Blister Labs

[Vitamin I]

It was announced 7.5 months ago.
Blister has been publishing articles, podcasts, and videos about it for 7.5 months.

Why are there zero instances of "blister labs" mentioned on TGR?
(...Until just now, when I posted 2 instances of it, to start this thread.)

And only 3 instances mentioned on SkiTalk.com.

Does anybody here care about the potential?
Am I the last nerd on Earth?
Did a Nerd Extinction-Level Event happen without me noticing?


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[Flippo]

I noticed that the membership was not cheap and did not look forward.


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[halliday]

I can probably wind up buying the right gear without paying $6.95 a month or $20 something a month.

[SoVT Joey]

Blister membership is only great for the discounts. They are so slow with reviews lately, itll be 3/4 of the way through the season and just putting out reviews. Kinda late to the show by then. If companies are going to keep releasing in the spring, they need to be testing all summer and getting reviews out quickly. By the time February rolls around they should just be doing follow ups and getting skis for the next year, it seems that manufacturers aren’t getting them skis early.

I dunno. But the discounts, if you use them, definitely offset the $70 a year it costs

[gaijin]

If you think I’m paying for anything Blister you’re out of your fucking mind.

That’s a big no for me, dawg.


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[Marshal Olson]

I gladly pay for blister, think their insights (mainly verified weights, verified dimensions, and estimated flex patterns) are invaluable, and am very keen to see what the labs look like in reality. But I also hadn’t thought about it since spring.

[1000-oaks]

I'd be interested at the OpenSnow subscription rate. ($19.99/yr)

[Flippo]

Yes, I don’t buy enough brand new stuff to make it worth it. I would gladly pay $40 to have access to their flash review or comparisons but $85 dollars is steep.


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[Vitamin I]

...am very keen to see what the labs look like in reality.

In May, Blister published photos of sensors for on-snow measurements at https://blisterreview.com/podcasts/b...humbert-ep-198 .


Yesterday, Blister published a photo of a tool for in-lab measurements at https://blisterreview.com/podcasts/b...viewers-ep-213 .


P.S. I don't get it why both Sooth and Blister Labs seem to think it's a good idea to measure skis bases-up relative to a gravitational field.

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[JFE24]

Hey all - just wanted to clarify a couple things:

(1) All of our full product reviews at Blister are free. And we intend to keep it that way.

(2) The vast majority of the results we're working on at Blister Labs will be available to everyone, not only Blister members. Seems that some people here jumped to a different conclusion about that?

(3) Our 22/23 Winter Buyer's Guide: it's a massive book (and a massive undertaking) with over 270 skis in there. It takes a hell of a lot of time to produce something like this. That said, we are working to get the Guide out earlier without compromising the quality of the Guide even as the book gets bigger.

This year, the digital edition of the Guide will be available this Thursday, Sept 15th. The print edition of the Guide ships out on Monday, Sept 19th. And, as always, we don't take any advertising money from any of the gear manufacturers, so you get our honest assessments based on a lot of time testing on snow, not just a few days.

Anyway, that's how we do things. And we'll continue to get things out faster *and* cover more gear as we are able to do that without compromising the quality of reviews or just writing bullshit.

And for those wanting information right now about some particular ski or mtn bike running gear, that's where the Blister Membership might make sense - you can read our flash reviews where we do real-time updates on gear before we drop our full reviews, or you can send us an email and ask a specific question you have about something we're testing.

Hope that clarifies things a bit.

- Jonathan Ellsworth

[eSock]

Lol how did this thread go immediately from OP asking about Blister Labs (an actual lab for outdoor sports testing/science) to "no I won't buy a dang darn membership for reviews!!!"

Do people even read anymore or just get triggered by the sight of Blister and gotta let everyone know.


PS you can get a cheaper priced membership with just deep dive reviews.

PPS I'm surprised a company that focuses on elevating snow/outdoor sports gets shit on here so much. Even if I didn't buy any new gear because of their reviews, I'd still say the $60 membership was well spent on a company that's trying to make the ski industry do better, instead of being another magazine printing bullshit reviews of every piece of gear they "review".

[kc_7777]

I just bought a Blister Membership ($89) cause I like reading their stuff. Plus I got a 1 time 20% off 4FRNT code from Blister. Bought Hojis for me, Rens for my son, new poles, a 4FRNT toque….saved about $400CDN on the order. Works for me.


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[SoVT Joey]

In all honesty at least blister is 15x better then those morons at ski essentials in steaux. Up there dolphin turning with bushwhacka

[Stuntmonkey]

Hey all - just wanted to clarify a couple things:

(1) All of our full product reviews at Blister are free. And we intend to keep it that way.

(2) The vast majority of the results we're working on at Blister Labs will be available to everyone, not only Blister members. Seems that some people here jumped to a different conclusion about that?

(3) Our 22/23 Winter Buyer's Guide: it's a massive book (and a massive undertaking) with over 270 skis in there. It takes a hell of a lot of time to produce something like this. That said, we are working to get the Guide out earlier without compromising the quality of the Guide even as the book gets bigger.

This year, the digital edition of the Guide will be available this Thursday, Sept 15th. The print edition of the Guide ships out on Monday, Sept 19th. And, as always, we don't take any advertising money from any of the gear manufacturers, so you get our honest assessments based on a lot of time testing on snow, not just a few days.

Anyway, that's how we do things. And we'll continue to get things out faster *and* cover more gear as we are able to do that without compromising the quality of reviews or just writing bullshit.

And for those wanting information right now about some particular ski or mtn bike running gear, that's where the Blister Membership might make sense - you can read our flash reviews where we do real-time updates on gear before we drop our full reviews, or you can send us an email and ask a specific question you have about something we're testing.

Hope that clarifies things a bit.

- Jonathan Ellsworth

This was enough for me to eat crow and get the membership.

[Brewski2]

In all honesty at least blister is 15x better then those morons at ski essentials in steaux. Up there dolphin turning with bushwhacka

Seems a little harsh. I really like their reviews and think they and Blister are very comparable. Good to have reviews based on our terrain here in northern Vermont too. Both sites are usually pretty close when it comes to their assessment of skis.
I’m a very satisfied Blister member and love all the podcasts as well.