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Ski Comparison Tool
My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is
still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark |
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Ski Comparison Tool
mark wrote:
My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark Two things come to mind, one involves the use of the tool immediately the other is for the future. 1) My assumption is that the ski description is what the manufacturer says, that there is no attempt for skiers to have an opinion on the ski. Also, there is one category missing. The "one ski quiver" category. There will be a bit of overlap from several other categories here. The reason for this is the fact that skis are SO expensive these days that it would be nice to let people know what might be good for *most* conditions. If you don't, I'd say somewhere that this is a guide to narrow the selection, but "nothing beats demo-ing". Skis are such personal things. 2) Quite a number of people like to buy last season's or older skis at a discount. It would be nice if you could keep your information up for a few years and have a way to access it. The manufacturer, of course, wants to us all to buy new stuff and so it's hard to find old info on skis. |
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mark wrote:
My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark Two observations 1) the basic mode is too simplistic and just gives a long list of skis (and a far too high length range in my opinion) 2) The details in the advanced mode just apear to consist of manufacturers advertisising blurb, it would probably be better to specify for example core material (wood, foam, honeycomb or whatever) and possbly Construction type (though I think most skis ar monocoque now). Chris |
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mark wrote:
My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Cool, or cO0L! as the genXers say. Everybody else likes to complain, so I will too. I wish it could find "all skis that are red". Perhaps the wizard could further differentiate between "mostly groomers sometimes off-piste" and "mostly off-piste". Or maybe that distinction is total BS. |
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VTSkier thanks for your reply.
1) Yes the manufacture descriptions are all from the manuf right now. We are considering allowing people to add comments. Ya, regarding the 'one ski' this is where a review and 'Spadout Choice' would eventually play in. It is hard to say one ski can do it all though with everything from frontsider carvers, big mountain to freestyle in the market. 2) Thats a great idea. We will store the data and mark it as older models so the data won't expire for a few years. Though at the same time we went to set it up so people can only sort by only current models. Thanks for the reply and keep the feedback coming. VtSkier wrote: mark wrote: My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark Two things come to mind, one involves the use of the tool immediately the other is for the future. 1) My assumption is that the ski description is what the manufacturer says, that there is no attempt for skiers to have an opinion on the ski. Also, there is one category missing. The "one ski quiver" category. There will be a bit of overlap from several other categories here. The reason for this is the fact that skis are SO expensive these days that it would be nice to let people know what might be good for *most* conditions. If you don't, I'd say somewhere that this is a guide to narrow the selection, but "nothing beats demo-ing". Skis are such personal things. 2) Quite a number of people like to buy last season's or older skis at a discount. It would be nice if you could keep your information up for a few years and have a way to access it. The manufacturer, of course, wants to us all to buy new stuff and so it's hard to find old info on skis. |
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Thanks for the reply Moonman.
1) Keep in mind that the average person that buys skis literally does not know what a frontside carver, all mountain etc. is. We tried to develop a system that a complete new skier could appreciate and learn from. I do believe though that the list is way to long. Narrowing it is tuff though. Any tips? 2) Most skis have core, construction and technology information. Which ski were you looking at? Thanks! MoonMan wrote: mark wrote: My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark Two observations 1) the basic mode is too simplistic and just gives a long list of skis (and a far too high length range in my opinion) 2) The details in the advanced mode just apear to consist of manufacturers advertisising blurb, it would probably be better to specify for example core material (wood, foam, honeycomb or whatever) and possbly Construction type (though I think most skis ar monocoque now). Chris |
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mark wrote:
VTSkier thanks for your reply. 1) Yes the manufacture descriptions are all from the manuf right now. We are considering allowing people to add comments. Ya, regarding the 'one ski' this is where a review and 'Spadout Choice' would eventually play in. It is hard to say one ski can do it all though with everything from frontsider carvers, big mountain to freestyle in the market. Skiing mag or was it "Powder", I forget, I get both of them, suggested a category of skis that do "most" things quite well and then went on to tell which ones did what better. 2) Thats a great idea. We will store the data and mark it as older models so the data won't expire for a few years. Though at the same time we went to set it up so people can only sort by only current models. Thanks, this is a quandry I have come up against. I see a pair of skis for sale at some point and I know it's several years old, but it's hardly used. What was it made for? Since I no longer work in a ski shop I don't keep up with models and therefore have no clue what a ski is for if there isn't a description somewhere. Thanks for the reply and keep the feedback coming. You're welcome. BTW could you give a pronunciation for your name? As a typical English speaker, I'd pronounce exactly as spelled: "Spad-out". But it might be French, then: "Spa-doo" with the emphasis on the second sylable. I'm not being a wise-ass here, I'd just like to know. Thanks. VtSkier wrote: mark wrote: My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark Two things come to mind, one involves the use of the tool immediately the other is for the future. 1) My assumption is that the ski description is what the manufacturer says, that there is no attempt for skiers to have an opinion on the ski. Also, there is one category missing. The "one ski quiver" category. There will be a bit of overlap from several other categories here. The reason for this is the fact that skis are SO expensive these days that it would be nice to let people know what might be good for *most* conditions. If you don't, I'd say somewhere that this is a guide to narrow the selection, but "nothing beats demo-ing". Skis are such personal things. 2) Quite a number of people like to buy last season's or older skis at a discount. It would be nice if you could keep your information up for a few years and have a way to access it. The manufacturer, of course, wants to us all to buy new stuff and so it's hard to find old info on skis. |
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Thanks for the reply VtSkier. It stands for SPort ADventure OUTdoors.
The name is pronounced spad-out (though the 'ad' is pronounced like 'add' or 'adventure'). VtSkier wrote: mark wrote: VTSkier thanks for your reply. 1) Yes the manufacture descriptions are all from the manuf right now. We are considering allowing people to add comments. Ya, regarding the 'one ski' this is where a review and 'Spadout Choice' would eventually play in. It is hard to say one ski can do it all though with everything from frontsider carvers, big mountain to freestyle in the market. Skiing mag or was it "Powder", I forget, I get both of them, suggested a category of skis that do "most" things quite well and then went on to tell which ones did what better. 2) Thats a great idea. We will store the data and mark it as older models so the data won't expire for a few years. Though at the same time we went to set it up so people can only sort by only current models. Thanks, this is a quandry I have come up against. I see a pair of skis for sale at some point and I know it's several years old, but it's hardly used. What was it made for? Since I no longer work in a ski shop I don't keep up with models and therefore have no clue what a ski is for if there isn't a description somewhere. Thanks for the reply and keep the feedback coming. You're welcome. BTW could you give a pronunciation for your name? As a typical English speaker, I'd pronounce exactly as spelled: "Spad-out". But it might be French, then: "Spa-doo" with the emphasis on the second sylable. I'm not being a wise-ass here, I'd just like to know. Thanks. VtSkier wrote: mark wrote: My friend and I have been developing a Ski comparison tool. It is still a beta version (though it already has 250+ 06-07 skis) but we would love your opinion and any suggestions on how it can be improved. You can leave feedback here (I will check this forum). The tool can be found at: http://www.spadout.com/ski.php?ski_t=2 Thanks, Mark Two things come to mind, one involves the use of the tool immediately the other is for the future. 1) My assumption is that the ski description is what the manufacturer says, that there is no attempt for skiers to have an opinion on the ski. Also, there is one category missing. The "one ski quiver" category. There will be a bit of overlap from several other categories here. The reason for this is the fact that skis are SO expensive these days that it would be nice to let people know what might be good for *most* conditions. If you don't, I'd say somewhere that this is a guide to narrow the selection, but "nothing beats demo-ing". Skis are such personal things. 2) Quite a number of people like to buy last season's or older skis at a discount. It would be nice if you could keep your information up for a few years and have a way to access it. The manufacturer, of course, wants to us all to buy new stuff and so it's hard to find old info on skis. |
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The tool looks quite useful. If you could sort the results - say by
price, or otherwise, it would improve the functionality. Cheers, Nick |
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Interesting that you mention that Nick. I am actually working on the
sorting feature as we speak. The sorting feature is actually more difficult then most would guess (complex database structure). Price and Name is easy. Making it sortable by radii, length etc. (anything size related) is much more difficult. It will work but will take a few days. wrote: The tool looks quite useful. If you could sort the results - say by price, or otherwise, it would improve the functionality. Cheers, Nick |
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