I really love the part about F1 boot shape - you have the same observarions as I had when trying on F1 LT. It was squeezing my toes, the heel was wide and uncomfortable. The boa design didn't give much of a hold - in comparison to e.g. Dynafit TLT X or Fischer Travers. To the skiing performance, as you said it comes from heel hold, but I would also add cuff hold of the calf.
pretty sound opinion. Even though I'm Italian I have never jived with these over hyped creations from Asolo. I'm in the hawx ultra 130 and I love em, use em all year round.
New tecnica zero g peak, F1 xt (only available in Europe, it punches better and has real buckles so actually holds foot down), la sportiva skorpius (little heavier, skis better), dynafit tltx quite soft but some people like that,. More importantly I don't think 99 percent need this class of boot. If you are racing, setting fkts, or doing long traverses then it makes sense. But this class of boot isn't made for general touring and if you choose to use it as such it will perform poorly and have a shorter service life.
I think it's total nonsense! Less durable, loses tension, and I don't want even distribution of tension. I want a lot of tension around the ankle and way less in the toe.
@@thicccboyztv Hip flexors are overrated, mine have been torn for years. I used to think kankles were slang for "kool ankles" and told my gf she had nice kankles. I have never been slapped so hard in my life.
Interesting. But surely all of these points were the same in the original F1? Same fit, same boa. So if you were a person who loved the f1 despite its softness, this is surely going to be ace?
Good points. I know many people (in Europe) that have no problem with Scarpa fit. Yes, the boot seems to be narrow, but probable the European feet are not that wide (probably due to lower weight of the people here - the LTs are used mostly by people that weight in the range of 60-80kg)
That's fair. I think it also has to do with scarpa sizing. Scarpa breaks the shell on the half, ie 26.5/27 are the same shell whereas 26/26.5 is the same shell for every other brand. So if you are used to a 26 in all other ski boots and you get a 26 scarpa, it's technically a 25.5.
There significant differences between North and South Europe. Italians and people from other european countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea have most probably this smaller foot size, however, german and scandinavian countries have a much taller and heavier built people, therefore, the feet are wider. You can notice this very easily in Europe if you try shoes which are being made by italian brands which are narrower and shoes made by german brands which have a wider last.
Tecnica is just better all around. Ive never been able to wear anythingfrom Scarpa. I'm betting the new Salomon MTN Summit will be a good boot based on my experience with the S LAB MTN.
The technica is supposed to be stiffer and I think is probably a little more refined than the new Salomon boot. However, I think the differences overall would be overcome just by whatever boot fits you better.
