"Matt T" wrote in message
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....snipsy...

Hi Paul,

Seems a bit tight of Salomon imho - if there's a manufacturing defect
then I would expect them to send two new boots without an argument.

Regards useful life of boots, if you ski hard for a whole season then
the padding is usually shot at the end of it - most of the instructors
I know replace them every year. I've skied fairly lightly on mine for
3 full seasons and know I should've replaced them a year ago, but new
goggles and 'pants' trumped new boots :-) If I was any good, I'm sure
it would've been the other way around.

So that probably works out at 20 weeks of cruisy skiing = new pair
needed.

Cheers,

Matt


Hi Matt, are you still in Tignes or do you return to blighty for the
'summer'?

We were quite happy with Salomon's offer - considering the boots had been
used for 12 weeks. We were just surprised that they didn't choose to replace
the shell as I would have thought that it would have been the cheaper
option. Maybe that have changed the colour and didn't have any of the old
shells free or simply couldn't be arsed to send a new one across. In any
case we'll try to blag a new shell from somewhere as it seems such a waste
to chuck out 2 perfectly good inners and single shell. Maybe we'll have to
get one of this seasons colour and have an unmatched pair - latest fashion
trend, you saw it here first!

The inners are still in good nick and should be fine for at least the same
amount of skiing again - 12 weeks was a mix of full-on hard stuff, but with
a equal amount of simpler instruction training and technique deconstruction.

Cheers

Paul