Custom Foam Liners, anyone tried them?

[Janetski]

I have very small feet and no one makes a high performance ski boot that fits. I bought a pair of Lange World Cup Team boots in a size 3. I really need a size 2 but they don't make them so I am looking at getting a Conformable liner by Sidas where they inject foam into the liner while you have the boot on and it forms to your feet. Has anyone tried these liners?

 

[bklyn]

Yes, I am very happy with them.

 

[Little Lightning]

But if the shell is too big for you, you're still going to have problems. Have you looked into getting a Jr. Racing boot? I wear a size 3 boot and the boot fitter thought I'd be better off with a Jr. boot. For me the length is fine but it's the width in small women's boots that cause me problems. My boot fitter says I have a "classic" Lange foot but Lange doesn't make boots like that any more.

If you go with Jr. racers make sure the boots fit adult bindings. The 2 that were suggested to me were Lange and Technica.

 

[altagirl]

I don't have that problem, but I'd think LL is right - bootfitters will always tell you using liners, padding, or anything else to fill up extra space in a shell that doesn't fit is never going to work as well as a properly fitting shell will.

I guess it's worth a try if there are no other options, but it seems like maybe a jr. race boot would work better?

 

[Gloria]

I don't have that problem, but I'd think LL is right - bootfitters will always tell you using liners, padding, or anything else to fill up extra space in a shell that doesn't fit is never going to work as well as a properly fitting shell will.

I guess it's worth a try if there are no other options, but it seems like maybe a jr. race boot would work better?

I thought they only made a few different sizes of shells.

 

[abc]

I was told all the full sizes.

That's, well, quite a few.

 

[sleddog]

The World Cup Team is a Jr. Boot. Have you tried the Lange WC 80 Team? That boot goes down to a size 2, is a 4 buckle boot, but softer flexing than the boot you have. Sometimes when you go to a smaller shell, it stiffens up just because all of the features are being crammed onto a smaller boot. You also get less leverage on the smaller boot. You might try a gas pedal under the toe of the boots so that you get less leverage on the boot.

 

[Janetski]

You are correct. The World Cup Team is the junior race boot. No ski shop had size 2 in the team 80 to try on. My other concern was that the boot might not fit my adult bindings. I have ordered the foam liner and I'm going to have it fit in a week or so. Hopefully it will snug the boot up and I'll be ready to hit the slopes when the snow falls. Thanks

 

[NW Ski Gal]

I am short, and have small feet, too and for years fought the too-high cuff on the ski boots. I lived throught the "Let's just make a smaller men's boot" and pawn it off on the women thing, and struggled for years. Finally, a trainer I had (when I taught skiing) suggested that I just buy kids boots. I know most boot manufacturors make high end kids boots (race). I ski Technica, and for at least 8 years, have skied in the race boot for juniors.

Then, I did have some custom liners made, and I loved them. But I also heard other women compalain about those same custom liners, but I actually ended up getting much longer wear out of them than the liners from the boot manufacturors. I had Sure Foot make mine, they were all over Colorado.

I believe there are also Junior Race bindings that might fit your foot, some of them have DIN settings that go up to at least 10, I believe, so you would still be fine, Tecs suggest you have a binding that has a DIN scale where you fall somewhere in the middle.