Kids skiwear - brand recommendations

[twinnies1987]

Hello, we’re taking our young children skiing for the first time - any skiwear brand recommendations please? Something fun and bright? I like Roarsome, but maybe not that ££
THANK YOU 💫

Legowear.

Dare2be and Trespass are entry level basics which are waterproof and windproof. Layer up over leggings and light fleeces. How young are your dc? All in ones suit under fives better than separates.

https://littletrekkers.co.uk/clothing/snow-ski/?productListPgNo=1 good for branded items, often reduced

You can also pick up discounted skiwear in TK Maxx. Buy more gloves than you think you need, there is nothing worse than wet gloves.

Personally I don’t like all in ones for small kids once skiing as they are a pain to go to the toilet in or when having lunch on the mountain, because you can’t just remove the top half.

When our kids started skiing i bought it all from Lidl and Decathlon. As they’ve grown up and we knew they loved it and would ski as much as poss, we spent a bit more on “cool” ski gear!

Vinted???

Helly Hansen and Roxy (for DD) are usually my go to for the kids because they’re good quality and if you’re not too picky re the colours you can always find it on sale. Always go separates over a snowsuit unless they’re babies as they’ll need to take themselves to the loo during ski school and it’ll be easier for them to manage trousers. Gloves I always get from Hestra because they’re the best. It’s the one thing I won’t try too hard to bargain hunt with because the last thing you want is cold damp kids because your gear isn’t warm or waterproof enough. I’d also avoid Vinted, much as I love it for other stuff, unless you can find new with tags because you won’t know if someone’s washed it with fabric softener and buggered up the waterproofing until you end up wet.

Oh yes, I’d completely forgotten about Decathlon! They have excellent ski wear that is reasonably priced. I have a pair of Decathlon ski trousers and they are fantastic.

Aldi also do (at least did) ski wear as part of their special buys, usually at the end of October.

Mountain warehouse does discount sets. Salopettes, coat, gloves and hats / buffs pretty cheaply.

Decathlon. Great quality. We had years of it…. And the boys were very happy. We ski a lot so it got lots of use.

@all thank you so much for all your recommendations 🙏

Do you recommend buying thermals? Or would their leggings and long layers suffice? (No-one wants to be cold skiing in Jan, but with 4 children x however many sets of thermals kids need, it could quickly add up, so I want to be sure of what’s needed 🫣)

Re. All-in-one v.s two-piece - the children will be 5, 3 and 20mo. Never skied. So I assume all-in-ones will keep them warmest and driest?

They can use their thermal as a layer so definitely buy, especially in January, and put a fleece/high neck cotton top over the top. Are you expecting the dc to ski? 5 possibly but many skischools don’t take 3 year olds.

Yes to thermals- especially if skiing in January. Where are you skiing?
Are you sure ski school will take the 20 month old?

There’s loads of great kids skiwear on Vinted. They only tend to wear it for a season before they’re too big for it. I’ve picked up loads of great bargains on there. Stuff that’s only been worn for a week.

We buy most from Decathlon.

Another vote for Decathlon. Also make sure any jackets you buy have a snow skirt and gloves have long-enough cuffs that they stay tucked into the sleeve and don't come out too easily. And mittens are warmer than finger gloves.

Yes they need thermals, mountain warehouse usually do good bulk buy deals, decathlon is also decent or that’s the kind of thing that would be fine on Vinted. A fleece over the top, ski socks and then their jacket and trousers. Also get the skiers a buff neck warmer.

20MO definitely go with an all in one. Presumably they’re not skiing and will be with a nanny or in a crèche? 3YO if potty trained and doing ski school then for go separates as the instructors will expect them to manage independently.

They are all going to a kids club, and then the 5yo and 3yo will be taken out to their ski lessons during the day (husband booked it - can’t imagine how this works, I’m imaging an absolute shitshow on Day 2 when they understand the gig 🥴) So the 20mo twins will just be playing in the snow for short periods I imagine, but wearing their thermals in kids club.

I grew up using sallopettes, but I feel this would be more tricky for a 5yo and 3yo to manage solo for the loo as they’d have to take their jacket off first? Are trousers better, even though less snowproof I guess?

If you get wool thermals for the kids out skiing all day, I’d say kids can probably just have one set for a week…

I wouldn’t buy thermals for toddlers just popping out into the snow occasionally, just normal clothes under a snowsuit will be fine.

Loads available on eBay / vinted / facebook marketplace - and if a decent brand, can be sold on easily.

I didn’t rate the decathlon goggles and you can get quite good kids ones from snow and rock / Ellis brigham for ~£25.

If you want to use decathlon get in early - it was like a swarm of locusts had been in when I tried to buy some kids stuff there after the feb half term…

My youngest has salopettes but they have clips on the shoulders so he can manage a wee by just undoing the jacket but not taking it off. Apparently the instructor helped him zip. I don’t think they’d come into the loo with them though and with ski toilets usually having a pool of water on the floor due to snow on boots with a 3YO in a onesie you run the risk of wet sleeves if they pull it too far down.

20MO doesn’t need thermals, normal winter clothes e.g. vest, jumper, fleecey joggers under the snowsuit will be fine and they will likely have a minimum temperature under which they don’t take them out to play.

If you get wool thermals for the kids out skiing all day, I’d say kids can probably just have one set for a week…
I’d go 2 sets per kid. They don’t get stinky but they might have an accident or strip down to the thermals in kids club then put their arm in their pudding… One is risky especially with a 3YO!

honestly there's so much for sale on Vinted, there's really no point buying it new - most people use it for one week and then put it on vinted. Decathlon is fine. I would buy thermals, but it's all on Vinted!

We used to buy M&S thermal pyjamas to use as under layers when the kids were small - useful as pyjamas when not on holiday! I have a pair of Lidl salopettes which I like and use more than my both face ones. Lidl and Aldi ski wear can be excellent - socks, baselayers, goggles, snow boots as well as the ski jackets and trousers. A buff is great to keep the neck warm and can be tucked up under the helmet when cold.

unless particularly warm we’d layer up with a baselayer, fleece and then the jacket

That is true - I do have 2 pairs for mine, although did see it as an extravagance…

The most useful thing I have two of for them is actually gloves… as they often do get wet a then are difficult to dry out.