Poster: A snowHead
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Looking to get a decent pair of salopettes for my next ski trip since the OH also needs some too. Has anyone got any recommendations for a reasonable pair of mens salopettes for sub £100 and the same for womens salopettes. Note that i desperately need them to be waterproof as i keep ending up with a very wet bum atm. I'm also not the smallest of ladies so none of these tiny salopettes that only fit tiny people
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Becstar, do you really want salopettes? They're such a pain sometimes - a pair of trousers might be easier. Are you in the UK? I'd go to T K Maxx or one of the outlet stores, there are plenty of decent waterproof trousers for under £100 - but you do need to try them on, as I find even when they are ostensibly the same size, different makes come up really different. Make sure you have room for long johns underneath, and that they are loose enough that you can squat right down comfortably.
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Look on the sportpersuit website; usually good deals at either end of the price/quality/performance/style range
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Check out the Sweet Protection bargains on Sport Pursuit.
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I spose that buying online is OK if you're a very standard size, or not too bothered about fit. I'm a very standard size 12 but typically find that of half a dozen pairs of trousers I try on, only one fits really well.
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pam w, most brands seem to have a certain fitting style, so once you've tried on a couple of things in shops you can buy from them online in reasonable confidence. Ie I know Patagonia just doesn't fit me, too boxy - one of the few brands where the small fits my shoulders, but is them too short, medium is the right length but then far too baggy (most brands are the opposite, small is the right length but I need medium to fit my shoulders).
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Surfanic.
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Becstar, I've had Trespass jackets, which were comfortable and wore very well. Those look a good shape.
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We have a trespass store nearby in Poole so i might pop down there and see if i can suss out sizings and have a closer look at what they have
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You know it makes sense.
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Go to a North Face store at the end of feb/ beginning of march. Everything gets discounted, I got a jacket for half price last year and salopettes were down from £140 to around £60-£70.
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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 have been using the own brand mountain warehouse for the past couple of trips. They were ok for the money but I seemed to keep getting a wet bum and the OH split his in half!!! Have a go outdoors card so will pop in there while in Poole too.
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Poster: A snowHead
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...or Cotswold Outdoor in Bournemouth - they certainly had loads of jackets last time I went in. I imagine they do trousers as well. Also a few places to try at Castle Point; TK Maxx, Mountain Warehouse, Sports Direct.
SnowTrax are worth a look as well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Becstar wrote: |
I have been using the own brand mountain warehouse for the past couple of trips. They were ok for the money but I seemed to keep getting a wet bum and the OH split his in half!!! Have a go outdoors card so will pop in there while in Poole too. |
Have you washed and re proofed your current ones Becstar?
The amount of people who don't know or bother to reproof their waterproofs is staggering
Basically you should treat your waterproofs in the same way as you would shoes or walking boots, ie, proof them as often as you'd wax/oil or your boot or polish your shoes.
Try it...you might be surprised
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Ratae Corieltauvorum, what do you use to re-proof??
I currently have a 3 year old Tenson jacket which I think is in need of reproofing before I venture off in a couple of weeks..
Have previously gone to our Wilkinson's store and purchased some waterproofing spray of the shoe polish isle, but not sure if this is ideal but it did work a bit..
Could anyone else shed any light on what they use? Seen previous posts about Nic-wax causing the 'boil in a bag effect', so was wondering..?
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Simon94 wrote: |
Ratae Corieltauvorum, what do you use to re-proof??
I currently have a 3 year old Tenson jacket which I think is in need of reproofing before I venture off in a couple of weeks..
Have previously gone to our Wilkinson's store and purchased some waterproofing spray of the shoe polish isle, but not sure if this is ideal but it did work a bit..
Could anyone else shed any light on what they use? Seen previous posts about Nic-wax causing the 'boil in a bag effect', so was wondering..? |
Browse around Grangers website, and their customer services are pretty good too. Various materials and methods of laminating require subtle treatments, and the most common step that people miss is activating the proofing with the 20degC tumble dry cycle
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Try surfanic, I was after a pair of sallopets for £90 and ended up buying a full priced jacket for £99 and paying £1 for the pants.
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One of the reasons I mentioned Surfanic also was some/most of there stuff has a high waterproofness... 10,000 iirc. When I've looked at others they often don't state or are 3,000/5,000.
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