The best ski jackets?

swskier wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Or "where to you are you" if you are Welshish.
:lol:

To which you'd get the answer of "just up be errrr"

I used to hear a lot of that when I worked in Blackwood.
And baaaaing.

since you only have 200 dollars get one of these

Best jackets around 200 $

The North Face Insulated Varius Guide Jacket

Salomon Men Jacket 900 Hoodie Zip

Salomon Deemax II

Switch_meister wrote:since you only have 200 dollars get one of these

Best jackets around 200 $

The North Face Insulated Varius Guide Jacket

Salomon Men Jacket 900 Hoodie Zip

Salomon Deemax II

200$ thats about £136 they need to come down a bit for me to buy one of them :evil:

wait im confused, you said you were " looking to spend @ £200" and if $ 200= £136 and those jackets are all around $200 then they should be the perfect price.

Oh and £200 = $294 U.S

I've kept away from this thread 'till now cos I sort of thought that no matter what I said people would think "Well, he would say that wouldn't he" because I sell ski jackets.

What I would say is there is a lot of 'apple and orange' comparisons going on. People are comparing some really awful brands with some really good ones (in terms of quality of materials and manufacture)

If you want to see why you pay more for some brands than others then go to the manufacturers web sites and look at what they are made of.

As is often the case, value and price are rather different concepts.

Different people have different needs when it comes to their ski clothing but the title of the thread is "The best ski jackets?"

My needs from my ski clothing?

I was in Tignes a couple of weeks ago, the weather was very mixed, -18 up top and very windy one day, +14 in the sun lower down on another.

I wore the same layers (exactly) every day, whether exerting myself or sitting still on a lift I was never too hot or too cold. That is the sort of performance I expect from the 'best ski jacket' There are a number of brands that provide such performance, none of them are cheap, but as with most things - you get what you pay for. :-)

True.

tony did you see i got a nike acg from e bay bargain brand new, unfortunately you were on your jolly's so i couldnt ask mrs h's advice, but it is a lovely fit and i am very eager to try it out, very pleased with it so far