 Poster: A snowHead
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Can anyone help, advise?
I really suffer bad foot pains with rental ski boots ( also had bad problems years ago when I used to play ice hockey) so before actually buying a pair, is it a viable option to get some custom insoles to use as & when I rent ski boots again?
Have seen some intersting products on 'yoursole.com & also zapinsoles.com',
Any advise , comments or recommendations welcome
Thanks in advance
Mitch
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mitchell, yes, if you're renting boots it would be idea to have your own footbeds, either custom made or the off-the-shelf type. However I'd recommend getting them from a good bootfitter as they need to be correctly specified/made etc. The fitter could also give you correct advice re selecting the correct size/shape of rental boot etc.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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wouldn't touch either 'yoursole.com & also zapinsoles.com',
but any of the other brands out there superfeet or conformable would work well
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Mitchell, why don't you just forget the rental boots completely and buy a pair of your own ski boots and have them professionally fitted by CEM here?
Surely the footbeds for rental boots are going to cost you a small sum of money-why not just put that money towards getting your own boots fitted properly by a specialist and then problem sorted-no need for rental boots ever again.
Or am I missing something here?
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VolklAttivaS5, I must be missing it as well.
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arv, yes.  I'm flumoxed as to why Mitchell doesn't just buy his own boots now. Oh well, I expect we'll find out in the morning.
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It's all about 'FAMILY' maybe?
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Thanks for the replys everyone..........I guess its just yet more money to buy new boots whereas the insoles I 'saw' were approx 30 quid. I figured it would be well spent if my feet are okay for this outlay. I did think the fact that the 2 products I mentioned were able to mold to your feet would make them worth a try.
I realise there are some people on here who will cut in a suggest that if you cant afford this & that then you shouldnt be doing this stuff BUT ultimately I have a budget to work within & new boots is probably too much for the planned 1st trip this season ( U are correct SMALLZOOKEEPER, I have a wife & 2 boys to take this year & money is not , unfortunatley, overflowing in excess in my house !!). Unless of course I can get some boots for the cost of insole + rental boots ?................will check this out.
Thanks again
Mitch
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Mitchell, ah sorry I didn't realise you were planning your first ski trip.....when you said you have bad foot problems with rental ski boots I'd assumed you were used to rental boots already and so I thought, well why keep renting boots and spending money on that.
In that case, yes it would be a lot cheaper to just get the insoles for now, at least until you've skied a bit you could rent boots and see how you get on. Most people rent boots initially for a few weeks before they decide to get boots for themselves, some buy from the off but not many.
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VolklAttivaS5,
Not 1st ski trip ( 2nd actually + some MK snow dome time).but 1st planned trip of the coming season. The foot issue bothers me more though as when I used to hockey skate I had issues with bad foot pain in the ice hockey boots ( not rental boots); having got into skiing I am now having the same issues with the ski boots to a point where the pain is spoiling the skiing.............hence my research into insoles etc.
Again, will look into buying when funds permit.
Thanks
Mitch
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Mitchell, ok
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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CEM, What will the insoles likely cost Mitchell, - I would have thought for little more than double the cost of a set of insoles he could afford fitted ski boots and also then add to his savings the cost of rental next year. It sounds as though he would only need starter boots like me and these weren't a fortune when I bought mine. What do you think?
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Mitchell, Might be worth describing your problems more fully. CEM, and SMALLZOOKEEPER, are very experienced in that field and it will help them suggest solutions for you.
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You know it makes sense.
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Megamum,
The insoles I have seen are similar in that you heat them at home ( really ) & then place them in some footwear & stand on them..............job done. Thewre is even a demo video on the web site of 'yoursole.com. They come in around £35-00, si seem worth a 'punt' at the price.
For any others who can diagnosis , the pain is akin to a severe acheactoss most of the instep area & into the foot itself. Takes about 1/2 to 1 hour to reach its peak & can be relieved by taking the weight off the foot ( leave boot on ). Like I said, had loads of trouble years ago ( in the 70's!!!) when I used to hockey skate as a teenager........couldnt really get anyone to help then, but it bacame so bad I had to give up the skating & sell my rather expensive hockey boots. Looking at some charts I have seen showing areas of foot pain, seems to suggest the support under the arch is the problem; so hopefully some 'custom' molded insoles will fix the problem.
If I cant fix it , will have to take up snowboarding !
Thanks
Mitch
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Mitchell, I've got a somewhat similar pain but I've got my own boots and managed to reduce the pain to ok levels by visiting a couple of bootfitters (I'll still buy new boots this winter but that's another issue).
More importantly, I've tried using my custom insoles with rental boots for a couple of weekends when I didn't have my gear, and they helped. I would say that insoles in rental boots are likely to be better than rental boots alone so go for it if cost is a major issue. (taking into account brand recommendations as above).
However, if this is not enough and the alternative is taking up snowboarding (not that there's anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld may say), then it would be a pity not to at least try getting properly fitted boots. Maybe CEM will comment on potential pricing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I have some "standard" superfeet insoles that I use with my hiking boots. Last year I thought I would try to use them in my ski boots only to find that they wouldn't fit. I'm not sure whether this would be a problem when swapping between different rental ski boots on every trip or not.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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the off the peg superfeet will cost # 35 so diffuclt to get boots for around double???
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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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I would have thought (from personal experience rather than expert knowledge) that either superfeet (£35)or orthaheel sport (£25 from Boots) could be helpful with this sort of pain. I move insoles of this type to every type of footwear I use (though my ski boots have thier own superfeet orange). When I first started skiing I always put superfeet in the loan boots at the dry slope and they worked fine. Despite many years of foot pain issues when I got properly fitted boots at Lockwoods there was no need for custom footbeds (which I was expecting to pay for), as the fitter said, why pay for custom, when the superfeet fit perfectly!
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RobinS, sounds to me like the fitter was being lazy...was it busy in there that day? or near lunch time
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CEM, No - plenty of time, but since I wear superfeet in virtually all my footwear (walking boots, climbing boots, cycling shoes, work shoes etc.), and they fit perfectly why try something else? The proof has been in the use - 25 days on snow last winter, and twice a week at the dry slope since last November and the boots fit very closely with good control, and no pain.
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but many people are perfectly happy with an off the peg insert, sounds like you are one of them
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If I were you Mitchell I would go for some Superfeet but make sure they are trimmed acurately. You can then also match up the rental insole to yours to make sure you have the correct boot size/length.
Hello CEM, hope you are well and I might see you in Bormio in March - not sure this is a good spot for it - what do you think.
KR Jonners
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jonners me lad...how ya doin
bormio will be just fine 
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