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Head Ski Boot flex rating(old v new)
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Have some old but unused Head S8 boots from 2004/05. They are like new so loathe to chuck them.
Can anyone tell me what the old Head flex ratings compared to the standard flex you see nowadays are?
Boots are marked 7.6 for flex. Is that simply 76 by todays charts so soft to medium? They feel pretty stiff to me and I think were marketed for advanced skiers back in the day. Bit confused.
The booklet and looking online isn't helping much.
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@Klammertime
, you may as well chuck them... at 20 years they have had it.
They reckon that 5 years is all you should expect from the shells as the plastic does not work anymore.
Or is that just a rumour?
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@DrLawn
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Or is that just a rumour?
Hmmm, I've had boots last much longer than that ... my current ones were bought in (I think) 2018 and I see no reason* to replace them yet.
*Other than that the new version is nicer.
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1. There has been considerable debate here and elsewhere about flex ratings from different manufacturers, with the consensus seeming to move towards "there's no agreed standard, so don't assume that a 120 in boot X is the same as a 120 in boot Z".
2. No idea what the 7.6 may have been intended to mean, but there's only a tiny chance that they will actually behave as they did when new. Plastics degrade over time, sometimes becoming softer with age, sometime more brittle, and possibly both at the same time.
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@Chaletbeauroc
, now you mention it, 2004 was a long time ago
I don't think I'd be trying to resurrect them, myself.
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