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Now that the carriers are getting shirty about weight in bags, and i'm about to pack both mine and my wife's skis in eth same bag this year, i'd like to know how much they weigh before mr cheapo-carrier tells me at check-in that they wany another ££££££ for excess baggage
So i thought i'd weigh them in advance ....
Anyway, we won;t be making cakes very accurately any more in our house ..... 
and we dont have grown up scales in our house
So - how much does a pair of rossi 9s weigh (162s) (2003 model) ?
Anyone know where i can find some technical specs ??
Or some creative ways of estimating - anyone know the density of wood and steel ??
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sev112, do you have scales at home?
If so:
1)Step on with packed ski bag and note the weight.
2)Step on without the ski bag and note the weight.
3)Subtract 2 from 1 
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Good grief. The other day I was producing double postings. Now it's triple. Wonder what I am doing wrong. 
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Good grief. The other day I was producing double postings. Now it's triple. Wonder what I am doing wrong.
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| sev112 wrote: |
| How much do my skis weigh ...? |
Reminds me of those school fetes, where you're asked to guess the weight of a cake.
I don't know.
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sev112, Have you got a Wii Fit ? They can be used for weighing providing you hold the skis.
Alternatively, they sometimes have scales in branches of Boots.
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I was looking at this the other day - most skis seem to be around 4kg a pair give or take 1kg. So two pairs plus poles should be around 10kg (Jet2 limit ski bags to 20kg so at least you get some capacity for your £40 return!)
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You know it makes sense.
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Digital Scales.
Buy some.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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We fly with 2 pairs of skis in one bag. My husband has a knack of 'hovering' the bag over the scales at check in so they weigh less.
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Poster: A snowHead
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kewhoward, - well spotted for the rather important point in my original post - we don't have scales .... - and thanks for at least giving me an order of magnitude - that's what i was after 
erica2004, ooooohh - i looove that technique
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GrahamN, Dammit your right  - looks like they vary between 1kg and 2.5 kg per pair making up to around 15kg for two pairs of skis, bindings and poles - perhaps not so much leeway on the 20kg bag limit on Jet2 as I'd thought but should still be well under.
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If it helps - my 2 pairs of K2s, 2 pairs of poles and a Ski tube weighs 19.5kg!
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marksovereign, Excellent if your allowance is 20kg. I'm guessing that skitube weighs a couple of kilos...
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I managed to get 2 pairs of skis (one set being Rossi 9S), 1 pair ski boots, 1 pair Scarpa mountain boots, ski jacket and trousers, a shovel and probe, and a pair of gloves all in a wheely bag.
Grand total 29Kg
Girl behind the desk raised her eyebrows and spilt the weight between our group
Hope this helps you estimate
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I'm guessing that skitube weighs a couple of kilos
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Our double ones weighs in at nearly 5kg
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I should know: I weighed my skis yesterday. 
hell mate buy some bloody scales like the rest of us. You might even find out how much your ski bag weighs!
Missed that, ask a neighbour 