Ski Boot Insoles

Lots of the footbeds supplied with the boots are, unbelievably, made of cardboard - or cardboard with a thin veneer of other material!

more like carpet tile than cardboard,(on offence to carper tiles) but mostly unsupportive cheap soft mush which gives little or no support

cem wrote:more like carpet tile than cardboard,(on offence to carper tiles) but mostly unsupportive cheap soft mush which gives little or no support

Wait till DaveMac turns up !! He had great success with carpet tiles as boot foot beds when a poor and penniless something or other. Or maybe just being a Scot. :lol:

OldAndy wrote:

cem wrote:more like carpet tile than cardboard,(on offence to carper tiles) but mostly unsupportive cheap soft mush which gives little or no support

Wait till DaveMac turns up !! He had great success with carpet tiles as boot foot beds when a poor and penniless something or other. Or maybe just being a Scot. :lol:

Tis all true, Andy, (apart from being just a naturalised Scot) Long before footbeds or orthotics were invented, and my boots had bedded down. I was in Niederau for my second season, and had no spare gelt. I found a way to resolve the boot issue, but when the house frau came to move the bed at the end of the season, she found a carpet tile with two size 10 cut-outs under the bed area!
I remain a very good friend of the haus frau..... We visit the family every year. She also used to give me a row for spilling hot wax onto the kitchen floor. I told her it was Lancashire soup......

When I had my boots fitted, they did that thing where they heat up the inside of the boots then make you wear them for 10 mins or so while it hardens again.
When people talk about cheap cardboard insoles, do they mean ones you don't even heat up and set during fitting? Or is it assumed all boots come with heat-and-reset soles, and by saying carboard they are just referring to the material on top of the metal-like base?

The footbeds that most boots are supplied with are not very supportive of your feet. As part of the fitting process some proper footbeds will have been made for you.

The common brands are Sidas, Conformable, Instaprint or Superfeet. The process usually involves standing or sitting with your feet on a moulded platform. Some Superfeet models involve sitting in a really tall chair whilst your feet dangle, then the footbeds are sucked into place by a vacuum bag on each foot *

*Totally non technical explanation :D

I was in Verbia two years ago and had problems with burning in my feet. Paid a visit to a shop called sure foot and it was the best thing I have ever done!! take a look online!

Andrew

fitting ski boots is like parenting you slowly work on them till they fit perfect then its time for them to move on.
do your boots fit good? are they nice to where? is so dont change a thing! if they hurt on the other hand your best bet is a good boot fitter who can help you get what you want out of a boot. ski boots are on a sliding scale of comfort and performance. if you want that crazy 150 flex wc boot i promis it will take a week of crying on the chair lift because more then any thing you are training your foot to like that boot. i cant even give advice on the subject untill i know the make, modle, size and your shoe size and the shape of your foot what weight of sock you where. then i would be happy to help.