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Kit Purchase: UK Vs The Alps
If you're only getting away twice a year, you should probably consider
buying boots and hiring skis. I get away more than twice a year, and still rent skis. The advantages are always having the latest ski's, not having to travel with ski's (major pain in the ass), and not having to service and look after ski's. If you are travelling on a budget airline or package deal, you could quite possibly have to pay extra for the ski's, and with the cost of servicing it almost works out to be the same cost as hiring anyway.. "Jon" wrote in message ... Having gone away last year I have really gotten back into my skiing after a bit of a break, and can easily see myself getting away twice a year for the next few years. I have therefore decided that as well as having my own boots (which I've had for years) I'm going to go the whole hog and get some skis too. I looked at ski prices in Val D'Isere and guessed that there was a pretty healthy premium to be paid for buying the stuff on top of a mountain, but when I got back to the UK, I was suprised to find that the prices in the shops in London and at Milton Keynes Snowdome were much the same as those in Val. It therefore seems to me that buying kit up in the mountains is therefore the better option, on account of there being more choice, a better opportunity to test before you buy and hopefully better advice in the shops too(although one of them employed my brother 2 years ago, so maybe not!). Are people inclined to agree that buying in the resorts is better? Is there a third way that I've missed? Is there an FAQ somewhere that I should have read before starting off on this one?! |
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All of this is certainly true - and I hadn't thought of some of the things
you mentioned. I'm not too worried about having the latest stuff every year - if I find something that's good for me now, it'll still be good for me next year, I guess. Using the same stuff for a few years should also help me improve my skiing consistency. I also hate to fly and take the train whenever possible (v. easy when you go to Espace Killy, which we're likely to do for the forseeable future, due to a family connection). There's no excess baggage charges and you don't need to let them out of your sight! The other place I can see us going to is the USA & Canada (family again!). North Americans do not travel light as a rule, and this is reflected in the standard baggage allowances on scheduled flights. Carrying them around IS a pain, I must agree. But last year one of our group took both skis and a snowboard, and I helped with the carrying of their skis a fair bit (207cm beasties as well). It really wasn't too bad and with a lightweight, shorter, more modern pair, it should be OK most of the time "InMyTree" wrote in message ... If you're only getting away twice a year, you should probably consider buying boots and hiring skis. I get away more than twice a year, and still rent skis. The advantages are always having the latest ski's, not having to travel with ski's (major pain in the ass), and not having to service and look after ski's. If you are travelling on a budget airline or package deal, you could quite possibly have to pay extra for the ski's, and with the cost of servicing it almost works out to be the same cost as hiring anyway.. "Jon" wrote in message ... Having gone away last year I have really gotten back into my skiing after a bit of a break, and can easily see myself getting away twice a year for the next few years. I have therefore decided that as well as having my own boots (which I've had for years) I'm going to go the whole hog and get some skis too. I looked at ski prices in Val D'Isere and guessed that there was a pretty healthy premium to be paid for buying the stuff on top of a mountain, but when I got back to the UK, I was suprised to find that the prices in the shops in London and at Milton Keynes Snowdome were much the same as those in Val. It therefore seems to me that buying kit up in the mountains is therefore the better option, on account of there being more choice, a better opportunity to test before you buy and hopefully better advice in the shops too(although one of them employed my brother 2 years ago, so maybe not!). Are people inclined to agree that buying in the resorts is better? Is there a third way that I've missed? Is there an FAQ somewhere that I should have read before starting off on this one?! |
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"Jon" wrote in news:3f4b3f4e$0$245
: nd I helped with the carrying of their skis a fair bit (207cm beasties as well). Now they MUST be old skis! Greg |
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