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After market Boot Liners
 Poster: A snowHead
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Been wondering this for a while, so thought i'd ask everyone on here their thoughts.

I have a very nice pair of boots (Head Raptor RS 140) supplied by Solutions4Feet (Keith) but have been thinking about after market liners for a while.

It's probably a question I should go straight to @CEM on, but what's peoples thoughts on after market liners?

What's the reason you had one in your boot? I've skied c.50 days in the stock liner of my boots, so am I getting towards a new liner anyway?

I've never had a properly fitted boot prior to these, Snow and Rock in the past generally, and i've also not really played around with my equipment much, so don't really have any thoughts or knowledge around this area.

Virtually all the instructors i've trained with/taken exams with/skied with all have after market liners, so am I missing a trick here? Laughing

I'd probably nip round to the next valley to H&N Sports as they have the best reputation round here I believe for boot fitting.

https://www.sport-hun.at/en/

Any thoughts greatly welcome snowHead
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@swskier, when I bought my boots from/had them fitted by CEM, he immediately ripped out the stock liners and installed Zipfits in their place. But I don't think Solutions4Feet discard the stock liners in principle. If yours had not been suitable, they surely would have said so, so I guess they're probably fine.
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I use the SIDAS foam injection liners and they are great. I only got them because of blisters with the stock liners.

It was just a freak thing with the stock liners. Otherwise I would have been happy with them.
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@swskier, if the stock liners still feel precise why change them? If it feels like they’ve packed out and you can no longer get a snug fit, an aftermarket liner can improve this. They can also help give the boot a stiffer feeling with foam, although that doesn’t sound necessary in a 140 flex boot.
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@BobinCH, they're only set up at 130 flex, but with another screw I can go to 140 or 2 screws to 150.

They do feel like they're less snug than they were originally, but, I'll ski them again this weekend and really think about what's going on down there while I ski.
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If it feels like they’ve packed out and you can no longer get a snug fit, an aftermarket liner can improve this.

Yes, this must be right. Sorry, my answer only addressed the position on purchase, not wear and tear over time.
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@swskier, CEM fitted my current Head boots with the stock liners and they were great. Go on 3-4 seasons, probably 20 weeks or so and they start to feel a little loose and I don't have quite the control that I thought I remembered. Make an appointment with CEM expecting to buy new boots for him to say that I don't need new boots just liners. He fitted Zipfit which have been brilliant.

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It's probably a question I should go straight to @CEM


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