One of the many questions we ask ourselves when we go skiing is: Rent or buy skis?
When we begin to make contact with the experience of skiing, the dilemma is to rent or buy skis or snowboards.
These tips will help you decide the best option to rent or buy ski and snowboard equipment.
4 possible scenarios:
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Rent or buy skis or snowboard for Newbies
Definitely rent
Skier It is very important that the boots are your size, that the skis are of the right size, and above all, that it is a friendly model, that facilitates turning, and that they are not fast.
It is not advisable to buy when you start learning, since you do not even know if you will like this activity to practice it regularly.
If you request the material from a friend or acquaintance, you run the risk that they are not the right boots, and the skis, too demanding to start.
The situation you live could not be very pleasant and make you desist from this practice that adds so many followers every day.
Definitely the option for beginners is the rental and theirs is to hire in stores with professional staff.
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When it is convenient to buy skis or snowboards:
If you have already tried skiing or snowboarding, like it, and you will practice it regularly, the purchase option may be the optimal option.
If this is your case, then decide to buy your own ski or snowboard equipment.
There is a wide variety of second-hand material on the market at a very good price and in very good condition that you can definitely get a lot out of.
Good mountain equipment can last a long time if you take good care of it, if you do good maintenance and store it properly in the summer.
You do not need to choose the most expensive model, because they will evolve with your practice, it will surely be a transitional ski.
That is why we recommend you take care of them, then they can be sold in the second-hand market to compensate for the price of a new equipment, adapted to your evolution.
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If you know how to ski and have an advanced level, but you can not go as much as you would like:
It is a difficult choice, but renting, although not the cheapest option, is the most convenient.
Renting ski equipment for an intermediate skier usually costs between € 25 and € 30, approximately. Let's take 25€ average per day, it would be 50€ per weekend.
High-end boots and skis, powerful all mountains... for advanced skiers. An average team, € 600, you should ski, 12 weekends to amortize them. Let's not forget the boots, around € 400.
Renting will allow you to try different models, and it will be like always having new skis, every time. Today, most ski and snowboard equipment rental shops have skis and boots for all levels in perfect condition.
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I ski regularly, and I have my own equipment, but I have to change it.
It is difficult to find in ski resorts days in which brands organize product tests. But not impossible. Try to find the option to test equipment from different brands
A ski equipment is an important investment, and, if we try on pants of € 30, when we are going to buy it, thought with head, it seems absurd, not to try a product in which we can spend € 1000 or more.
The rental centers have a wide range of materials and novelties that will allow you to try different models, and be able to choose at the time of buying, what you will like.
And you, are you a novice or an expert skier?