Movement Precut Skins

I got these for Alp Tracks 85 skis. I like precut skins but wouldn’t buy these again. They seem to take on water easier than my other skins, they are difficult to rip even after a lot of use, and the glue started to come off in small areas very quickly. The tail attachments also loosen occasionally and are difficult to get back into place.

The plush on these is a nice blend of grip and glide and the attachments are nice, but echoing the other reviews the glue is just too sticky. It is difficult to rip from the ski, most of my other skins take a couple gentle tugs while these feel more like tug-of-war to get them off the skis. They are also difficult to rip apart when stored glue-to-glue. Perhaps rolling them up in the field might work better.

Terrible glue! Basically impossible to separate the skins from themselves at 20-30 degree temperature, after first run. The glue was so locked this morning, I ripped my skimo gloves and broke my bungees on my notch tips after pulling so hard. Avoid the frustration.

Plush was fine. Glide and grip was adequate. That's the only reason I'm rating two stars instead of one.

Not sure if I just got lucky or what? I picked up a pair for the Powderkeg (Session-X shape) and raced em with no issues whatsoever. The glue seems just right, I had no problems separating them from my skis or from themselves. They have great grip. We'll see about wet once the warmer temps hit, but so far I'm a fan. Anything to avoid DIY-tip-attachment style skins, where no matter how good a job you do, snow ends up building up under the tip... they pack pretty well too. And the price is right!!

These skins remind me of much of the telemark equipment I was using ten years ago: functional for the most part, but with obvious problems in use. In the case of these Movement-rebranded Colltex skins, they're cut nicely (good to see a long taper), have fast plush, and pack down small. However, they have by far the worst glue I've ever used (ultra sticky, hard-to-rip compound that blobbed up quickly), absorb water with extreme speed, have started to fray at the edges after only 30ish days of use on my Session X's, and that tail attachment has caused me more grief than I care to admit.

The glue, especially, is so bad that I'm considering sending them to a shop to get torched and scraped clean, then apply a new coat of Gold Label myself. This is after 30 days of touring and diligent skin saver use. Meanwhile, a pair of BD MoMix skins I got sometime around the Financial Crisis are still going strong. In short... these are the only product I've ever gotten from SkimoCo that I would not recommend to another buyer. Back to Pomoca for me.

I bought these with my Vertex-X skis. They are nice: glide well; very light; very compact when stored for the pack. But they are strange in that they absorb a lot of water and get downright wet along the edges and will ice up there; my son's Session-X precuts do they same. So I bought a pair of G3 Alpinist Scala skins for the wet spring and summer and used them today--GREAT glide, no ice or snow buildup, and pretty light.

I second the comments above. Movement got everything wrong about these skins but the Coltex. The tip attachment is unnecessarily heavy. The glue leaves me sweating and swearing at the bottom of every lap trying to separate the skins from themselves. The tail attachment system is obnoxious and underfunctional. There's zero elasticity in the tails, and the "cam" clips seem designed to slide only one way—the wrong way. After accidentally ripping a clip off multiple times in the last week while trying to separate my skins from themselves (I'm amazed I found it in the snow both times) I drilled through and put screws through each of the tails today, which I'm expecting to reduce future frustration.

That said, the Coltext is fast and durable. As much as these skins annoy me, I'll probably but another set next year when these ones finally wear out.

I have the precut Alp Tracks 84 version and have had good luck with them so far. I read the Coltex directions in the box with the skins (not something I normally do) and it was not recommended to stick the skins together after use. The recommended technique was to roll the skin back on itself.. It works wonderfully. No excessive sticking and struggles pulling them apart. You accumulate a little green fuzz in the glue which also helps. Give rolling a try you might like it. I use the sheets to store them at home after drying.

This review is for the session x version that is full mohair and pulls from the tail, I now have about 20 days of experience with them. Where to start with these, overall they are a disaster. But I will begrudgingly give them 2 stars rather than one because they are pretty close to being ok. First off the glue is the stickiest substance on earth to the point that I cannot separate them myself at the bottom of the run. This is compounded by the fact that the tail clip can be ripped off completely from the strap while trying to pull these apart. Luckily the clip is black and red and I have been able to locate it each of the 3 times it has been flung into a snowbank while trying to pull the skins apart. The day will soon come when I am not so lucky.The clip itself does work well and cams nicely to the ski I will say. But it does not stay in place at all so you must slide it around each time to fit it to the ski which is simply nuts.

Back to the glue, while sticky glue is a good thing typically this stuff is simply way too sticky and despite extreme care on my part, a years worth of debris is already embedded in my glue which causes me extreme feelings of self loathing for my carelessness. The glue simply does not strike the same balance as Pomoca between adhesion to your ski base and cohesion to itself when folded up. If I didn't know how much better this balance could be achieved perhaps I would not notice it as much, but I do and im sure people buying this high end skin already have used Pomoca as well. Additionally as a result of this insane cohesion I have to ski around with the skin savers and look like an idiot failing to apply them to my skins in the wind further pushing me into the dark spiral of depression that this winter has become.

Despite the depression and self flagellation resulting from the glue problems the mohair itself is pretty damn good. It took a little while to break in about 12 days but now is getting faster and faster, I will wax them soon and im sure they will be quite speedy. I have a pair of skins branded as marker that I believe is the same Coltex formula and they WERE by far the fastest non race skins I have used. I say "were" because they literally ripped in half lengthwise because they were so hopelessly stuck together due to their psychotic glue. Anyway hopefully the speed I gain due to the excellent mohair will make up for the time I spend digging in the snow for my tail clips or begging bystanders to help me pull my skins apart during transitions...

If Coltex can make the cam stay on the strap and tone down the glue for those of us not leaving our skins out in northern Canada overnight they will have a winner here. Until them I would not waste your money despite the advantages of them being precut for the insanely awesome Movement Session-X ski.

Would the Big Fish X 168 fit the Gold Fish X same lenght?

Do these skins the same waterproof membrane that the other Coltex skins have? If so how do they compare for spring travels with other skins in terms of glop?

Overall: Five Stars for a rebranded Colltex climbing skin with typical Euro momix glide and atypically strong glue, well worth considering even for other than Movement skis … which is especially valuable since the pre-cut Movement-specific versions will not be available for the 2014-15. Fortunately, the trim-to-fit version is now available, so see my complete review at the listing for Colltex Mohair Mix Skins.

I purchased these as a package with my new Response-X ski and have only used them once. The glue is much stickier than dynafit brand skins, but not quite the level of BD. It was an easy skinning day without any icy tracks, but I never lost grip unless I was really pushing the angle. I have never been a fan of the adjustable tail release (I much prefer a bungee at the tip, easier to get off) so that's the only thing I'd change. Time will tell if they hold up (I've never been one to practice good skin hygiene), but so far they are sticking great. And it's super easy to add gold-label as needed.