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Are climbing shoes cheaper in Italy? (lemm.ee)
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I was planning on getting a new pair tomorrow but I'm going to Italy in a week for vacation. Should I wait to get them there?

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[โ€“] chalk_n_cheese@lemm.ee 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Decathlon is great for getting cheap sports equipment, of all kinds!, The problem is you often get what you pay for. I love it for picking up stuff where I don't care about how it performs (for example I play social football at work โšฝ, and a pair of shin pads from there is super cheap and I really don't care how they function).

However, I definitely care a lot about my climbing shoes. So if you're pretty experienced / you're climbing a lot, I wouldn't recommend Decathlon for climbing shoes. (But that's just me...)

Edit: for the record I believe Decathlon is a French brand, and according to wiki they're in 60 countries! Not just Italy ๐Ÿ˜‰