Austria
The most completely specified listings on the site
Alpine skis, cross-country sets, bindings, boots, climbing skins, a ski bag, a lock and — unexpectedly — a street hockey stick.
Numbers, consistently. The alpine ski gives three widths, a radius at a named length, an ability band and a binding with its DIN range printed. The junior binding publishes a full Z-DIN range and names both sole standards it accepts, which nothing else on that shelf does. The climbing skin goes down to the 12 kg rating of the band that holds the tail. The cross-country set prints the weight band its length was chosen for.
The junior boot states its flex twice, and differently, in the same listing — on the number the boot is sold by. Thoroughness is not the same as agreement with yourself.
70 flex, 166 cm overall, 152 cm shaft, street hockey class
The only stick here that publishes a flex and two lengths — and it is sold for street hockey.
Best for: A street hockey player of around 63 kg, by the half-body-weight rule of thumb
≈ £51 / €46
184 cm classic set for 80–94 kg: ski, IFP binding, boots and poles
The most complete set here — ski, mounted binding, boots and poles — and the only one that prints the weight band its length was chosen for.
Best for: An adult of 80 to 94 kg starting classic skiing who wants everything in one delivery
≈ €290
170 cm, 118-73-101, radius 15.5 m at 165 cm, with RS9 SLR Z 2.5–9
The most completely specified ski on the shelf: three widths, a radius at a named length, a stated ability band and a binding with its DIN range printed.
Best for: A beginner to intermediate skier staying on piste, who wants the numbers printed
≈ €250
Junior binding, Z-DIN 2–7.5, 90 mm brake, GripWalk and alpine soles
The only binding here that publishes a full DIN range and names both sole standards it accepts.
Best for: A growing child on a junior ski, with either kind of junior sole
≈ £86 / €75
Junior boot, MP 24/24.5, GripWalk sole, flex stated twice and differently
The most detailed listing on the shelf, and the one that contradicts itself on the number the boot is sold by.
Best for: A child skiing regularly, on skis whose bindings are set for GripWalk
≈ $145 / €148
The only lock here with a stated security level, and the thickest core under ten euros.
Best for: Skis outside a hut, clipped to a rack post within half a metre
The most completely specified skin on the shelf — down to the 12 kg rating of the band that holds the tail.
Best for: A 163 cm touring ski of around 88 mm at the waist
The cheapest bag here: a 190 cm sleeve for one pair, with nothing on it that is not needed.
Best for: A car boot and a cupboard — protecting the car from the skis as much as the reverse
The live figure beside a product went and asked the shop for it the moment this page opened; any amount written into the text has not moved since the sentence was drafted, and it is the first of the two that counts.
