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We often get on gear long before it’s released, and our Full Reviews necessarily take time to produce (you know, since we actually put lots of time on or in the products we test). Blister Flash Reviews provide our initial impressions of a product and are updated in real time as we spend more time on it. We post Flash Reviews for skis, mountain bikes, ski boots, high-profile mountain bike components, ski bindings, and more. Check out our sample Flash Review of the Atomic Bent 110 to see an example

Major time and money savers. Our Deep Dives spell out how a ski or bike compares to every other relevant ski or bike in the category. See an Example: Deep Dive: K2 Mindbender 99Ti

In our annual Blister Winter Buyer’s Guide, we provide our honest, unbiased, and concise thoughts on 300+ skis and hundreds of other products, including ski boots, ski-touring bindings, climbing skins, snowboards, splitboards, and more.

It’s the most useful and comprehensive ski buyer’s guide out there, and we publish a new version each year. If you have a Digital Access Pass, you can read the digital edition of our latest Winter Buyer’s Guide via the Member Clubhouse, as well as our past, archived guides.

Our Winter Buyer’s Guide is an excellent way to get an idea of which products and categories you should have your eye on. Then, for many of the products, you can supplement our Winter Buyer’s Guide with our long-form Full Reviews and Deep Dive comparisons of individual products to get the whole picture.

We also produce a limited print run of our Winter Buyer’s Guide each year, but the print edition is not included with the Digital Access Pass. The information is identical between the print and digital editions, but if you’d like a hard copy, you can either become a BLISTER+ member or order the print edition on its own (while supplies last).

The Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide is very similar to what we’ve done with our Winter Buyer’s Guide, but with a few differences.

Our digital-only Blister Mountain Bike Guide covers all the current bikes and bike frames that we have tested. The reviews in it are more condensed than our individual, long-form Full Reviews to help you quickly figure out which bikes you should or should not be considering. But the reviews in the guide are just as honest and considered. The guide also includes our ‘Spectrums,’ where we place all the bikes in a given category along various performance spectrums (e.g., most to least stable at speed) to further compare and contrast them in an intuitive manner.

In contrast to our annual Winter Buyer’s Guide, our Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide will be expanded and updated on a rolling basis. This way, we can provide you with as much relevant information as possible, since we’re always spending more time on more bikes, and more of them are constantly being released.

We’re starting the rollout of the Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide in August 2025 and will continue adding more sections and more bikes going forward.

If you have an active Digital Access Pass and would like to upgrade to our BLISTER+ Membership, head to the Blister Member Clubhouse for instructions.

If you become a BLISTER+ member, you can reach out to us directly via the Gear Recommendations form on the Blister Member Clubhouse and our reviewers will work with you to make sure you end up with the right gear.

Please Note: This is NOT a feature of the Digital Access Pass.

By purchasing a BLISTER+ membership, you’ll be covered with $0 deductible, $25,000-per-injury insurance for a whole year — all for less than $33 a month / $399 a year.

Please Note: This is NOT a feature of the Digital Access Pass.

Our BLISTER+ members get access to exclusive deals on gear from 30+ brands, including 10-20% off a bunch of ski brands, 15% off We Are One carbon wheels, and much more.

Please Note: This is NOT a feature of the Digital Access Pass.

The print edition of our annual Winter Buyer’s Guide is included with a BLISTER+ subscription. You can also purchase the guide on its own via our store

The Digital Access Pass includes access to the digital editions of all our Buyer’s Guides, but not the print editions. If you want a print copy of our Winter Buyer’s Guide, you’d need to buy the guide on its own via our store.

Our BLISTER+ members get $100 off the registration price for Blister Summit 2024, which is taking place at Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado from February 4-8.

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Our BLISTER+ members get access to Blister Community Reviews, where they can post their own reviews and read reviews from other BLISTER+ members. Check out this GEAR:30 podcast for more on Blister Community Reviews and our future plans for it.

Please Note: This is NOT a feature of the Digital Access Pass.