 Poster: A snowHead
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Rather than Hijack someone elses forum ( http://www.snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=67608), I thought I ask seperately.
What is the Live span of a Boot Shell?
Is it measures in conventional years, or in Skking days?
Should I replace My 4-5yr / 105days (ish) old Tecnicas?
What about the liners, do they age in the same way?
Do Foamed liners last longer than Std liners?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bob, I reckon boot lines, like skis, last about a season (i.e. around 120 active days).
Mine smell too bad to use after that anyway.
Shells last longer unless there's a design flaw (c.f. bright orange Technicas)
Foamed liners, in my experience, get smelly just as quickly.
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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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30,000 flexs through 10°, Liners depend on how well the shell fits. Yes foam lasts longer, if done correctly.
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| 30,000 flexs through 10°, Liners depend on how well the shell fits. Yes foam lasts longer, if done correctly. |
and how many flexes would Jo Average do during a day on the mountain??
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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kitenski, haha, why you asking me?
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Plastic lasts for a long time....
Even on a 10 year old boot the plastic should still be fine.
Normally ski boots die when the liners / foam pack out.
Or occasionally the buckles fall off. Both of these can be replaced if you want. (new heat fitted liners are circa £100).
Life span of a ski boot ? How long is a piece of string ? Depends how much you use them. And if you dry them out properly.
Roughly rule of thumb - once you approach 200 days use they will be looking worse for wear.
Which is basically a couple of full seasons in the alps.
For your average UK punter skiing couple times a year a ski boot will last maybe 8 years ?
If your skiing at a dome / every weekend in Scotland / dry slope then it will be less.
Probably by that point you will be looking to replace them with something more modern anyway.
Under a new name - i thought you might have learned how to spell Tecnica properly by now 
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| Haggis_Trap wrote: |
Plastic lasts for a long time....
Under a new name - i thought you might have learned how to spell Tecnica properly by now |
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Depends on the Type of plastic and its exposure to UV rays.
Also, it's so damn tempting to put the H in Tecnica! Sometimes I just can help it so I feel the pain Under a new name!
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Jimmythefoot, I clean my boots with factor 30 suncream, will that help?
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Depends if you get ones with replaceable toes and heels too.
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Haggis_Trap, feck, I always get it wrong and can never be bothered checking. Tecnica just looks so wrong! Bl00dy Italians.
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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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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| Jimmythefoot, I clean my boots with factor 30 suncream, will that help? |
hahahahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaa
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You know it makes sense.
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They probably last as long as it takes you to decide that you fancy a shiny flasher new pair 
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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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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| Jimmythefoot, I clean my boots with factor 30 suncream, will that help? |
No of course it won't!!!
Clean them with water my friend and use the Sun cream as an after applicant. lol 
Mind you, i think I remember you showering with suncream before skiing in April.....
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Poster: A snowHead
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Jimmythefoot, You've never been near me or a shower at anytime of year, dreamer. Feck and the BBC paid you to get married, bender.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, lol
Love your diplomatic approach. I have used your shower and I am sure there was sun cream in there.....
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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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moffatross, That's kind of the point, use and mainly exposure to the elements change the plastics desired attributes, a by-product being that they become hardr wearing, but less elastic. Stiffer and more resistant, are not always the best thing. Rebound and flex will be reduced, fragile they become, however wear will be reduced, especially with the boots shown, not all boots are made of that kind of plastic.
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Jimmythefoot, I don't know you, please leave me alone.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, You are such a muppet! Most Chelsea fans are.....
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Jimmythefoot, Feck if i could only find those old photos.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Which ones?
I told Gordon today that you rang me to personally say that you wanted to tell him how much you think of him and that you apologize if you haven't seen eye to eye in the past and that you want to buy him a drink.....
ha ha ha lol
Back to the forum.....Why do people worry about the lifetime of ski boots, just get new ones every year.
You know you want too.....
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Jimmythefoot, Small I maybe, but eye to eye with a cock shaped midget? Please
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| 30,000 flexs through 10°, Liners depend on how well the shell fits. Yes foam lasts longer, if done correctly. |
So the proof that turning is for losers?
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fatbob, Or the rich.
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My old boots lasted about 20 years on 1 week a year (I always took the liners out and dried them when I got home!). Finally they cracked in transit, which I discovered when I opened the bag in the hotel. I put them by the bin and every morning the cleaner (posh hotel!) placed them neatly by my bed, despite a massive crack in one. I left them at the end of the week.
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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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SMALLZOOKEEPER, what with the sloppy liners and skiing more aggressively these days, I haven't noticed them feeling stiffer, except when attempting to put them on in a frozen car park after being left in the boot overnight at -10C. Interesting what you said about the plastic type as it is noticeably different to most, almost a 'waxy' feel to it if that makes sense.
I'd also be very grateful if you could you tell me what contemporary equivalents there are to this boot.
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moffatross, 20euros
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You know it makes sense.
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When I skiied full time most of my boots would be pretty stuffed after 200 days. I did have one pair that lasted about 500 days but that was with three sets of liners. I was young, fit, about 90kgs and did ski hard. 
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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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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| 30,000 flexs through 10°, Liners depend on how well the shell fits. Yes foam lasts longer, if done correctly. |
Seems a very low number, struggling to quantify into skiing days but can't be many.
Example skiing 6 hours a day, 4 turns a minute (conservative?) = 1,440 flexs
Therefore life = 20 days!
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Poster: A snowHead
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stevew, Exactly!  Stop turning!! This is why beginners replace their boot so quickly.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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around 120 days (20 weeks of holiday skiing) for the liner and close on double that for the shell, but as it has been pointed out it all depends on how the boot fits, and how much walking you do across carparks and down to the pub in them
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