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0 pointsLoic9mo ago0 comments

FYI, the rental skis, even if they look the same as the same skis you could buy retail are not the same. They have bigger edges and a dicker base. The bindings are not the same.

This is because they are built to go through the machine after each rental. Good retails skis have less "robust" but faster, thinner base, they would be dead after 3 months of rental.

Source: I spend way too many hours each season in a ski shop taking care of a mix of rental and competitive hardware.

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poulsbohemian9mo ago

>This is because they are built to go through the machine after each rental

What machine are you referring to here? It sounds like you are referring to some kind of waxing / edge sharpening / cleaning device, which would be extreme luxury compared to the rental shop at my local hill where they intake the rentals for the day and dump them back into a bucket for the next skier.

bee_rider9mo ago

I’ve rented skis in the US for a weekend out skiing, and of course they are usually pretty beat up (to be expected), and I don’t expect any amazing performance (wasted on me anyway). But, they are taking about something that seems a bit different, renting skis for a whole season. Almost seems more like leasing a car vs renting one?

rkomorn9mo ago

I always suspected my rental skis had dicker bases! (Sorry for typo-sniping for cheap laughs.)

LoicOP9mo ago

French living in Germany, sometimes I am mixing up things. What is interesting is that the Swiss person (probably German speaking) did not notice. Thank you for allowing to laugh after the fact :-D

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