A lot of customers seem to have this question at the top of their minds “Why should we buy an Alpinestars boots when we can get a ***** boot for a lesser amount”. The point is : Are your preferred boots safe? do they offer similar protection? The answer will mostly be NO.
The words of a noted 19th century economist John Ruskin comes to mind…
“It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money…that is all. When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the things it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot…it cannot be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better. There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell for a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only, are this man’s lawful prey”
Checkout the youtube video underneath of World Superbike Championship 2008 at Philip Island. Fabrizio had a failed start and was caught in the awful situation of having his boot fly off in a collision.