 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi guys,
Am getting more into skiing now and want to invest in a pair of my own boots, I have tried on loads of boots and the best fitting in my budget are Salomon Mission 7 Custom Fits. But since trying them on the shop has fully sold out of my size, and so have everyone else it would seem. A friend of mine from the local climbing wall has these exact same boots which he used for 3 days before realising they were ill fitting (and having a shop in the resort confirm this). I told him my situation (going skiing in 3 days!!  ) and offered to buy his boots off him granted they look brand new and the shells haven't been modified for him at all. All the fitting guys did was heat up the lining and mold it to his feet.
Basically what I'm asking is if its worth me paying to have a shop fit these boots if I buy them, granted I have been sized for up for them. Or is it worth heating up the lining and just remolding the lining. I already have 200 quid innersoles for my skates that I will use in them.
Cheers in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Only if you have feet and use them for skiing. 
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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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tankduck, welcome to snowheads. Between you and your friend i guess you already have a good idea of the answer.
Buy completely the wrong size (like your friend) and you have wasted your money; the deal with ski boots will be similar to your skates, the better the fit the better the control, and comfort.
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There is a ski shop in town who sized me up originally to the same model of boot, and said they would fit these ones for me for £25 if I got them. I know these boots are the right size for me (as I've already been sized up for them), what exactly will the fitting entail though, is it a little more than heating up the liners with hairdryers (or the similar things I'm told they use)?
Thanks for the replies
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1 if the boot has been heated and skied for 3 days re heating it will do little to improve the fit
2 are they the correct size????? a large % of boots are sized too big, take the liner out and do a shell check
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Only the lining was heated (didn't know if you meant has the shell been heated) but apparently the liners in these can be remolded at least twice. And yes, I was sized up without the liner in the shop as the size I was actually measured for was actually slightly large when I tried them on.
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sure you can heat the liners 3 or more times...... all i am saying is it will make very little difference as they have been heated and skied in
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So when they say they can fit them to me, is it not possible?
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tankduck,
Are your feet bigger than your friends or just a different shape?
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my feet are slightly bigger in both length and width as he was sized wrong and these boots are a size too big.
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If I was in your situation I'd have the shop remould the liners. It might not change much but it isn't a massive cost and even if they fit your feet slightly better it'd be money well spent. Plus if you don't have them remoulded you will probably be always thinking how much better the boots might of been if you had.
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So I take it its not worth heating them up myself then, if not I'll take them down in my lunch hour tomorrow after getting them off him tonight.
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tankduck, FWIW I'd spend the £25 on having them re-moulded and try em out, Worst case, you could always buy new liners for them (which might cost nearly as much as the boots), best case, they fit and you've saved a wodge. 
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You know it makes sense.
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| So I take it its not worth heating them up myself then, if not I'll take them down in my lunch hour tomorrow after getting them off him tonight. |
I've heated up liners myself in the convection oven but following manufacturer instructions. For 25 quid it's probably not worth the risk of messing the liners up yourself. It's possible that the liner will never fit you as well as a new liner would, I trust this will be reflected in the price you pay him.
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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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Just want to make certain that remoulding them doesn't just mean heating them up with a hairdryer and letting them cool on your feet right. I mean fair play if you buy shoes in a resort and its part of the service but if you have a hairdryer at home is it not worth doing it yourself? I thought boot fitting was adding extra foam or cutting bits out...etc rather than just heating up the inners.
I'm not being funny about this by the way, just I'm new to this side of things and want to understand how it all works.
Cheers again
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Poster: A snowHead
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tankduck,
The shop will most probably have a machine that is designed to heat up the whole liner fairly evenly. A hairdryer is likely to produce much worse results and you could even ruin the liner by overheating a small area.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think a visit to the shop it is then! No point risking wrecking the things before I've even started. Cheers for your help guys, will let you know how it goes!!
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