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How heavy are ski boots

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I have no scales at home, and was wondering how heavy a pair of ski boots are? They are Saloman Impact 8's in a 29 if that makes much/any difference.


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My pair Atomic M Tech 110's in 26 weigh 5kg so your 29's will probably be a tad more.
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My Lange size 10.5 are 5kg, so I'm guessing that most modern boots would be about 5kg (?)
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Mine are Tecnica Icon Carbon in 27.5 and weigh 6.5 kg in their bag.

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Salomon x-wave 8 (26.5) in the bag = 6.5kg
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About 90kg with my feet in them Toofy Grin
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3kg with G-fits if I am not mistaken...
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Watched mine and wifes go on the scales seperatly at Bristol airport in Jan. Hers were 5.1Kg and mine 6.2kg. Watched as we are doing a DIY in a few weeks with Easyjet and needed to know how they would impact on our 20Kg.
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spyderjon wrote:
My pair Atomic M Tech 110's in 26 weigh 5kg.....

5.16kg to be precise wink
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I know our boot bags weighed in a nice light 11kg each a few years ago Very Happy

They didnt count towards luggage allowance as we paid for ski carriage but luggage weight was only 15kg per bag. Ws funny really as we were the first to check in and as we walked away heard the Checkin Lass tell the rest 'to watch the weight of the boot bags' Toofy Grin
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Mine are precisely 1/3 of the lousy Ryanair allowance Sad I fear a hefty excess charge is on the way...
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spyderjon wrote:
spyderjon wrote:
My pair Atomic M Tech 110's in 26 weigh 5kg.....

5.16kg to be precise ;-)


Before or after drying?
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If you have some scales at home I find an easy way to weigh your luggage before hand is to weigh yourself first, then weigh yourself holding the luggage and just subtract.
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Spyderman wrote:
About 90kg with my feet in them Toofy Grin


Is that dry weight, or wet weight?
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comprex wrote:
spyderjon wrote:
spyderjon wrote:
My pair Atomic M Tech 110's in 26 weigh 5kg.....

5.16kg to be precise wink


Before or after drying?

Dry, with cant strips & custome insoles installed & but without catracks wink
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jmdohanlon, snap . . . booger to dance in aren't they wink


Dunno. I sit down for the Apres drinks, 'coz my legs are usually boogered after a day's skiing.
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Have just got some salomon impact 8s in a 28.5, weighed them and they came out at 5.2KG in total.

Hope this helps
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Bones wrote:
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They didnt count towards luggage allowance as we paid for ski carriage but luggage weight was only 15kg per bag. Ws funny really as we were the first to check in and as we walked away heard the Checkin Lass tell the rest 'to watch the weight of the boot bags' Toofy Grin


That's an interesting point.. rolling eyes So if you pack skiboots in a seperate bootbag, do they count as "ski carriage" which does not get included in the 20 kg allowance?
I was going to pack boots, helmet , clothes etc all into one bag.... (apart from skibag containing skis)--so this way the boot weight would obviously be counted into the weight allowance. Sad Shocked

(I've always had weight problems --with luggage! Evil or Very Mad --even with boots in handluggage--which is not on anymore!) Embarassed
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I've said this before, but I'm always surprised at how much they do weigh. Is their weight intrinsic in the job they do or could they be lighter if they can be made as strong? I'm surprised that with modern day plastics strength couldn't be maintained with a decrease in their weight, so that makes me wonder if their weight is important.
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Julieanne, I think it varies. With BA, Ryanair, Easyjet, etc ski carriage includes Skis in bag and boots in bag. However I flew with Monarch in January and Inghams told me that Ski carriage was just for a pair of skis and that boots were included in my 20kg allowance.
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Megamum, I'd have thought that commercially (to save on transport costs) and technically (to balance weight and other performance factors) they would reduce the weight if they could but since they don't they can't. Wink
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Megamum, I'm sure that an excellent boot could be made which is a lot lighter, but it would use rather expensive materials, and probably wouldn't sell terribly well, especially since I assume that majority of skiers don't jump on a 'plane to indulge their passion (or to go skiing).
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richmond, The need to design a lighter ski boot is surely not governed by the need to save weight when flying? Megamum, I'm sure they could design something lighter but I suspect that your lower leg would snap in two at the first fall (either that or your ankle would look like Euardo's after that tackle).
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halfhand, That's what I'm getting at. Does the ski boot need its weight in order to do its intended job, i.e. for example in a crash does is its inherent weight and therefore inertia help to minimise dangerous rotations of the foot etc.
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Julieanne wrote:

So if you pack skiboots in a seperate bootbag, do they count as "ski carriage" which does not get included in the 20 kg allowance?

That is the case with Ryanair. But it varies according to the airline: at Christmas we flew charter LGW-TLS (can't recall the airline) and the opposite applied: i.e. boots were included in the main 20kg allowance, even though we've paid for ski carriage.
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Megamum, I think that's one of the spin-offs (pardon the pun) of boot design i.e they hold your foot firmly in place to stop unwanted movement/damage.
I wonder what sort of injuries were suffered during the days of leather ski boots. Perhaps David Goldsmith could enlighten us?
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It's an issue I've been interested in since owning a pair, and this year my skis too. I'd never been conscious of how much the kit all weighed before, but when you have to carry both around you suddenly realise just how much both weigh. To be honest this wimp certainly wouldn't mind if ski boots in particular were lighter.
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halfhand, why would you worry about boot weight if you didn't have to put them on a 'plane or carry them for miles? Their weight doesn't make them umcomfortable to walk in for shortish distances (if they are, mine aren't), I don't think; that's their stiffness, I reckon.
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richmond, I don't worry about boot weight but some appear to Little Angel
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halfhand, sometimes, it appears, you need to worry about everything or the sky might fall in!

...as for reducing the weight of boots, they could do it by using thinner plastics, and making the boots smaller, which is what is done in plug boots. These can take a lot longer to get fitted correctly, and aren't the sort of thing you buy "off the shelf" at your local slush & rubble.

Another option would be to use lighter but stronger materials. Of course, that would cost considerably more.

Then again, if you make them thinner & lighter, will they last as long? Those sponsored by boot manufacturers probably wouldn't mind changing their boots every 10 days of use, but would a punter buy boots at £500 or more a pair if they only lasted one holiday?
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...sometimes, it appears, you need to worry about everything or the sky might fall in!
Laughing Laughing

I think we should all rebel/campaign/go up in arms etc.... against ski boots being included in luggage weight on ALL airlines!
If we are paying extra for sports equipment-- skis etc-- why should skiboots not be included in that? rolling eyes
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Well I thought I could get boots included as part of sporting equipment on Easyjet until I realised how heavy my 178 cm Crossmax V12 skis were- at least 4 kg each! So I ended up stuffing the ski bag with a lot of clothes 'padding' to take the ski bag close to the max of 12 kg and used the weight saving to make sure my main bag and boots didn't exceed 20 kg together. I guess with Ryanair and its 15 kg limit that may be more difficult to do.
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Dr. Will, on Easyjet ARE skiboots included in weight allowance of sports equipment? If so, are they supposed to be packed in a seperate bag?? Puzzled

I find all this quite puzzling....For years up to now, I've taken my skiboots in handluggage to avoid this "problem"... rolling eyes
(and also to avoid losing them in hold luggage!) wink
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Julieanne- It was very difficult for me to get a straight answer but as far as I can tell if your skis and ski boots add up to less than 12 kg they can be taken together or in 2 bags (ski + boot bag) as sporting equipment. I didn't however test that out because my skis were at least 8 kg on their own so I had no choice but to carry the boots either as hand luggage or in a separate boot bag as part of the main luggage allowance and packing some of my clothes as padding round the skis to compensate.

In the end it worked quite well since it was an evening flight so skied right until the last moment, put my boots into the boot bag and packed some of my ski clothes round the skis.
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JT wrote:
3kg with G-fits if I am not mistaken...


If you mean your Endophins they're 4kg with G-fits and 4.3kg with pad locks.
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Buy them red or orange and they will feel lighter.
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A pair of size 26 Dalbello Kyptons with intuition liners tips the scales at 4.2kg, the liners are really light.
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I did post in another thread..i flew Easy just with on big ski bag which included all my clothes, ski's boots came in at 31kg...

No problem for easyjet - I'd paid for ski carriage and they just ticketed the bag and off i went....
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....i flew Easy just with on big ski bag which included all my clothes, ski's boots came in at 31kg...

No problem for easyjet - I'd paid for ski carriage and they just ticketed the bag and off i went....


Sounds like a simple practical solution --but my skibag could not fit skiboots as well.... Shocked Sad
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