tend to get pressure on my forehead. I'll try some on tomorrow.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Bought helmets for the bins today. £32 for two from TK Maxx Woking.
Some as low as £9.99 though not in my kiids sizes.
At a tenner, that is cheaper than I paid to rent in Les Gets over Christmas.
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