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Tips on ski sunglasses
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 70 Replies
Until I can be convinced that there are good science/technology reasons for their high price, being a Cardi, I will consider Oakleys a rip-off.
Rauris.
Started by User in Austria, 4 Replies
Going in Feb. Lots of info here
http://www.raurisskigang.net/forum/index.html

and helpful mods on there as well
Tips on ski sunglasses
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 70 Replies
AllyG wrote:


Thanks Trencher,
I had a look at this site, and they do vari-focals as well as bi-focals (and they also do transitions). Vari-focals are supposed to be better than bi-focals because there is no cut off line between distance vision and reading vision - it happens gradually somehow.

I have vari-focals and my optician told me it was a good idea to get them early, before my reading eyesight had deteriorated too much, so that I could get used to them. He said people who have had bi-focals for a long time generally can't get used to vari-focals. Mine are fine. The first time I wore them for driving, I completely forgot I had them on, and they were no problem. So I can drive, ski, and read a piste map wearing them :D because they are transition vari-focals. I have forgotten how much I paid for them, but I rather think it was around £120 for the lenses and the frames. I can check if anyone wants to know.

Ally


I find varifocals difficult, because your horizontal range of vision is very limited, and to the centre of the lens So scanning a page is a pain because you can't swivel your eyes across the page, becaue you get out of focus, and I find having to swivel my head back and fore to read a line of text irritating. I am on my first pair, and don't use them very much, preferring to use my other pair (reserves).
yet another knee question!
Started by User in Ski Fitness, 39 Replies
Reading all the previous posts has given me terrific encouragement. I am booked on my first ski trip for 30 yrs, and have been very concerned about my knees not being up to it. They give me twinges, which I have accepted (being 59) as being normal; they also grind and make a racket when I excercise. I am now limited in the gym because the leg machines give me too much pain. To hear that so many seem to be fighting through some sort of pain to go skiing is giving me heart therefore. Thanks.
Base Layers
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 25 Replies
Trencher wrote: What you are looking for is a material that "wicks" sweat away from your skin. So thermal underwear is fine, so long as it is not cotton. Base layer is really just jargon for thermal underwear, and it implies a layered system of clothing.

Trencher


What material should I be looking for then? I have some 'thermal underwear' from M & S already, and if I can see myself OK with some more of those, then I would get away with it far cheaper than having to buy some of the 'base layers' marketed by some of the 'outdoor' people. Some of them seem to be at a loss to know how high to take the price, for something that nobody except myself (and my good lady) will see.
Base Layers
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 25 Replies
I have been confused by base layers also. I just can't work out whether there is a significant difference between 'thermal underwear' and 'base layers'. I know people in shops have a vested interest to sell you whatever makes them most money, but in my case (a 59yr old, virtual beginner, who may not go on another trip) is it prudent for me to spend on a top of the range, branded piece of clothing, where a thermal vest and long john, will perform adequately for my purpose?
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