 Poster: A snowHead
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Any bootfitters out there? I would appreciate your views. I'm interested in the new Tecnica Phoenix airshell boot, but the bootfitter I went to yesterday said that the air compresses as you ski and therefore your foot ends up moving around a little so you don't get the snug fit you want. He reckons that even though this boot is marketed with high flex versions, it just doesn't stack up as a performance boot. Does anyone out there know if there is any truth in this - that the airshell doesn't actually produce the snug secure fit that it's supposed to??
I'm not looking for a high performance boot by the way. I'm an advanced intermediate - possibly even getting into the advanced category, keen on improving, average height/weight. I have wide feet and when I bought my previous boots, the guy sold me a pair that I've since found out were a whole size larger than my mondo size (23.0) - probably to make up for the foot width I guess. I was an early intermediate then and it wasn't too much of a problem until I started tackling more challenging terrain when my foot started to move around in the boot. Needless to say, I'm now looking for something that's really going to hold my foot in place - as it should!!
The bootfitter yesterday recommended the Tecnica Dragon 90 which felt OK but he had to go up to a 23.5 because of the width of my feet and when I tried on the shell without the liner, I could fit two fingers between my heel and the shell with my toes touching the front of the shell. That made me nervous that this boot was going to end up being too big too. That's why I was thinking maybe something like the airshell would be good as I might be able to get in to a 23.0 but still get a snug fit - it the airshell works of course!
Any views on this much appreciated.
Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi Neigehead, I would ask CEM perhaps on the buying boots thread, a guy at the rental place in the resort told me that the Phoenix Airshell were good for performance rentals as could be tweaked to get a reasonable fit however I had the impression from him that I should get a boot that fits in the first place, he suggested looking at the different Company websites and look at the widths they do (for example my new Atomic Hawx 80's have a 100mm last width do you know what your width measurement is?
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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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Thanks littlerocky, think you're right - I should cut and paste this over to the boots thread. My food width is 100mm. How do you find the Hawx? Do you think it helps that you have a bit more flex in the forefoot?
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i bought these this year, and had a most weonderful first week with them -wonderfully comfortable, warm in very cold weather, and nice simple adjustment for apparent "fit" ' they have a flex of something like 80 or 90 (?) i think maybe less, but i skiid really well thsi year with them so very pleased.
Time will tell whether they keep their fit in years to come
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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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Hi
Wife has got ladies ones this season and loves them.She has a lot of problems with her feet ,bunions and a hammer toe and they now do not cause any problems.The bottom line is you still have to be careful sizing as the air pockets will not correct boots that are to big in the first place.But if you have normal feet and have not had problems the tradional boot fitting may still be best
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