Yet another newbie to skins thread
So like a few people right now, I'm also trying to buy skins for the first time, and honestly, I'm getting conflicting information (or, maybe, I'm reading comprehension challenged, and the people I've asked also don't 100% agree...)
Regardless, here are my questions.
(1) Exactly how do you go about determining how wide of skins to purchase?
It seems like some people say to go with width of the waist of the ski...but a couple of the guys I know that tour a lot say go wider and then trim to fit. How important is the width of the skin in the fore/aft section of the ski (vs underfoot?) Can anyone summarize this debate for a JONG in like, 2 sentences? 'Cause I'm getting all confused.
(2) Which brands/models/etc perform best? There seems to be a lot of chatter about BD Ascention STS (sp?) skins...but, are there are other brands that are reliable? Can you actually tell a difference between brands, in practice? Are some skins really grippier, slideyer, and last longer?
(3) Tip attachment types. How much do these matter? If you don't have a twin tip, does it matter at all?
Danke,
Jess