 Poster: A snowHead
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Can anyone recommend a pair of decent quality Mens' 38" waist salopettes that aren't:
a) £40 and therefore likely to fall apart 2 days into the next trip
b) £300 and ridiculously overspecced for a part time skiier / full time alcohol who needs to prioritise his beer money?
Seems there's nothing sensible at this kind of price point in the places I've looked. Even suggestions for the best, reasonably priced, online ski shops would be excellent.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Head to TK Maxx and with a bit of luck you'll find some silly money ones reduced to under £100, Or have a look at Aldi soft shell stuff (still some hanging around in my usual one) cheap enough not to matter if it drops to bits but my pair are good as new after 3 weeks and countless trips to Tamworth fridge.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Mon 19-12-11 22:26; edited 1 time in total
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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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"skiwear4less" have some quality Eider salopettes for under £100. 
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My 'White Rock Blizzards' bought 2 years ago and currently selling on fleabay for about 60 squids will be on their 16th ish week tomorrow. They're fine.
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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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You can get TNF Monte Cargo Pants for £130. Mine have lapped up loads of abuse, including the whole 08/09 season and roughly 16 weeks since. Bombproof - although I have now decided they could do with a techwash to get the water beading on the outside properly again. Also come in plenty of funky colours 
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They might be a bit of a running joke, but my Dare2Be £30 trousers have now done 4 weeks of skiing with no sign of any kind of damage at all. They're a bit dirty, now replaced with something that's got a bit less insulation, cost was about the same. I don't really see why you need to spend £100, let alone more than that.
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If your quick, go to the blacks website and choose a pair, then enter the code BXmas30 and get 30% of! I just bought the Mrs a pair of £130 north face cargo pants for less than £100.
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BigSov Get out to Bicester village and you'll catch the Helly Hansen closing sale and the North Face clearance store. There's a Moncler store too but you won't get a goggle wipe for under £100 in there.
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I got some surfanic for about £30 from m&msports and they are brilliant been out in the heavy snow and powder we have been having for the last few days and have had no problems at all. Better than my old helly hansens which cost about £150
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Do you live near an designer outlet of anykind? I got myself a pair of helly hansen legend ski pants for £40 and i saw the exact same pair for £130 in S+R a week later.... bargain!
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If you can catch teh train out to the Bicester retail village my mate picked up a pair of North Face salopettes for £50 the other day
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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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TK Maxx - worth a rummage through the racks, I picked up a pair of super breathable, super waterproof Trespass pants for £40 the other year and they've no signs of wear or indeed tear after 20+ days on the mountain.
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You can get the North Face Monte from Go Outdoors for £100. I have a pair in dear-god-almighty-orange, seemed rude not to at that price. I think they've got less flamboyant shades as well.
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