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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Been trying a couple of boots on recently.
Scarpa Maestrale RS - great boot, surprisingly stiff flex, walk mode is UNREAL - felt more akin to walking in hiking boots than ski boots. Sadly super tight over the instep/ankle in the correct size, and I don't think this is easily fixable. Very nice liners (Intuition).
BD Factor 130 - Nice fit, would need the toes blowing out a bit though. Very nice flex, stiff and alpine-style, walk mode nowhere near the Meastrale though. Could put up with that though I think, the down is the priority for me. Funky 'auto-liner-lace-up' system was pretty cool, but pretty gimmicky.
Struggling to get hold of the Technica Cochise 120s, thinking about taking a risk and just ordering them...
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just ordered some Head Rev 90's with Dynafit Radical ST bindings to use with Dynafit Titans... Saw a pair of rev 90's at Hemel and am a bit worried they are too soft and floppy but hoping they will be light..
Had to bin the liners on the boots and replace with Zipfits due to chaffing on the archilles due to the seam of the liner rubbing.
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skimottaret,
Yes I threw out my Dynafit Titan liners after a days skiing and put Intuition liners in.
I was thinking of trying a pair of Gecko skins on my narrow touring skis until I read this -
http://www.wildsnow.com/6281/gecko-skins-review/
More on skins in this german test.
http://www.mpsports.at/download/01_060_TEST.PDF
Basically "Colltex CT40", "Kohla Mohair i-clip" and "G3 Alpinist" come top of the test. The Colltex has better grip, whereas the G3's glide far better than any of the skins (but are the weakest climber). In terms of grip the Kohla's are inbetween but the Kohlas score best against ingression of water. So Colltex for steep tours, G3 for long flatter tours (e.g.Haute Route) and Kohla's for when it's warmer and wetter (e.g. Scotland).
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DB, interesting that you had problems as well... I would have done intuition but had some old zipfits that were just about dead (but comfortable) so used them instead. I went with Coltex skins mainly as i got em cheap but good to hear they are on the top of the list...
One thing to think about is getting your binding heights set up correctly. I am quite sensitive to delta angle on my bindings and the dynafits seem to vary widely depending on boot binding combination, spyderjon is sorting me out some shims to set up the toe heights correctly.
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skimottaret,
I had put intuitions in my old touring boots the year before so just swapped them over. It was obvious on the first day that the standard Titans liners were not top quality.
Thanks for the nods up on the delta angle - the setup of the Titan's and the dynafits sems to suit me better than my old boots teamed up with Fritschi's. Thinking of putting dynafits on my skinny touring skis too and getting some new Colltex CT40's for them.
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Tried on the Dynafit Vulans today too. Not enough room for my toes, didn't have the size up to try though. VERY stiff (obviously being carbon they won't get softer in the warm shop like everything else, which will have some effect here). Also very fiddly, lots of different flaps on the shell, buckles on the buckles... Quite difficult to get into. Walk mode again great, bloody expensive though! Would like to try the Mercuries to compare, haven't found any here though.
Tried on a size up of the Maestrale RS, felt much better, but masses of room in the forefoot. Then realised I'd forgotten to put the footbeds in  As the shop was about to close, I didn't have time to try them on again, hoping this might reduce some of the forefoot volume..? Love the way the tongue flap opens to the side, very easy to get in and out/ take the liners out. Might end up being a goer after all...
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clarky999, where are you trying on these boots? I might need to take a trip. Maestrale RS, Vulcan and Mercury are on my shortlist at the moment.
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clarky999, something is deeply wrong with the world as I can't find anyone stocking these boots that also has a good rep for fitting. I have two pairs of skis now that also need mounting with a shared set of Dynafits when I do manage to buy a new set of boots. The walk mode is very important to me as 90% of my skiing is self-propelled and everyone seems to have gone with the options that suck the most.
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Yeah it's weird - there's clearly a lot of growth in this market at the moment, I'd have thought more places would be stocking them, but I guess piste boots still make up the majority of sales.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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clarky999, oh yeah definitely and all the specialist shops are probably small outfits that are hard to find online. I'm in the sucky position to have to actually leave the country to buy boots so have been looking quite far afield too.
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clarky999,
Have you tried St Anton? Proper Bootfitters and a fair few shops.
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You know it makes sense.
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DB, I'm going to - gf' car broke, but she's actually in Vienna atm picking up her new one, so will definitely be going over soon (Geoffrey in Jennewein has been really good to me in the past when I was working in St Anton, and has a rep as a good fitter too).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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clarky999, oh yeah definitely and all the specialist shops are probably small outfits that are hard to find online. I'm in the sucky position to have to actually leave the country to buy boots so have been looking quite far afield too.
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Good outfit in the UK are > Backcountry UK < (previously called Basecamp Ilkley) - I bought my Scarpa Denalis mailorder from them a while back. Very helpful & knowledgeable 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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geoffers, yer am aware of the UK stores. They have one of the boots I'd like to try on but trying to find the best fit is key for me as opposed to having to settle for whatever happens to be in store that meets my requirements. I live in Iceland so it's as expensive to head to Europe and typically there is a better selection there. I did ask the Backcountry UK guys on Facebook about what they were getting in IIRC.
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Idris, are the Sherpas any stiffer than the Viruses?
I really liked the walk mode on the Viruses and how they fitted me but they felt a little on the soft side for a fatty like me and I did wonder whether the ski/walk mode was a bit over-engineered and therefore prone to breaking
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