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and need adv on skis

I am intermediate to advanced, ski pretty much any piste groomed or not, also go off piste with piste in sight(ish) and more adventurous with guide.

Now I have always hired skis, save costly purchase, charged the pleasure to carry them and find then out of date in a few years..... that said would still like my own... Anyway I have the chance to take a set of 'Salomon Equipe 10 V3' skis which are a few years old and in reasonable condition versus a set of 'Salomon Equipe GC' (or similar last time as we paid to get the 'vip' pack they were fairly open to let us have whatever they had) from a hire shop.

I have never really taken much notice and maybe have been lucky with skis, and having never bought a set not really clued up on all the brands/types, so would anyone be able to tell me the diff between the ski options, length not an issue as offer set my usual hire length, though I was thinking of going slightly longer.

Also how much base damage is acceptable, would a slight scuffing along about 6 inches along the side, and a few 2 inch scratches be considered reasonable, edges appear ok, no dinks, however can their condition be judged by sight and feel or is the only way on the slopes?

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David_S, The base damage sounds of little or no consequence. If you're concerned then email me a pic with a coin on the base for scale.

I haven't skied either of the skis you've mentioned but of all the Sallie range the Equipe's seem to be the most highly regarded.

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I used to have a pair of Equipe 3Vs. Nice ski, although the GC Race is better, in my opinion.
If you can get a good deal on the 3Vs (anything around 150GBP), then I'd definitely consider it.

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I skied on the Equipe 3vs for a day last season, and really liked them.

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