I bought these after a long time of waiting to purchase them. I was excited to have a decent pair of headphones to replace my falling-apart iPod earbuds with. I judged wrong.

Vocals and mids are fuzzy or muffled. Super high frequencies and bass are crystal clear and great. Basically, these headphones are nice if you're listening to rap or hip-hop. For anything else, they might as well be airline freebies.

I have the same model as Gaby. Same jacket as shown here minus the thumb holes and in the Aegean turquoise/lithium color.

I get tons of complements on this jacket. Not only do the colors work well, but the cut is a nice athletic fit, enough room to move, but not baggy or sloppy. The surface is soft, not sandpapery or crunchy like some softshells. It does block the wind out well and makes a good midlayer or light outerlayer. It transports moisture well, so I never get clammy or wet.

However, it's thin and not very insulating, so a thick cotton/poly sweatshirt is actually keeps me warmer. I like to wear mine as a light weight jacket over a long sleeve shirt on a cool fall or spring day. On a cold ski day I'll wear it under my coat with a base layer.

The length is decent and will keep most people well covered during high activity. I'm 5'10" though, so my medium can be slightly short for active use. The sleeves are nice and long, but won't be baggy on someone with shorter arms.

I give it four out of five for nice style, wind blocking, and moisture management. It doesn't really go above and beyond though.

I picked up one of these cheap and bought it just for that reason. It was cheap.

I later discovered that Columbia Titanium Omni-Dry products are the real deal. This is by far the best performance fabric I've ever used. It wicks wonderfully to keep you nice and dry and keeps you ultra cool.

My dad bought me these (actually the 2007's, this review pertains more directly to them. I'm not sure what changes have been instituted between the 2007's and 2008's) as a birthday/ Christmas present because he liked his K2 Apache Recon men's skis and wanted me to have the women's version.

I give this ski 4/5 for its amazing performance through crud and powder, but its sketchiness on groomers. This is a stiff heavy ski for an advanced skier willing to push it. It is not very forgiving.

I'm a 5'10" 130lb. expert skier from Colorado. I'm 23 and have been skiing since I was 2. I prefer heavier skis and skiing more technical terrain like steep glades.

Highlights: With a wide underfoot, the Tough Luv's simply float through powder. I've never had so much control in powder as with these skis. They also absolutely bust through chopped up crud and slush. I have total control. As opposed to every other ski I have ever had, which bounced me around through crud. These are also very fast and have limited chatter.

The downside is their performance on hardpack and groomers. I've found these skis require me to take a wider stance and take bigger, more GS-style turns on harder snow. My weight otherwise is hard to keep in a consistent place and I feel like I'm getting bucked all over the place.

They're workable in bumps, but if you're going to ski a lot of them I would suggest going down a width to the Lotta Luvs.

One last note if you're considering this ski, as other posters mention, K2 measures its skis in skiable surface rather than tip to tail. This means that after having 173 Solomon Screams, I spent a lot of time getting used to my 170 Tough Luvs. So be prepared for your skis to be longer, or order a shorter size.