United States
The listings that publish what nobody else does
An airbag pack, a transceiver, ice skates, a snowboard, snowshoes, a touring ski and wrist guards.
A habit of publishing the missing line. The snowshoe gives its surface area in cm² — the only one on this site that does — alongside length, load and weight in a single line. The transceiver publishes its frequency, its dimensions and its weight, which no other new unit here does. The snowboard publishes its insert pattern, which matters on a small board and which nothing else on that shelf states. The airbag pack says what a tourer actually has to fit inside it: cylinder, shovel, probe and transceiver.
The wrist guard puts its size table in the photographs rather than in the text, so a buyer has to read a picture to choose a size.
174 cm touring ski, 88 mm in the model name, paulownia core with a titanal laminate
A real touring ski whose waist is in its name, with the lightest core material on the shelf and a laminate the maker says is specific to its touring range.
Best for: A tourer who knows the Wayback and wants the 88 at a season-old price
≈ €473
Women’s directional board, flex 5/10, twin rocker, 2×4 inserts
The only board here that publishes its insert pattern, and the cheapest way onto a shelf where everything else starts at twice the price.
Best for: A first women’s board, bought on price, by somebody who will confirm the length
≈ €126
64 cm, 1135 cm² surface, 54–91 kg, 1.92 kg, 19° heel lift
The only snowshoe on the site that publishes its surface area, and the only one that gives length, area, load and weight in one line.
Best for: A walker between 54 and 91 kg who wants to compare flotation properly
≈ $260 / £173 / €223
457 kHz, 215 g, 11.5 × 7.1 × 2.4 cm, strap and AAA batteries included
The thinnest multi-antenna unit here, and the only new one that publishes its frequency, its size and its weight.
Best for: A skier who wants the full Tracker with the features the Tracker S leaves out
≈ $350 / £323 / €370
22 litres, room for cylinder, shovel, probe and transceiver, diagonal ski carry
The only pack here that says what a tourer has to fit inside it — cylinder, shovel, probe and transceiver.
Best for: A tourer who wants a small pack and will confirm what comes with it before ordering
≈ €550
Adjustable EU 32–37, softboot with a junior cuff, riveted stainless blade
A soft-boot adjustable skate for a growing girl, with a plastic cuff doing the work a hard shell does elsewhere.
Best for: A girl skating a few times a winter, over two or three growing seasons
≈ £82 / €65
Hard caps over a Coolmax lining, with D-ring straps and reflective stitching — and the size table is in the photographs.
Best for: Inline skating, and a snowboarder willing to buy a skate guard for the same fall
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.
