Contour Race Skins

I have an older version, white plush, can’t remember the exact year of vintage, but probably not as old as the oldest reviews here.
Appears to be exactly the same as my Atomic skins (reviewed separately at that listing).

But just like those Atomic skins, everything about them is generic in a good way: the usual compromise grip for a race skin, excellent glide, reliable adhesion, fumble-free tip attachment (or at least as fumble-free as anything can be in the skimo racing context).

Where they really shine is, as with my Atomic skins, in glue longevity.
The mohair plush is almost entirely gone in the critical areas, the fibers having long since sacrificed themselves for a good cause.
So used now only in late-spring and summer snow that is inherently grippy.
Those conditions can also be brutal for adhesion, but somehow these still work just fine!
The glue certainly no longer looks fine, dirty from closed New England ski resorts in the late spring and grit-infused from Cascade volcanoes in the summer.
But the glue’s performance is still on par with new!

I just want to make sure your product description is up-to-date. I have 6 pair of these bought over the course of the last few years (with two more just purchased recently) and they have all been aqua blue/teal and none have had the sewn D ring at the tip nor a plastic knob pull. They are currently riveted, with a rubber washer and sewn pull tag as shown here. I like these skins and they have been durable and reliable. The glue does ball up quickly but they still seem to work if cared for properly. (similar experience with BD glue) I did buy more Contour glue to touch them up soon.

Could you adapt this skin for use on a nordic touring ski? They don't have notches on the tips, so would need some kind of a tip clip.

I'm interested in a minimalist skin for in-a-day long flat approaches. In this case, King's peak, UT. Would you recommend this skin for this purpose?

Four stars for the fastest pair of skins I've owned. Glide is incredible, much better than Kohla and the old BD full mohair, haven't used the new Pomoca 2.0 so can't make that comparison. Tip bungee is my favorite so far.

Only complaint is that the glue tends to fail more often Pomoca's and Kohla's, at the same time they pull apart easier so its a bot of a trade off.

The skins seem very light weight (more so than Pomocas? No gram scale here- kinda subjective) and glide great right out of the box. They climb like champs as well. On the other hand, I suspect the glue is not quite as good as Coletex and Pomoca (not to mention BD Gold). I began to see some balling of the glue after a few days of use while the aforementioned brands dont seem to show this for some time. Also, the tip bungee system is not that great. The bungee material is very thin and so they easily max out in stretch while applying them making it hard to pull the pull tab and remove them. Luckily, the mounting is cleverly designed to make the bungees easily replaceable with a thicker bungee material. That upgrade and probably new BD Gold glue should make these some awesome skins. Im not yet sure about long term durability since the snow is just too good to test that. I'll suffer through and report back with extended use but my initial feelings are that they will be ball park with Pomoca.