Any alternative to the £35 Shimano offerings? They look very similar to the old 4 pot XT pads (and Hope M4). Anybody know if they fit?

Look at woolly hat shop and see if they have the A2Z pads for them. The blue compound is great.

I used ss pads in Whistler, the organics were fine.

Buy the current XT ones and cut the two little wings off at either end. Works a treat.

ss ones worked for me in les gets

Cool, looks like I have plenty of options then.

superstar ones are great, the kevlars last ages but i use the cheap ones still

I second what tangobravo said.

A word of warning though, superstar sintered were utter rubbish, they lasted 2 runs in Les Gets this summer, they simply disintegrated. Kevlar ones were brilliant.