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Inspired by the Trepass thread what's the most tech you've got for your £ in vaguely outdoor related kit.
Bargains from SAC? An end of season snaffle? Good as new skis salvaged from a skip or charity shop?
I got a snowboard once free with a second hand pair of boots I was buying and used it for in excess of 60 days I reckon.
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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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Half price board and bindings at the end of last season - board off the interweb and bindings from out-of-resort shop.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Less then Half price Killy ski pants - paid £60 in the Blacks store in Manchester (I think? opposite what was the YHA shop), plus £20 parking ticket as I was illegaly parked, from a retail price of over £160. This was in July 2002. Worn them every skiing day since then. vey comfortable, warm in cold conditions, not too hot when it's a spring skiing day (20 deg c when we skiied Tignes on the first EOSB!)
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fatbob, i'd be a bit careful trying to bend them. I think rungsp did his work on powder pluses which are a sandwich construcion. the powder cruises are cap construction and bending them might cause them to delaminate
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Race department GS skis and race bindings from Bilek for less than £200 
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Arno, Fair point hadn't got far enough down the thought process to check on the cap point but now you mention it I don't see much of a sidewall.
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A "Last Season's" Killy jacket from an Austrian ski shop for £65 
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My notorious first post - Killy jacket £7 in the charity shop!!
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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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I drink with a guy who works for the UK distributor for K2.....guess what I ski on? And you'd probably be horrified at the price....and if anyone is in the market for some cheap fishing tackle....?
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A Paklte XCR jacket for £130 ...it is so good and light that I can sell my Eider XCR..which has been my banker before this
Or my Sei bass which I had handmade for £1600...a few years ago now when the US equivalents were going for £3000 plus. The finish on mine walks all over the Ken Smiths, Fodera, etc
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You know it makes sense.
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Maeir Sports Symmpatex lightweight jacket. £25 from TKMAXX. Very large and a very hideous colour, but a great jacket for next to nowt.
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Smith sunglasses with interchangeable lenses lost in the snow outside Oxyalis 3 seasons ago replaced by Smith free of charge including another set of lenses 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I once got a good deal on an Orange Vitamin T (mountain bike) with disc brakes, just after discs became popular.
Took off the discs and sold the bike for more than I'd given for it, discs went onto my Pace and I've used them ever since.
Last season I bought the wife a pair of Salomon Thrusters from one seller and a pair of Rossi 120 bindings from another on ebay. Both brand new, so skis for £120 once the bindings were mounted.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My faves:
1988; Volkl Renntigers - £80 (I think list would have been ~£200? - bought from Olympus Sport (!) in Glasgow: cheap because the tech had drilled two mismatched skis, only difference being graphics. But original client had rejected. I should have asked for the "other" pair too.
1992; SOS Pants (in a most fetching lime green) £30 (list £80?) - ski sale in Kelvin Hall Glasgow.
1995; 215 Blizzard SG skis with rental "race" bindings. A hoot to ski on (admittedly only 2 runs) but about £30 from LSSRA sale and the bindings ended up on two pairs of skis and are still in the garage. No idea where the skis ended up.
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spyderjon, I think your torque testing machine must be the winner here so far - what a bargin!!
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mr rpft got a brand new nordic ski machine for 99p at a farm sale near hear - all the other buyers were looking for potato harvesters 
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spyderjon,
Not sure about it being the best hardshell even though the great price makes it great value for money.
But since the local canadian makers sold out to the High st gang and now get it manufactured in the Pacific Rim, I hope they don't go the same way as NF. I'd give them another two years.
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spyderjon, I don't think "arc'teryxjon" has quite the same ring to it.
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spyderjon,
I am a big fan of Paklite XCR and I believe that Gore puts out new fabrics and then licences them to manufacturers so all new Jackets will get their latest fabric update. I find XCR 410 too heavy..especially against the Paklite which I can run with a microfleece and midlayer. I 'tested' this down to about -20 in Le Grave with a howling wind... and I mean howling, so it works for me. I mention this because I know you 'run hot'. I would imagine the Sidewinder and your base layers would be your thinking... ?? Btw, what the new colour if you have ditched the Orange..?
P.S, I am looking at some pants with full lenght zips... seen any deals..?
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JT, gone with the maroon to match me new Atomic Nomad Crimson's .
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Sun 3-06-07 12:34; edited 2 times in total
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spyderjon,
Ha ha
Mine is burnt curry.... !!!!!!!!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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JT, Yep, just Decathlon base layers for me. I think in 13/14 weeks I've only worn my lightweight fleece for a max of a couple of days when it's been -15 & colder plus windchill. Understand what you're saying re the 410 Goretex but my Spyder weighs in at 1.12kg & the Sidewinder is 705g so I'm going the right way.
Haven't seen any kecks with full length zips (why do you want full length?) but I think that the Arcteryx Minuteman have thigh long zippered vents.
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A Paklte XCR jacket for £130 ...it is so good and light that I can sell my Eider XCR..which has been my banker before this
Or my Sei bass which I had handmade for £1600...a few years ago now when the US equivalents were going for £3000 plus. The finish on mine walks all over the Ken Smiths, Fodera, etc |
JT, are you a member over on www.basschat.co.uk (formerly bassworld)?
On topic: I got my Movment spark carbons on ebay for £105 new on ebay, then got a set of Salomon 912ti's for £30 new!
Saw the skis in St Anton for €550.
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You know it makes sense.
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Spikyhedgehog,
No, I am not, but I will have a look at it. I need to replace some PAS speakers for a goliath cab and PAS aren't very available so I need some alternatives...!!!
Thanks for the link
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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spyderjon, Does that mean I'm unsupported in the 'orange' stakes then!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Megamum, I've still got me orange boots 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Spikyhedgehog,
No, I am not, but I will have a look at it. I need to replace some PAS speakers for a goliath cab and PAS aren't very available so I need some alternatives...!!!
Thanks for the link |
There's lots of good info on there, plenty to buy if you're looking for stuff. You should put some picutres of the Sei up, I'm sure they'll be appreciated!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Spikyhedgehog,
I keep on saying that I'll post it here.... I'll get some proper pictures of it soon
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brian
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I am a big fan of Paklite XCR
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Paclite and XCR are 2 different things. Paclite is the ultra-lightweight gore-tex fabric, xcr (extended comfort range) is the latest and greatest version of their membrane, available in a range of different fabrics.
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P.S, I am looking at some pants with full lenght zips... seen any deals..? |
How about some Mammut paclites ?
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brian,
Sounds about right, my jacket has paklite XCR on it..... so I figured it meant it used the XCR membrane with the Paklite top fabric ...
That link looks good but I need to see these things close up... what I will probably do is try and get to SNR, see that I like the panties for size and then see who has them for what price. I think they have some minuteman things which I might like
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Paclite and XCR are primarily the same Gore-tex membrane but differ in terms of durability. Packite is the lightest, most supple but the least durable. XCR comes as either 2-ply or 3-ply, 3-ply being the most durable gore-tex fabric (but obviously being the heaviest and also quite 'stiff'). Thre are now a number of jackets and pants combining 2 or more of the above fabrics to find the best compromise of lightweight/durable/waterproof.
spyderjon, if you're looking for full zipp pants for skiing/touring, best to avoid paclite and go for a more durable XCR 2 or 3 ply. Mammut make some pretty nice ones called 'Nuptse'.
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spyderjon, I got a pair of Peak Performance XCR strides in the sales a couple of seasons ago. They've a full length zip and are lined but not insulated.
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brian
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... and the Nuptse is even available in a nice vom-inducing shade of orange...
€260 here.
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brian, spyderjon in numpty pants - yeah, I think he should
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Mosha Marc,
Lined with what... a mesh would be useful.
I find my Edier pants with a fleece can get too hot but I'd like a lining of some sort so as not to take loads of long johns.
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FAQ
. Cost me £40 for the factory rep to check it & issue a calibration certificate.
