 Poster: A snowHead
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I've just bought the kids a helmet each. One weeks hire in Hasliberg looked like being about £20 each. A new helmet from Lidl was £14. A very nice thing (not that I'm an expert) with adjustments, padding, closeable vents etc etc. Even better than the one I don't really want to wear. Why would anybody ever hire one, or is that part of the conspiracy?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We used to hire a helmet for our daughter. It's a reasonable thing to do when you're new to skiing and you don't know if the little ones are going to take to it. However we decided to buy one when she was around 8. Over the past 5 years the amount of padding inside has steadily reduced from using ALL pads, to progressively thinner pads. Each year we have a refitting session to account for the change in her head size.
The really good thing about owning a helmet, is that you can "customize" it to suit tastes... and that becomes a more and more important part of ensuring it gets worn as the child gets older. (Current style is a dragon's tail cover).
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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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It's a reasonable thing to do when you're new to skiing
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Not when it's £20 to hire and only £14 to buy, especially since you can sell the helmet on if your anklebiter hates skiing.
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Who would:
1. Hire a helmet; or
2. Buy a second-hand helmet?
These things are prone to be useless if they've ever been dropped. If you can be bothered to wear one, why on earth would you use one that you don't know where it's been?
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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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These things are prone to be useless if they've ever been dropped. |
Huh?
You're confusing ski helmets with bike helmets! They're constructed differently. Dropping a ski helmets won't hurt it the least bit. Well, unlee you drop it from the roof top of a 2nd story building!
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| If you can be bothered to wear one, why on earth would you use one that you don't know where it's been? |
You can inspect it and see if it's still in good shape or not.
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The last two times I have booked ski, boots and helmets to hire for the girls, the hire cost has remained to the same even when I have ticked the box for the helmets. It definitely did not Increase the hire cost by £20. It appeared to be free when hiring kids skis and boots to me.
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First time I went skiing, didn't have my own boots so hitred - the thought that someone's feet had been in there before mine was bad enough, but can you imagine hiring a helmet? Someone's sweaty manky hair and lord knows what else lurking in there...I feel sick
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NickyJ,
A quick flick through an Inghams brochure seems to indicate wildly different policies between countries.
Austria - the average price is about £15 with some resorts being free.
Andorra, Switzerland, USA & France - helmets are not mentioned in the hire sections.
Italy - Kids helmets provided free.
Canada - everywhere different, from free to £35
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