Fluoro?

[Hamlet]

Hey NS,

So i'm going to invest in a waxing iron and while I was looking at waxes I noticed that some are low fluoro, others high fluoro or non fluoro.

What does this mean? What different purposes have the waxes with low/high fluoro?

Thanks

 

[AlexFromTarget]

fluoro carbon waxes are usually used when racing. for the average person the CH waxes should be good.

 

[IBAM]

With park skis, you would realistically never need any high fluoro waxes; the wax on park skis is mainly to protect them rather than to make them faster.

 

[I_liketobutter]

Fluoro isn't worth it unless you're racing. It will dry up your bases pretty quick. You can make your skis plenty fast with non-Fluoro wax. Buy in bulk!