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Getting into my ski boots is brutal .... HELP !
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snowbunny1976
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I have the same problem with my Salomons. My foot just doesn't bend back far enough! LOL
snowbunny1976
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Might as well put that dryer to use... they don't have any hair! LOL
These guys both have zero fit, race plug boots. ...........sorry but If you hafta use a heat gun or hair dryer to soften the plastic AFTER you have them broken in, then..............I just don't get it
Give me a comfort fit any day!
Oh, and for the record, those two guys are amazing skiers!!!
Once I get my foot into the boot, everything is OK. I've noticed how much stiffer my Saphir's are than the Xena's. But the boots are two different generations. 5 years ago the boots were stiff all over. Now the fronts aren't as stiff, but you buckle the ankle buckles different. I always left the top buckle just closed. On my new Xena's that buckle is tight, as the whole ankle flexes. Taken awhile to get used to.
If I used a hair dryer, my feet would just sweat more, not a good idea for me. Or are these guys just heating the plastic from the outside?
If I used a hair dryer, my feet would just sweat more, not a good idea for me. Or are these guys just heating the plastic from the outside?
Yea, they have the race plug boots that are extra stiff plastic.
When they have been in them in the cold(especially) they use a hair dryer or heat gun to soften the plastic enough to get the boots off.
I am not sure the process to get them on, but I remember we were waiting for cgeib at Stowe to finish getting his boots on.
When he's in them.........Wow, he can ski!
mollmeister
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I am always saying that about my husband. :ROTF: When I want to ski, I get up, pull on all the layers available and run out the door. (That is, when I am not packing up two kids for the day and dealing with all their layers and potty issues and refusals to eat breakfast.)
He's always adjusting everything and messing with his clothes and repacking the stupid backpack and insisting we stop for a complicated breakfast. . . oh, and SHOWERING. I mean, who showers before putting on a HELMET for 6-8 hours?! Not me, that's for sure! Men.
:ROTF:
mollmeister
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Oh, and on topic :D , I must say that 3-piece boots make getting boots on MUCH easier.
I am in a Full Tilt, and it looks silly, but it's a nice, snug, but comfortable fit, and easy-peasy to put on.
I gather the same about the Kryptons, which I would like to try for fit at some point, as they're a bit stiffer.
I am in a Full Tilt, and it looks silly, but it's a nice, snug, but comfortable fit, and easy-peasy to put on.
I gather the same about the Kryptons, which I would like to try for fit at some point, as they're a bit stiffer.
I have to pull the tongue of my boots way forward in order to get my fat feet into my boots, and depending on whether or not I'm retaining water, sometimes it still hurts like hell to jam my foot in. Once it gets past the instep of my foot, it goes in easy. But getting to that point... Oh, you should see the faces I make! 
My feet don't like the going in process either. Usually my left foot is more challenging than my right.
As mentioned here, pulling the tongue up and forward helps.
I've experimented this year and found a good solution -- my feet aren't any better, but things that help most.
First I started keeping the boots in the house. At house temperature, they go on pretty easily. Doesn't help much after an hour in the back of the car, though.
So I tried keeping them near a heat vent in the house. This helps even more in the house, especially if I put them upside down so that the air can get into the interior of the boot a bit. Still doesn't help a lot after an hour in the back of the car.
One day, I put them in my boot bag for the ride up. That helped some!
So I put them by the heat vent overnight and then in the boot bag. This helped too.
What seems to help most is to put them by the heat vent and cover the tops with my helmet and my gloves and my neck gaiter inside my boot bag.
There's one more thing I do: I've got Merrell shoes that I wear when we go skiing -- they're slides, and have furry lining. Cozy. But what helps a whole lot more than the furry lining shoes is to take said shoes off and let the car's heater blow across my stockinged feet. They get nice and toasty and all my joints are then as happy as they can be.
Doesn't necessarily solve things entirely, but warm boots and toasty toes are my best bet!
Kano
As mentioned here, pulling the tongue up and forward helps.
I've experimented this year and found a good solution -- my feet aren't any better, but things that help most.
First I started keeping the boots in the house. At house temperature, they go on pretty easily. Doesn't help much after an hour in the back of the car, though.
So I tried keeping them near a heat vent in the house. This helps even more in the house, especially if I put them upside down so that the air can get into the interior of the boot a bit. Still doesn't help a lot after an hour in the back of the car.
One day, I put them in my boot bag for the ride up. That helped some!
So I put them by the heat vent overnight and then in the boot bag. This helped too.
What seems to help most is to put them by the heat vent and cover the tops with my helmet and my gloves and my neck gaiter inside my boot bag.
There's one more thing I do: I've got Merrell shoes that I wear when we go skiing -- they're slides, and have furry lining. Cozy. But what helps a whole lot more than the furry lining shoes is to take said shoes off and let the car's heater blow across my stockinged feet. They get nice and toasty and all my joints are then as happy as they can be.
Doesn't necessarily solve things entirely, but warm boots and toasty toes are my best bet!
Kano
w.ski
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yep!greekpeakskier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
it took me 45 minutes two weeks ago to get into my new salomon scarlets and yet my heel still slips all over (yes, i went to a bootfitter, yes i have custom insoles).
however, i knew my skiing had reached a new level of obsession when i started dreaming this week that my boots had another buckle i had never seen that would make the fit around my heel better. i've had this extended dream twice now where i discover the buckle, marvel at it, play with the fit and then am filled with joy that it takes care of the slippage. i thought, "other people dream of s@x and I'm dreaming of tight boots!
however, i knew my skiing had reached a new level of obsession when i started dreaming this week that my boots had another buckle i had never seen that would make the fit around my heel better. i've had this extended dream twice now where i discover the buckle, marvel at it, play with the fit and then am filled with joy that it takes care of the slippage. i thought, "other people dream of s@x and I'm dreaming of tight boots!
Too funny that you've had the dream more than once.greekpeakskier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
it was a variation the second time... my boots felt particularly loose on tuesday when we had (rare) powder. i'd come down a steep, hit a pile and thought my feet had decided to wander through the wilderness for forty years before coming to rest with the skis in the promised land of powder. so, that night i dreamt of skiing, but in the boots with the extra buckle.
i'm going back to bootfitter first day i'm in town and don't ski. but i sure as heck am not giving up the ski day to fix the boots. i'd rather just complain endleslly and fruitlessly.
i'm going back to bootfitter first day i'm in town and don't ski. but i sure as heck am not giving up the ski day to fix the boots. i'd rather just complain endleslly and fruitlessly.
Native Vail Gal
Banned
I've used a hairdryer for years! I love it!
Also, they make a dry teflon spray for just this reason. You can get it at any ski shop or specialty boot fitting store, I'm pretty sure. The boots GLIDE on with this stuff!
Also, they make a dry teflon spray for just this reason. You can get it at any ski shop or specialty boot fitting store, I'm pretty sure. The boots GLIDE on with this stuff!
