 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello!
We're currently out in Samoens for another wonderful week on the snow!
I've noticed a slight issue with my boots - they feel fine, almost too tight, in the morning, but after a couple of hours skiing they feel like they're hanging off my feet!
I didn't notice this with them when we were here in January, and I spent most of my time skiing by myself (OH did his knee in on Boxing Day!). I wonder if the fact I'm putting more effort into my skiing could cause this - I've been having lessons with ESF this week, and have been skiing on almost entirely red pistes.
I would do them up tighter, but they're on the last notch! I could possibly ease them a little tighter with the twisting of the buckles, and I will give this a try tomorrow, but they're loose enough that it might not be enough.
Firstly, what would be the most likely cause of this loosening?
Secondly, would zipfits "fix" this problem? (I seriously considered getting some before this trip, but my boots were in France with no way of getting them back to the UK)
Many thanks in advance,
Laura
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Silly question, but are they the right size?
I once got some boots when i first started out and they were 3 sizes too big for me! I went for comfort and they felt great when i first put them on. After a couple of hours they went really loose and i could take my foot out of them without having to un do the buckles!
I went from first having a 29.5 to a 26.5!!
A general rule is your toe should "touch" the front of the boots when you put them on.
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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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They're definitely the right size lengthwise - tried a size smaller and felt like someone was trying to eat my toes! Even when they feel "big" it's widthwise, not length. When I first started last year I think I had a 27.5 hire boot because I didn't realise they were meant to be so tight! I'm now in a 25.5, and my feet are a UK size 7.5/8 (and even when "loose" I still have to wrestle them off!)
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This bit;
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| I would do them up tighter, but they're on the last notch! |
Makes it sound like they aren't the right fit for you. Possibly too wide?
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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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Can you move the buckles over? Most ski boots these days have the option to remove the buckles and replace them further across for a tighter fit?
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Grab a bootfitter some where and get them to take a peak. Sounds like there are plenty of probs to be addressed.
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I would feel less miffed by the situation if I hadn't had them fitted (S&R), and had custom footbeds made. Perils of my first set of boots, I guess, but I can't help but think someone in the store might have pointed out if they weren't a good fit (when they recommended them!).
Expensive error, I guess!
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Thought I'd best clarify with the fact that they felt nice and tight in the shop, but were on the last but one clip - I thought that one more would be more than sufficient, and it obviously isn't!
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adamantis, That's how the makers want them to feel, it's all in the liner, if left to try on boots in a shop you will never buy right, the correct boot out of the box will feel, well, like someone is biting your toes. 
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Smallzookeeper, at a rough guess is it likely to be fixable with something like zipfits, or am I realistically looking at a new set of boots for next season? It gets quite scary by the end of the day when it feels like my skis are "following" half an inch or so behind my foot movements!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Also, with the length thing, I seem to remember him making me try on the next shell size down (just the shell) and my big toe was scrunched a bit, so it wouldn't have worked even with a microthin liner?
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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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Sounds like a high volume boot on a skinny foot. Go to a proper bootfitter.
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adamantis, a new liner won't fix it properly imo(and is expensive anyway), new boots I'm afraid probably. You might be able to sell on the old ones.....and the footbed would come with you to the new boots so isn't a total loss.
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You know it makes sense.
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Have you got chicken legs? 
Also as your female your gonna get some heel lift if they haven't but a heel wedge in your custom liner.
Are your boots female specific boots, what make and model are they? If not, this could also be the case as us blokes have bigger calves.
As hazardtape said, maybe you could move the buckles over. All you need is a number 3 allen key and some patience as it can be a little fiddley!
Snow and rock should have a boot fit guarantee so you could take em back with a frustrated face and tell them you want the problem sorted!
EB do this and are very good. I've took my footbeds in a few times and they have sorted them out FOC.
Let us know how it goes, I'm intrigued!
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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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Have you tried thicker socks?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Zip Fit are fine, but are not a volume reducer, they are designed for better transmission and precise fit, for sure this is what your looking for, but are a little expensive to just be used to fill up alot of space. DB has said what I guess needs saying.
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