How to know if your boots fit properly

I really hope your boots work out ok. It's pretty common for the right boot to feel too tight. It's quite easy for a boot tech to make space inside a boot, but a nightmare to try and make a shell smaller with padding.

I think you'll get 5 weeks before they are sloppy. I hope I'm wrong.

If there is still 3cm between the heel and the shell then the boots are almost certainly too big. This thread http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/24/9787.page details Scapula's attempts to get his oversized (circa 3cm between heel and shell) Head Edge+ 8.5 boots to fit and function. Did the shop where you bought them from follow a procedure similar to this http://www.foot-works.fr/fitting_process.asp?id_fitting=1 ?

The 3cm seems to be the main source of concern, but I should say that wasn't particularly accurate, when I first posted it I didn't realise it was such a significant measurement. I'm having difficulty getting it to within 0.5cm with any degree of confidence. I've shone a torch down, shoved fingers down. How are you guys doing it?

I am feeling reasonably confident with the 28.0s though. I'd be surprised if the level of discomfort and desire to get them off the 27.5s give me after 10 minutes is intended by 'firm handshake' and 'snug'!

The firm handshake rough measure is after the boots have been fitted to you. Boots that have been fitted well can be skied totally undone (yes it's possible to make turns and use drag lifts).

Did your fitter measure your feet in the empty shells? What other measurements were taken?

Were you fitted into the boots, or sold the boots, having self selected them based on your feeling for the fit?

Swingbeep, that's a very useful run through of the fitting process from the Footworks folk. :thumbup: