![]() At £10.99, the Sleek dupe was much more up my (skint) street, so I couldn’t resist snapping it up. Like most of other females on the planet, I’d lusted over the Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour Kit for a long time, but could never quite bring myself to fork out the £40 to buy it. So of course when I saw that Sleek were releasing their Cream Contour Kit, I nearly piddled with excitement. Like, ‘burn all photos of me before 2013 because I can’t stand looking at my natural moon face’ into my contouring. If tack is reduced, clean them as described above to reactivate the glue.If you’ve read my bog for a while then you’ll know I’m into my contouring. So it is crucial to wipe of the ski base if dirty to keep dirt off the glue. So, they may need a little more power to separate (but still much easier that hot melt glue) but perform in difficult conditions. The latest version (everything that shipped to NA in 17) features a much better bond of the inner layer of glue to the back of the skins and we increased the tack again. Then we slightly reduced the tack and thus reduced the delamination issues but were not 100 % happy with performance in cold or wet conditions. Regarding the different generations of contour hybrid skins, here are some insights: when we finally brought them to market, we had a pretty good tack but found out that the glue might delaminate in little spots if the protection foil is not used for storage (in contrary to the instructions). ![]() Hi Jim, thanks for the positive feedback, happy to hear our products live up to your expectations ) Washing helps but won’t eliminate wax residues that reduce the tack over time. I am pretty sure you can fully restore the tack by cleaning the skins thoroughly using our cleaning spray or wax remover and a brittle sponge or brush. We’ve done an enormous amount of Contour ski touring climbing skins coverage, try a site search. Readers, can you rescue me? Huquavarna of ski climbing skins? Dreamliner? So I’ll amend, how about the “Daimler?” Nah, German company, Contour is Austrian. In a previous post I called Hybrid “The Tesla of ski climbing skins.” Contour owner Werner Koch and I joked that perhaps that’s not such a great analogy these days, given the twists and turns of Tesla. Options in this are the “Hybrid Free” for skis at minimum waist 95 millimeters, and the “Hybrid Fat Free” for minimum 108 mm. We’ve found these to be a life saver for ski testing. It should be mentioned that Contour’s excellent split skins will remain available. Incidentally, we were told the new black bonding material was in once case tested with 120,000 vertical meters of real-life ski touring use! Likewise, Contour’s excellent accessories such as the Shark tail-hook. ![]() They’re doing this because the formerly supplied Varioclip was fiddly as a standard tip fix system, thus sometimes installed incorrectly by users. To swap tip loops, you’ll need to drill out the rivets, then re-do with supplied replacements. Locals like to explain that the dollar was “invented” here, as a silver coin called the “Taler.”Ī few more items: Contour will change their standard tip loop to a riveted version. The historic old-town rivals Innsbruck in ‘historic’ feel, without the tourist crowds. (Boxed retail skins will be sold with a non-reusable warehouse liner, tricked out to make cutting skins easier, see below.) ![]() You will never chase those wind flapping flags again - store glue-to-glue and be done with it. In my view, what’s coolest is they’ll be selling the Contour skins with NO re-usable storage backing. It is still washable, and cleanable with wax remover (cleaning can bring the skin back to 100% factory tack). Going forward, for 2018-2019 the Hybrid glue boasts ever stronger bonding to the skin fabric, with more tack to your ski base. There were a few glitches along the way, but nothing heinous (and everything is backed up by warranty). My somewhat annual report on happenings at Contour (Koch Alpin): We liked the original Hybrid glue that Contour began testing in fall of 2014 (they distributed 100 pairs that first season). It is enormous due to the ventilation system (lasers make smoke) and the skin material roll dispenser. They had to rent an entire building to hold the thing. Contour likes their new laser cutting table.
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