Boot fitters needed who know what they're doing: Southwest UK

bandit wrote:

msej449 wrote:Why not wait until you're actually skiing and in a resort? Surely, it's better if you can try them out and go back to the shop the same day to get them adjusted? The alternative is to buy them in the UK, go on your ski holiday, find they're not right, ski in them for the remainder of the holiday, come back, return to the shop, get them adjusted, and then repeat the whole process.

This sounds very logical until you witness what some resort shops will do to get a sale. My fella was measured in the UK and told which boots to go for. We tried to buy some in Engelberg, and the shop did not have the right size or model, so were attempting to fit him into a pair of womens boots 2 mondopoint sizes bigger.

As an end user, if the boot feels comfy in the shop you can't tell if the shell is too big until several weeks skiing later. So, lots of repeat visits to the same resort, which may work for some folk, but not all I suspect.

Depends if you have dodgy old feet, I have loverly slender feet which cause me no problem weather I wear Hob nail boots, Stilettos, slippers or ski boots :wink: :wink:

Wickers, don't invite me to post the photo of my foot after the 2nd operation, that's poorly fitted ski boots for ya )

Tony will give you the detail :lol:

I second Boredsurfin's suggestion for Colin Martin, the original poster wanted a bootfitter, not a boot seller.

bandit wrote:Wickers, don't invite me to post the photo of my foot after the 2nd operation, that's poorly fitted ski boots for ya )

Tony will give you the detail :lol:

I second Boredsurfin's suggestion for Colin Martin, the original poster wanted a bootfitter, not a boot seller.

Then explain why I don't have a problem with boot fitting, is it because I have loverly looking feet..... I only thing I do is once my boots buckled, they stay buckled all day, even at lunch, old habits I suppose 8) 8)

Perhaps your feet are naturally shaped like a ski boot shell?

I used to have nice tootsies, now I have surgery scars and daily pain as a reminder :roll:

Seriously, ski boots fit no-one, only the liners offer any support. Once a liner settles, if the shell is too big, there is nothing that can fix the problem apart from £££. It's really easy for a shop to sell a ski boot that is too big, because it's comfy from the word go, and the customer won't know until 5-6 weeks down the line...when they will need another new pair )

bandit wrote:Perhaps your feet are naturally shaped like a ski boot shell?

I used to have nice tootsies, now I have surgery scars and daily pain as a reminder :roll:

Seriously, ski boots fit no-one, only the liners offer any support. Once a liner settles, if the shell is too big, there is nothing that can fix the problem apart from £££. It's really easy for a shop to sell a ski boot that is too big, because it's comfy from the word go, and the customer won't know until 5-6 weeks down the line...when they will need another new pair )

I'm not quite a new boy to the sport and I know if a boot fits but as I have said before I am the same with shoes buy um and wear um never a problem, I'm gonna ask Mrs W if she finds my feet attractive,
I am looking at them now they are much the same as me Beautiful.

How do you know Wickers? At what point in the process do you know that you have found the right boot? As this is a forum, you could share your knowledge for the benefit of the community.

bandit wrote:How do you know Wickers? At what point in the process do you know that you have found the right boot? As this is a forum, you could share your knowledge for the benefit of the community.

I firstly pick a boot I can afford, the last pair I brought a couple of years ago were €239......I secondly see if the buggers fit, the whole shop then run around blending my feet to the linings by means of warming the linings and having me walk about the shop like a plonker, they then unlock the door and let me out, I then go and ski..... phase two, every time the shop manager sees me she runs around asking if the boots are ok, I reply very nice thank you.
After day three the manager runs around waving arms in the air when she spots me near the shop, I'm thinking to myself "yes they bloody fit", she approaches and then asks me to pay for the boots.

Bandit, the above is what happens, I do not have problems with my feet apart from the time a certain supermarket wanted me to wear safety shoes and they quickly went to where they came from, painful little rascals.

Now I can write you more information till the cows come home but that is the whole truth and nothing but the truth your honor, can I go to bed now, night ,night :wink:

bandit wrote:shell?

Seriously, ski boots fit no-one, only the liners offer any support. Once a liner settles, if the shell is too big, there is nothing that can fix the problem apart from £££. It's really easy for a shop to sell a ski boot that is too big, because it's comfy from the word go, and the customer won't know until 5-6 weeks down the line...when they will need another new pair )

We may have just got lucky, but my Raichle boots have felt like slippers since the day I bought them, around 18 years ago. Also, because they are rear entry, I relax one clip on each boot, as I sit on the Gondola, and my tootsies get 12 minutes R&R, prior to the run down.

They are getting a bit stressed now, and you did kindly send a web site address, but I couldn't find anything rear entry on that site.

My OH bought her Nordica rear enry boots on the same day as me, so same age, not as much skiing. They were serviced in Saas Fee last season, and are as good as new.