Some items:
Helmets, ski gloves, socks, neck warmers, goggles, jackets, ski pants, thermal shirts and long underwear etc.
Link DE: http://www.lidl-pageflip.com/chde.ht...eLocaleAttr=de
Link FR: http://www.lidl-pageflip.com/chfr.ht...eLocaleAttr=fr
In case you are looking for inexpensive ski clothing , Lidl has some as of October 7th. If you are interested, you should go early for best selection.
This is really cheap!
Specially for guests who might be planning on visiting who might only be needing them for one weekend or so!
This looks really good, thanks. Have you ever bought any clothes from Lidl? I have bought clothes at Aldi and own many things from Tchibo but have never been to Lidl. Could you recommend it?
I have some stuff from Lidl, I used to live across the street from one. I also found some stuff there that I wouldn't see in regular clothing stores (maybe not fashionable anymore or something).
It will probably vary depending on the particular items but some of the stuff I got is decent quality stuff.
I haven't bought stuff from Aldi but they are very likely comparable in quality - I wouldn't be surprised if some of the stuff was coming from the same manufacturer even.
An issue will be with the sizes, you sort of have to guess the right one. But this would be the same in Aldi as well.
I have never bought anything from Lidl as there isn't one near here but have bought quite a bit from Aldi and as others have said I would think they're very similar in quality and very likely sourced from the same places.
The Aldi stuff has always been very good value for money and the quality is ok too.
We've had (and still got) quite a few bits and bobs from Lidl over the years. Most of their sports gear is branded as 'Crivit' and for cycling in particular I've found it every bit as good as normal high street names.
For skiing, their clothing doesn't really tick my boxes, but as a (semi-)professional that's hardly surprising. We both have a few bits of winter gear, like fleece jackets, shirts and similar, which are great for everyday use but perhaps just a little lacking on the 'technical' features we look for in actual skiwear. No problems with quality as such, just not for such arduous use as we need.
But for the occasional skier, or to have to lend out to visitors, I'd certainly agree with Mo's suggestion, and that these brands would be ideal. Also ideal for beginners who don't know how much they're going to do and don't want to commit to a huge investment in gear. To be able to get the whole lot from socks to underwear to gloves, hat and goggles, plus outer wear, for just over a hundred francs - yes, I just added it all up, total comes to around chf110 - is absolutely amazing value, even if you end up throwing it all away after a couple of weeks use.
I just reminded myself of their sports glasses and ski goggles. Cheap as chips and perfectly fine to use. I think last time I saw them I bought three or four pairs of each and have on occasion given them (ski goggles) out to pupils who came unprepared. At those prices I could probably even sell them on at a profit on the slopes (As if I'd do such a thing).
I also have some Crivit stuff. The sport glasses are extremely cheap (like under 5 EUR) so I got a couple so I didn't have to swap the lenses. They are not as comfy as the ones that cost me over 20x as much, but they actually are lasting longer... As it is being sold in the EU I'm fairly certain the lenses do filter out the UVs and so on.
I nearly bought a cycling top from Lidl but the zip looked really cheap and nasty.
I did a web-search and found that others had found the zip had broken after a couple of weeks.
I don't call that good value.
There are other places to get bargains though. I got a pair of 150CHF snowboard trousers from an Athleticum sale - 50% off the original sale price of 50% off and I only paid 37CHF.
I bought a snowboard jacket in the U.K. for 59 GBP in an online sale that was 280CHF here in SportXX.
Both much better quality than the Lidl stuff.
thanks everyone. I think I will try to get a pair of trousers. Not for daily use but as a replacement set. Seems like a good deal and worth a try.
Yes, I can confirm that. They're actually marked as TüV approved, I think, and I checked that they're proper UV-proof.
I bought all of my sking outfit during sales and I will probably buy a pair of trousers as well if I find one. But with the price of the Lidl ones even if I just use it to go down with the sledge it's still worth the price
Sure, but
a) the zip issue is certainly not typical of the rest of their stuff, in my experience and
b) it's all relative. To me, the 280 chuff jacket from sportxx would quite probably seem 'cheap and nasty' compared with brands like Mammut etc. Horses for courses, really.
As it happens, my last two "Gore-tex soft-shell" jackets have both cost me less than 300, less than half the list price. You just need to know where, and most importantly when, to look.
I've bought thermal tops from Lidl and they've been fine for running in the winter.
I'm not saying everything is bad.
I agree. But I buy what I need to do the job and I'm sure you do too.
My snowboard trousers were 37 CHF.
My snowboard gloves were 300 CHF.
That was actually my point. The Lidl stuff seems like good value when compared with the average sports/ski shop here but if you know when and where to look, you can save a fortune on better quality gear.
We'd only been here a month and our 10 year was due to go on a five day ski trip with school. Coming from Belgium which is not exactly renowned for it's skiing we didn't have any of the clothing he needed for the trip and he was due to go before the sales really started.
The Aldi promo ( and i would imagine the Lidl one too) was really useful for us and the gear we got for him was actually very good. The prices were very reasonable compared to some of the eye watering prices you see here. It's great for kids stuff as for one they grow out of it very quickly and for two ( in our case at least) we didn't know if he'd actually like and would ever want to go again.
He now has a mixture of cheap and cheerful stuff from Aldi and some better quality stuff we've since bought in the sales. I don't think we've ever paid full price for any of his gear and in fact he managed to 'lose' the most expensive jacket we bought him so I'm quite reluctant to spend a lot on his stuff.
Migros sport is good too. And of course, for you BM, the big Decathlon next to HyperU in Pontarlier is brilliant.
Yep his most recent jacket came from the Migros sport at the end of the season when it was 75% off.
Will definitely look at Decathlon when he needs a new one but you know how much I like driving up that road in winter.
LOL I'll pick you up from the village down in the valley (wimp ). And there is even a train from Neuchatel.
Went last night and picked up a few things for less than CHF70 including some crap I didn't need and donuts for the road!
It's all low quality stuff to be fair but can't see anything wrong with it so far.
Was quite impressed with the goggles though, they're not that bad at all given that they're less than 10% of the stuff sold at Ochsner Sport. They have two versions, sunny day ones and cloudy day ones, as I already have the sunny day ones it was a good time to get the cloudy day ones. It remains to be seen if the texture of the snow's visibility is improved and whether or not they will steam up. They fit over glasses easily so if you're blind as a bat it should be no problem too.
Thermals, gloves and accessories are cheap as chips and will keep you / your visitors warm on the slope.
Jacket and trousers I wasn't very impressed with but can't really go wrong with CHF20 trousers that you can throw away if you have to after one season.
Only problem is size as there are no changing rooms, so you need to know your size before you go, maybe take a pair of your own to measure against.
Popular colour for trousers seems to be green, as I couldn't find my size in that colour so ended up going with a boring colour (black).