Poster: A snowHead
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I have a problematic left ankle but it fits in a Salomon X Pro 120 size 27 just perfect.
But my right foot is "normal" so it slops around in a 27, I'd really like to find a size 26.5 in the hope it fits as snug as its Lefty Soul Mate.
I wonder if the boot is the same length of 316mm, unlikely but one can live in hope.
Any ideas, anyone?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Keep an eye on ebay, ski boots sell for buttons on there. Just need to be lucky in size/stiffness.
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DrLawn wrote: |
I have a problematic left ankle but it fits in a Salomon X Pro 120 size 27 just perfect.
But my right foot is "normal" so it slops around in a 27, I'd really like to find a size 26.5 in the hope it fits as snug as its Lefty Soul Mate.
I wonder if the boot is the same length of 316mm, unlikely but one can live in hope.
Any ideas, anyone? |
The sole lengths usually go up/down by 10mm for each full size. Half sizes have a different insole/inner but no sole/shell difference.
If the 27.0 is 316 then I’d expect the 26.5 & 26.0 to be 306 - if you’re wearing different sizes, then L/R label your skis clearly!!!
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@DrLawn, go see a pucker boot fitter? From what I understand manufacturers try and reduce the boot lasts and change the liners for half sizes...
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@DrLawn, I naturally have a full one size difference between my feet. Ideally I would buy two sets of all footwear but of course in practice this never happens. Just for ski footwear I have downhill boots, rando boots, classic and skating cross country boots. My solution is to buy for the big foot with thin socks and then wear a thick sock on the smaller foot. I am sure there are many purists on here who will say perfectly fitting boots are essential for technique but my solution works for me.
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pateman99 wrote: |
@DrLawn, I naturally have a full one size difference between my feet. Ideally I would buy two sets of all footwear but of course in practice this never happens. Just for ski footwear I have downhill boots, rando boots, classic and skating cross country boots. My solution is to buy for the big foot with thin socks and then wear a thick sock on the smaller foot. I am sure there are many purists on here who will say perfectly fitting boots are essential for technique but my solution works for me. |
Given the nature of modern ski boots, thats actually the wrong way round- you should size for the small foot and then get the bigger foot's boot blown/stretched to suit. Whatever works for you though.
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Thanks for you input guys and girls.
@kitenski, in 2019 I decided to seek out the best boot fitters...
Saved up a wad, made an appointment and set off by train on my pilgrimage to Bicester. (Do you know that the station announcements at Bicester are in Chinese!)
When the very experienced boot fitter looked at my feet, he took a sharp intake of breath,
and said, "Sorry we can help you with those feet, you'll have to go somewhere else North of Oxford and get some specially made boots."
My dodgy ankle is the left one, but the boot fit is just fantastic.
I know when you buy boots its always "Buy one get one Free".
I'm intending juts to go and try a 26.5 and see how good a fit it is.
The other alternative is to add even more insoles to that right boot to make it less of a welly.
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@pateman99, says he has feet a whole size different.
I'm sure there are loads of us out there in the same situation.
And @Grinning, I will have to mark up my skis Port & Starboard, but I do that all the time anyway.
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Theres a pair on Facebook marketplace in the size, but in the 100 flex. Don't know if you could swap the upper over .I'm sure it could be done if it's genuinely too soft ..
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@DrLawn, So did you get the specially made boots from a place North of Oxford?
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@DrLawn, I'm guess he was talking about Dales boots, or Strolz?? Wouldn't custom boots made for 2 different sized feet and as recommended be a better/happier solution vs potential buying multiple boots under trial/error? Especially as you run the risk of ending up with two different sole boot lengths which could be potentially dangerous, unlesss you have your own skis fitted to two different boot lengths??
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@kitenski probably, but way way more expensive. Also, he's already said he marks left/right skis anyway, and most bindings are adjustable for boot length.
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Go foam injection. Due to a club foot, my right is size 9, my left is size 6, professionally made footbeds and foam injection makes up the difference in the same shell size, and have done over various boots for more than 30 years.
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You know it makes sense.
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@DrLawn, My last couple of pairs were from Profeet in Fulham, but prior to that from Snow & Rock. Profeet are on a completely different level to S&R, being up there with Solutions 4 Feet.
I didn't have any real option other than foam injected liners, but you maybe able to use one of the other options. As with everything else, the preparation is 90% of the fit. If you have really bad feet you will probably end up with Fraser who does my boots. As mentioned, I have feet 3 sizes different, my left ankle is fused (I can't hop on my left leg), and my left leg is 1" shorter below the knee. I have 28.5 shell boots which are in theory too large for my size 9 right foot, but they are required so that my left foor can be positioned effectivey floating in the middle of the left shell, with all the additional space taken up with a built up wedged foot bed and precision injected liner, and even an injected tongue. My current boots are Tecnica Zero G Pro, and I can tour in them
When it comes to foam injection you want someone who does it everyday, not once or twice a month.
https://profeet.co.uk/sports/ski-boot-lab/custom-ski-boot-liners/
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thank you @PowderAdict,
I didn't realise they did that stuff still .. I thought foam injection went out of fashion way back.
Cheers!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I guess its not as 'sexy' as thermo fit systems, but it must count as the ultimate custom fit.
30 years ago each boot manufacturer had their own system (or at least a rebranded one). My first boots were Dynafit 3F in white with Dynafit foam liners.
Now the majority just use Sidas systems.
https://www.sidas.com/en/69-custom-solutions
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Hi @PowderAdict,
The important question .. what do you think its going to cost me for an afternoon at profeet ?
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I'm guessing costs are (based on their website)
Cost of the boot? Say £300 upwards
SKI BOOT MASTER FIT – £269.95
Cost of foam injected inner - £220 & they recommend a foam tongue but no costs
Not sure if you need an insole with a foam inner, if so that is extra
Trying to look at Strolz in the UK from https://www.glideslide.co.uk/ski-equipment/strolz/ski-boots
Can't see any costs for fitting, foam etc, just a starting price of:
Boots £695
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Or under a £100 say, for a smaller pair that might just do exactly what you want.....
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