im in the market for ski jacket & salopettes, help me find some please

TK Maxx has been kind to me in the past. I have bought Nike, Bailo, Alpine Lowe and Columbia gear in there, as well as Reusch gloves, all at greatly reduced prices. But you do have to visit a few times and sift through some rubbish.

TK Maxx do have a lot of Trespass and Dare2be. This is pretty much low and of the market, but for £100 you will kit yourself out with sallos and a jacket for sure. Not the nicest stuff by a long way, IMO.

Dave Mac wrote:Ian, isn't there supposed to be a hole at the bottom of each leg? )

Thank you for making me laugh out loud on this rather dull afternoon )

Ian, my guess is that the hole was created by you pulling your sallos over your ski boots.....several pairs of mine have done the same. Its very annoying, and not necessarily a problem with any certain brand of sallos.

Tony_H wrote:Ian, my guess is that the hole was created by you pulling your sallos over your ski boots.....several pairs of mine have done the same. Its very annoying, and not necessarily a problem with any certain brand of sallos.

Firstly, in thirty four years of skiing I have never had a pair of sallo's rip or hole in that area, mainly because I buy a size larger than I need as I do like a bit of room so normally my sallo's are not a over tight fit at the bottom of the leg. So in my humble opinion I really do think it is a quality issue, I paid 19.99 + pp for them so not a lot lost but then again you do get what you pay for. I have found in the past about £35 buys me a good pair of sallo's, so I have got my eye on a pair of 5 seasons which are on offer for £30. :shock:

Wouldn't a hole at the bottom of the leg be likely to be caused by a sharp ski edge or boot clip?
http://www.skiwear4less.com/ are often a good place to get bargains from.

andymol2 wrote:Wouldn't a hole at the bottom of the leg be likely to be caused by a sharp ski edge or boot clip?
http://www.skiwear4less.com/ are often a good place to get bargains from.

Never experienced it before, and yes I normally get some good deals on skiwear4less 8)

andymol2 wrote:Wouldn't a hole at the bottom of the leg be likely to be caused by a sharp ski edge or boot clip?
http://www.skiwear4less.com/ are often a good place to get bargains from.

This is what I was getting at, as I do not believe that Ian's problem is a quality one. The reason I say this is because I have 3 pairs of sallos which I currently use: North Face, Nike, and Quiksilver. All 3 retail at well over £100 each and 2 of them have holes and slits in the bottoms, related to ski edges and boot clips.

Tony_H wrote:

andymol2 wrote:Wouldn't a hole at the bottom of the leg be likely to be caused by a sharp ski edge or boot clip?
http://www.skiwear4less.com/ are often a good place to get bargains from.

This is what I was getting at, as I do not believe that Ian's problem is a quality one. The reason I say this is because I have 3 pairs of sallos which I currently use: North Face, Nike, and Quiksilver. All 3 retail at well over £100 each and 2 of them have holes and slits in the bottoms, related to ski edges and boot clips.

I understand what you were getting at, but it is defiantly a quality issue, to understand that you have to realise that I have to ski with a wide stance because that is the only way I will get my bases flat to the snow.