 Poster: A snowHead
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So I have just returned from Les Arcs and what a fantastic week boarding. Went with Action Outdoors and stayed at the UCPA. It was a great laugh especially NYE.
Anyway, my pants let me down big time. At first the seat thinned then by the 5th day the seat opened to reveal my perfectly formed ass. Great! I thought I'd take back my pants to Mr Maxx and see what happens. I insisted on a refund and made a small commotion and voila, I got a full refund. Item was tagged 'faulty'. I was pretty shocked at how gore tex pants were so crap. I don't think they were faulty myself just not up to the job. Its made me re-evaluate the significance of gore tex. This isn't the first time g/t has let me down, my Burton g/t gloves lasted only 4 days last season. Is it me or is gore tex a waste of time?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Goretex is the membrane under the surface. How hard wearing an item is depends on what fabric the manufacturer uses for the outer layer and how well stitched it is.
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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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^^^ although Goretex supposedly do quality control on all garments made using it
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Gainz, What brand were they?
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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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Goretex is great, unfortunately not all manufacturers build their clothing to the standards they should, I had a pair of Spyder gloves where the fabric was cut so close to teh seams that they fell apart with less than one weeks use, fortunately I'd got tehm out the bargin bin at a ski show so no great loss, but quality of construction is at least as important as material choice, all seams in Goretex garments should be taped as thats where teh water can get in, vunerable and highly stressed seams should be double stiched and taped.
Gainz, did teh actual fabric thin, or was it the seam that went ? If it was teh former it sounds like a material fault, if the latter cheap manufacturing
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I wear Goretex sailing clothing which is great , but do not see the need with it in skiing kit as both jackets and pants have vents to let me breath. Goretex can also suck moisture in especially when sitting in the snow.
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They were Rossignol Chrono pants. The actual fabric thinned and it was obvious that the material wasn't up to it. Then the seam opened even though they were triple stitched. I don't know if the seams were taped I didn't see anything that would suggest they were. Thinking about it there was a black 'membrane' inbetween the layers of thinsulate. I thought that the outer fabric was gore tex as i bought a pair of camo pants during a very wet Glade festival last year which were 'gore tex'.
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Surprising - Rossi, although not "trendy" do make some solid gear - can only assume that these were defective...
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Gainz, did you have a few curries on the trip ? 
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Don't blame the Gore-Tex, blame the manufacturer of the clothing itself. The Gore-Tex bit is just the waterproof membrane bit.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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"I thought I'd take back my pants to Mr Maxx"
hang on did you buy these from TK Maxx? what was the manufacturer? I've had Gore-Tex kit before and you get what you pay for
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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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Gainz,
Just to clarify the question of the thinning material: you did go down the mountain standing up (mostly) on the board?
You did not slide al the way down on your ar$e?
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Gainz, Without photographic evidence, your claim to have a perfectly formed ass is invalid.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Gainz, Buy climbing gear instead of ski gear. I had a pair of shell salopettes which had already done 10 years of winter climbing. I had a couple of good ass slides on hard icy corduroy first thing in the morning. My ass looked like this my pants were unharmed.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Scarpa, Perfectly formed but still unsightly. You are right about the climbing gear it is usually far tougher than fashion house snow gear.
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