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Evening all,
Keeping it brief for a change - can anyone say how long custom footbeds should last and how do you know when their knackered.
Ta,
briand6868
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Of course it "depends". Mine are three years old. I've skied 20 weeks on them and they seem ok still. I have REALLY flat feet and am susceptible to foot problems for the first two days of any ski trip but after this they settle down and are fine. They've stayed this way.
When I had them set up and the boots laser aligned I asked Hierling in Davos where I got them how long they should last. He thought about 3 to 5 years depending on time used.
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briand6868, how old are yours ? Do you have problems with them ?
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Hopefully someone who knows what they're talking about will be along soon, but I suspect that it depends what the footbed is made of and how it was made.
Also bear in mind that your foot can change shape over time. I have fiver year old footbeds that are structurally fine, but no longer "fit" my foot.
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i have some footbeds in my trainers that are about 7 years old. I've shown them to both CEM and Smallzookeeper fairly recently to get their view if they are still OK. Both have said nothing wrong with them - don't bother changing unless they are giving you grief. I'd think that running puts more stress through a food bed than skiing
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assuming you don't do ^^^^^^ then they should last at least 3-5 years and sometimes much much more, if you ski 1-2 weeks a year they will outlast the boot in terms of support but your feet may have changed over that period of time, but as was said above if they are not hurting you or causing problems then don't change them
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Had my foot beds in for about 7 years now, skiing 3-4 weeks pa. They don't hurt, boots and skis steer really well still. I'm dreading the day that I might be forced to change anything.
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Frosty, In for 2.5 years,and lucky that I have no foot issues that I know of, but do a lot of dry slope training aswell as on snow, haven't noticed anything different but as I'm getting new boots ,hopefully,next week just was curious as to their lifespan
CEM, No ^^^^ for me, only keep them in my ski boots - presume I can take them forward to my new boots which will be "race" rather than "recreational".
FlyingStantoni, Read your review on the Fischer Vacuums - interested and look like an all round problem solver especially for those with "foot niggles" - assume their still spot on.
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briand6868 wrote: |
FlyingStantoni, Read your review on the Fischer Vacuums - interested and look like an all round problem solver especially for those with "foot niggles" - assume their still spot on. |
They are indeed. It's worth saying that they're not slippers. But they are as comfortable as i can imagine race boots ever being. And my skiing seems to like them.
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briand6868 wrote: |
CEM, presume I can take them forward to my new boots which will be "race" rather than "recreational". |
depends on the footbed and your foot, they may have a little too much volume for a race boot and take up too much room, they may not, in most cases they can be adjusted to a new lower volume shell
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It took me a long time to realise the obvious, that if you have wonky feet and ankles they do not suddenly become OK when you are not skiing. For years I had variable experience of vacuum formed foot beds made by ski boot fitters. A running injury took me off to a ankle surgeon who referred me to a sports podiatrist who made dynamic computer scans of my feet and told me that I needed to wear foot beds virtually all the time - except in bed! I have an everyday pair and more robust pair for sports activity, including skiing. As I gradually had to do with all my shoes, I changed my ski boots to fit the foot bed. I return for a check up every couple of years and have had tweaks to the heel angulation to reflect changes in me, but the heavy duty pair look as though they are good for a few years yet and could well outlast the ski boot even though they are used 3 or 4 times a week for high impact activity. Like many things, I guess its down to the quality of the fit and the material.
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Thanks everyone - new race boots and footbeds now fitted and paid for Salomon x3 rs - FlyingStantoni, Like yours, deffo not slippers but an almost instant performance change when given a bit of welly on the dendix....reckon they'll be a whole different animal in -10 snow though.
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