Breaking in new boots...

[markojp]

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Guys, do this standing up. Sitting won't help.

 

[Bill Seddon]

One great thing about the snowdomes we have here, great places to break boots in doing what they are supposed to be doing. Have about 20 hours in mine now, lovely they are.

 

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Guys, do this standing up. Sitting won't help.

I sit, walk around, flex them etc...

 

[Monique]

Not only do I have them on in the house to break them in but also every fall to get my feet ready for ski season. How many of us do this in the fall or is it we just can't wait for the season to start?

I guess I was lucky - I put last season's boots on my feet to ski at A Basin, and they were instantly just right.

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Guys, do this standing up. Sitting won't help.

I was just gonna post this! If you're sitting, you're not pressuring the boot at all the way it will be used.

And for that matter, even standing and walking around doesn't really replicate skiing pressures. It's just hard to replicate those, so standing is the best alternative.

 

[Carolinacub]

Once upon a time, one of the Ski Mags had little piece about a woman who tried her boots on just before the start of the season and found that one of'em seemed way shorter than it had been at the end of the last season. Took the boots into the shop to have the fitter take a look at them. He found a dead mouse in the toe of the shorter boot. Good reason to try boots on before you go out for the first day of the season. Personally I've worn my boots for an hour or so over several days (sitting around the house) before the season starts. Gets my feet used to the feel of the boots again. So far no dead mice found.

That's funny....I fly fish quite a bit and one time I took a little used pair of waders with me and they didn't fit as well as I thought they should . at the end of the day when I turned them inside out to rinse them I found a dead baby bird in the toe.

 

[markojp]

I sit, walk around, flex them etc...

Fwiw, stand on one foot, then the other. Step up one stair tread one foot at a time, step back one foot at a time. if you have carpeted stairs, bunny hop up the the first tread, then step back. Supinate, pronate, lift your toes... fire some of the muscles in your feet you use to ski. Take them off after 15-20minutes, stretch your feet, rest them, then back in for round 2. My $0.02.

Honestly, I put my boots on once for a few minutes to make sure nothing is really, odd, then I just go skiing. If I'm working on a new shell, I'll do this a few times, then go skiing and continue to tweak as necessary.

 

[T-Square]

Not only do I have them on in the house to break them in but also every fall to get my feet ready for ski season. How many of us do this in the fall or is it we just can't wait for the season to start?

Thanks for reminding me. Just got two buckles replaced, now I got to wear them a bit.

 

[luliski]

I picked my new boots up (they were professionally fitted, punched and have custom footbeds) and went skiing, with instructions to go back to the shop as often as needed for adjustments. So far these are the snuggest, most comfortable boots I've had. I anticipate possible adjustments at the beginning of the upcoming season, just because I know areas that were punched out may have retracted. Personally I think that boots that are comfortable for walking in may not be comfortable for skiing, and vice versa.

 

[crgildart]

That's funny....I fly fish quite a bit and one time I took a little used pair of waders with me and they didn't fit as well as I thought they should . at the end of the day when I turned them inside out to rinse them I found a dead baby bird in the toe.

Bait?

 

[Carolinacub]

Bait?

since I do live in the hinterlands of WNC I have to be innovative in the use of our natural resources. We don't have all the advantages you flatlanders have.

 

[Monique]

probate

Pronate, I hope.

 

[markojp]

Yes. big thumb, small keyboard... edited.

 

[SkiBam]

One year, day one, got to the mountain and put my boots on at the car. They felt distinctly odd. Took them off and realized the liners were in the wrong boot. Not a serious issue but I should have tried them on at home! Which reminds me....

 

[coskigirl]

I just put them on and go skiing. Didn't even bother to put them on before heading to Chile.

 

[T-Square]

Pronate, I hope.

Supinate, probate, lift your toes ... ... ... Hmmm, makes sense to me.

 

[Guy in Shorts]

Feet spend 7 months living in ski boots, they get the entire off season to rest. Been replacing boots mid season last couple years as they last maybe 150-175 days. Going to try to stretch last years boot to the end of this season.

 

[Sibhusky]

My last pair had 462 days. Current pair just hitting middle age at 297 days.

 

[Philpug]

IIRC, @Bob Barnes has over 1,000 days in his.

 

[Monique]

Honestly, boot fitting is such an arduous and uncertain process for my feet that once I get a pair that works, I never want to change.

Unfortunately, it seems that my feet usually do want to change ... or something.

 

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Apex boots are being discussed a bit on another thread, but maybe more appropriately here. I bet there is no break in period on those things