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I found a set of Voile Objective BC a few years ago on an end of season sale. They were 164cm, a little short, but the price was right: < $300. Never thought I'd get a longer set, because $900 is a bit much. Well, I was wrong. This past week I found a set of 171cm for < $400. With inflation, they cost about the same as the last set. Two pairs of Objectives for less than the price of one set. They are the old top sheet, which I prefer. I put in inserts for a Transit binding and am hoping to try them out tomorrow with the green F1. Turned 'em over to wax and stopped.

With guidance from this group I've been waxing my off-track XC skies with Swix Polar White, tip-to-tail, then using temperature specific wax in the pocket. It works great and has very little effect on glide unless it's under 5 degrees or so. I'm wondering if I should use that same approach for these new Objectives fore and aft of the scales? I'm thinking, why not, but they are a lot wider than XC skies and I've not tried this before with a non-XC ski. I usually switch to scaled skis if temperatures start getting above 29 degrees or so, and sometimes more like 25 degrees.

They'll be used primarily on low angle slopes in appropriately deep snow.

Thoughts?

I don't have any advice on the wax, but if you want to sell those old Objectives that are just sitting there collecting dust, taking up space, I'll take 'em off your hands

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Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:08 pm

I don't have any advice on the wax, but if you want to sell those old Objectives that are just sitting there collecting dust, taking up space, I'll take 'em off your hands

I might… it would make my better-half happy!

I've waxed both polar or glide wax on my Objectives (or other xcd type skis); depends what you're looking to get from the waxing. Those are nice sintered bases, and take wax well. Sometimes I've used polar and added kick wax tip and tail, when I felt I wanted more grip than the scales were giving for the conditions du jour. Conversely, of course, glide wax is sweet for helping the glide if that's what you're looking for. I've also applied kick wax over a glide waxed base at times; it's not hard to do, and you can just scrape & brush the kick wax and still have the hot waxed foundation in the base structure. One more note: Polar is a grip wax, after all, and there are days (at least around here) when even polar is too grippy and sticks.

Temps have been pretty warm so I used Toko Yellow that's good for above freezing. Temperature this day was between 30 and 33 degrees. I applied the wax tip and tail with an iron. I then went over the scales with a liquid Swix F4 all purpose. I was satisfied with performance both climbing and coming down.