 Poster: A snowHead
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I am going to La Plagne on Saturday. CANT WAIT!!!!
I have £60 to spend on new ski poles.
I saw some Leki titanium ones in snow & rock, they were so light!!!! I thought these are ace I'm buying these...
but then I thought, hang on, I don't really know what I'm doing?
So hence my forum post...
Any advice on which poles to go for?
What makes?
Should I go for the lightest poles?
Any other considerations apart from colour 
Thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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lauralime, Length should be pretty much your only consideration. I have seen no reason to get a fancy pole in the past.. what does it do that a £20 pole doesn't do? I prefer the heavier alu ones anyhoo.
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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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My other half has Leki Titaniums with the trigger system, she loves them.
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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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use your old poles and spend the money on post-ski refreshment 
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The price I pay for them seems to be in inverse proportion to their life expectancy. Given up buying poles that cost more than £20, the expensive ones got either pinched or I stacked and broke them in days. Now just get the cheapest sale ones that are the right length and put wider baskets on them.
Unless you're a racer, or touring and like having the long neoprene grips, no point in anything fancy imo.
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| johnnyrotten wrote: |
| Now just get the cheapest sale ones that are the right length and put wider baskets on them. . |
....and spend the rest of the money on gluhwein
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I wish dare2b made poles.
Gap in the market there.
Definitely.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I bought some I think Leki carbon ones years ago. A basket broke, I couldn't get a replacement anywhere in Val or Tignes. I left them in a bin and used rental poles, I shall not be buying fancy poles again.
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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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Thanks folks for your help!
hmmm gives me something to think about!
I can't wait until Saturday when I have my first Vin Chaud of the season - I do like that drink
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You know it makes sense.
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lauralime, Agree with AdrianV - you don't actually need them really. I never use them 'on piste' apart from on 'big' bumps ( V rarely) and lift queues, then again I'm an intermediate with a D2B. So What do I know
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I just discovered that I appear to have lost my poles from last season, on hunting round the garage I found my dad's old c.1980's poles in the right length.
Score old school Scott poles!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Spikyhedgehog, same... old school black ones, different coloured baskets, classy neon scott writing!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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johnnyrotten, it sounds like you get through an awful lot of poles. I've got a pair that came "free" with very cheap skis in a sale, in France, absolutely yonks ago.
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lauralime, why do you think that we Polish people should be any better at judging what skis you should get than any other race? 
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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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how do you measure the right length?
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you've got to remember to take the girth into account as well, it's not just about the length! 
seriously though, I would consider any more than £30 spent on poles to be a waste, they'll only get lost/stolen.
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