Poster: A snowHead
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Bought some dunafit tlt 5 mountain tf in a 28.5. amazing boot, so light it is untrue. cant wait to try climbing in them, they seem just perfect for ski in, climb up, ski out alpineroutes.
but... Didnt try them on as too good a deal to miss from telemark pyrennes and can easily flog em on so a question to any bootfitters.... (pros or otherwise)
When I tried them on with no footbeds at all, just the liner, they felt a little big for length, but tight across the top of the foot i.e. low volume.. (I have garmont mega rides in a 27.5 with custom footbeds, so may have got a little long, but shell is the same for 28 and 28.5 in the dynafits)
I know they are a low volume boot but 'should' the liner being thermoformed and some custom footbeds make em fit, i.e. pack out the length a bit?
and does it sound like will they need to be punched out a little to increase volume in the foot., or will the liner pack in there anyway.
am going to backcoutnry uk to see as well as work in leeds.
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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 had a similar thing with my Scarpa S4's. They've an odd shaped last and a lot of curve under the arch. Solved it with a gel insole (cheap unprofiled ones from lidl) under the foot ball so that buckles clamp more evenly across the upper foot.
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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smithaldo, Absolutely, and as for an Irish guy at Footworks, sounds fishy albeit they did completely refresh their staff after we all left 2 years ago.
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I bought the garmonts in march 2008, the irish dude said he had climbed madness tres mince if that helps identify him!
Also one of the main dudes had his foot in a cast I seem to remember. tall guy with shaven head if I recall correctly
oooh and was it 'absolutley' to straight to the for sale forum, or absolutley to 'go to a proper bootfitter and see if they fit'
am out in cham from 1st jan, could I pop into you guys at sole for a fitting? would be willing to pay extra cash and part ex them for something similar if I needed to as well.
Cheers
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smithaldo, No worries, swing by and we'll sort something out, 2008 was our last Winter, no Irishmen to be seen then, French and English ONLY
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SMALLZOOKEEPER,
When people buy AT boots like these for more climbing than skiing performance what do you recommend in terms of toe fit mr zookeeper? more room at the front than usual to accommodate frontpointing, rather than a closer skiing fit, or dont worry about it?
Went to snow and rock to do a shell test (as when did it at home there seemed alot of room) and there is 20-25mm between shell and heel, but they reckon you need a load of room if you are frontpointing, but I am not sure about this because my garmonts dont have much room at the front and were fine on stuff like the gabarrou albonini.
When I had on just the liners with my heel at the back there is a thumbs width of room when you press down at the front of the liner, which seems excessive even for climbing boots. christ my ice climbing boots dont have anywhere near that amount of room thinking about it!
I might just get the 27-27.5 boots as well as this seems alot of room to me. My toes do seem to have alot of room both volume and length wise in the 28-28.5 so am a little confused.
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I've got the TLT 5 Performance in a 28.5
Felt very tight to start, but with footbeds and a couple of days skiing it sorted itself out.
Best boots I've ever had and I have and will be using them for everything in and out of bounds.
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the liners in the dynafits all start very tight and firm but they pack down really well with a few days of use, sounds like the 27.5 shell will be better, but as always without seeing the foot in the shell impossible to tell for sure
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