 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
So I'm a bit of a cheap-skate.....or should I say cheap-ski....anyway I've seen a pair of ski boots that I really like on Ebay Mondo 28...........my present boots are ancient and were bought in the 1990s and suit my wide foot however the Mondo on them is 27.5, I wear size 8 1/2 to 9 shoes ( UK). My question is will I be really risking injury by using this size as they are slightly above the recommended size..
Any advise much appreciated!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Unlikely to be risking injury but if they too big, then they are (a) too big, and (b) too big. Would you buy ordinary shoes the wrong size? Do yourself a favour and buy boots which are the correct size.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@musicman, welcome to Snowheads.  If it isn't a silly question, how can you "really like" a pair of ski boots which you haven't tried on and which appeare to be the wrong size? Pretty colour?????
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So if these were some shoes to match a dress that someone was going to wear for one night i'd say go for it.
But you are (a) going to be wearing these for maybe 8 hours a day, 48 hours of a week (b) are the way of connecting your feet to the ski.
So you will reduce control if the ski, so will ski shitter. But its OK they will look cool.
You will end up going to a fancy fitter, getting them adjusted to fit. That will cost what u r saving on eBay.
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You will end up going to a fancy fitter, getting them adjusted to fit.
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my limited understanding of ski boot fitting would suggest there is absolutely no way of "adjusting" boots that are too big.
But, of course, they might not be too big. It all depends. One size X boot will fit fine, another size X boot won't. Like shoes.
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I'd say 28 would deffo be too big for an 8.5-9 show. My other half is a 10.5 shoe and skis 27.5.
When I started out I bought boots in the sales the same size as I hired because it was cheaper and no worse then hiring but 5 trips later I've had to replace them with a professionally fitted pair. The hire place was close but I ended up 4mm shorter and 8mm narrower in the new pair. Fit and performance greatly improved once I wasn't skiing in slippers.
Slightly too small can be made bigger but you can't really make big boots smaller. I'm sure a bootfitter will be along soon, but I'd be worried you will end up throwing good money after bad and not so cheapskate after all...
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Thanks for some of your prompt answers, its nothing to do with looking cool that's just plain daft.... I note some of you guys are saying how can you like them if you haven't tried them...of course I know that's true...perhaps I should have phrased my question better. They are Salomon boots...and suit a wider foot my current ones are a little tight...I did bye the way have my feet measured. Thanks all, particularly PAM W and LAMPYGIRL.
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| pam w wrote: |
my limited understanding of ski boot fitting would suggest there is absolutely no way of "adjusting" boots that are too big.
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You have kids don't you? Then you'll know that you start with putting at least three pairs of socks on before they try boots on and they finish with the boots 2 or 3 years later in stockings. Otherwise you'd be bankrupted buying ski kit all the time.
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@davidof, I rent boots for kids. And I got the impression the OP was an adult. 
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simples. too big
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| pam w wrote: |
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You will end up going to a fancy fitter, getting them adjusted to fit.
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my limited understanding of ski boot fitting would suggest there is absolutely no way of "adjusting" boots that are too big.
But, of course, they might not be too big. It all depends. One size X boot will fit fine, another size X boot won't. Like shoes. |
I think it depends where is too big. But I also think you'd be left with a compromise. If the right boot is a 27.5 and you go to a fitter with a 28 I'd expect them to tell you. But if you go with a 28 that's too long but correct width and a 27.5 that is correct length but too narrow then there may be things they can do with either. HOWEVER I think they would say either change boot or expand the 27.5 rather than try to pad the extra space out in 28 which will then compress over time.
But I think too big shrinking will be a compromise. I certainly wouldn't buy a big boot thinking I will need to go to a fitter with any boot i buy at some stage and they will sort it. They may be able to improve it but it won't be perfect...
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| musicman wrote: |
| Thanks for some of your prompt answers, its nothing to do with looking cool that's just plain daft.... I note some of you guys are saying how can you like them if you haven't tried them...of course I know that's true...perhaps I should have phrased my question better. They are Salomon boots...and suit a wider foot my current ones are a little tight...I did bye the way have my feet measured. Thanks all, particularly PAM W and LAMPYGIRL. |
I think what we are saying is you should go blind folded into a boot shop and try them all and pick the boot that fits, with the right flex for your skiing etc. That might be a salomon, that might be a cheapo brand you've never heard of. That might be something else. Buying boots on the netvis a 'made at least in a hire shop you can give the boot back and say try me with bigger or smaller or same size different brand.
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get the red ones.... 
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You know it makes sense.
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| pam w wrote: |
| @davidof, I rent boots for kids. And I got the impression the OP was an adult. |
Works just as well for adult mates who have size 7 feet and you only have an old pair of knackered size 9 boots to lend them and erm some 208cm Rossi 9s skis.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thanks everyone.... I've decided I'll stay with my old boots until I can get the exact size....and save buy new next year!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@musicman, You want to check your actual 'mondo' length, I was taught the following . . . place a piece of A4 paper short side against a vertical (wall, door frame etc. Place your foor on the paper with your heel snug against the vertical and place your weight into that foot. Get someone to mark on the paper the longest point. Repeat with other foot.
ALL this does is give you your Mondo size (in my case 27.5 on both feet), and there's NO substitute for a visit to a good bootfitter. But at least you will have a starting point. Manufacturers have different 'break points' . . . even or on the half . . . in their shell sizing and that's another reason to visit the fitter as he, she or pie monster will measure all your personal aberations and find you not just the size you need in differing ranges but also a boot that will be and stay your friend for life . . . or untill you decide that blue and poo brown is an evil combination and 'must' be changed.
Good luck.
Oh . . . and cut yer nails/get a pedicure before you go . . . it will be much apreciated
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mondo is supposed to be the length of your foot in cm.
We have Salomon rental boots at work, and we give out 26.5 as 8's, 27.5 as 9's, 28.5 as 10's. It seems to be fairly accurate. The sizes ending in zero as opposed to .5 are supposedly a bit narrower, but the shell length is the same, so on that basis a 28 would be narrow, and too long! Staying with the old boots seems like a good plan.
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