How tight should ski boots be at forefoot? Should I sacrifice comfort for performance, or can I achieve both?

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aravel4569

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Hi everyone, could use some advice on boot fitting.

How tight should the boots feel width-wise in the forefoot?

I just bought a LAST 100 (Lange RX120) boots, they they feel quite tight widthwise (heat molded), my last set of boots (Head) had a LAST of 104. I visited 3 boot-fitters and each gave me a different width of boot (100, 102 and 104). I would sacrifice a bit of comfort for performance, but is this the usual tradeoff? Do you find narrower boots give you more control, or is it much more important for your calves and mid-foot to be tight?

A bit more info about me: Willing to spend up to $600 USD. I am an off-piste skier, and spend most of my time in trees, and doing bumps (low speed). My foot width is 10.09-10.1cm

Thanks a lot!! Just want to be sure b/c they are so expensive and I am a student!!
 
If it's a 120 flex boot that's far from a race plug stiffness so I wouldn't put up with any pain if I were you.

If you are skiing NON comp moguls, trees, etc, you probably understand that versatility is more important than a race fit and one part of versatility is comfort to not have to constantly stop and unbuckle or have to ski so fast so you can finally unbuckle at the bottom each time.

I have RX130 Wide Race which is a 100 last too and even that feels quite soft compared to my old Dalbello Krypton.

So that said make 'em comfortable, it doesn't have to hurt to get "good" performance.

I had the outside forefoot "punched" out a bit. The shop did a good job on it not to overdo it. I had quite a bit of shinbang vs. the intuition liner so I did some work there too. I got a simple / cheap shinbang fix in case you want to try it.

**This post was edited on Mar 7th 2022 at 3:44:19pm
 
Hey thanks everyone for your replies. Maybe I'll return it and try a different boot. You're right it should be more comfortable than that.
 
14409539:aravel4569 said:
Hey thanks everyone for your replies. Maybe I'll return it and try a different boot. You're right it should be more comfortable than that.
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Comfort and performance used to be something that you had to choose between but that’s certainly not the case anymore. A good fitter should be able to get you in a boot that’s comfortable and that can perform to your liking.
 
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