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I think saying they miss just as often is a bit unfair. It sounds like the misses are few and far between. Though on a site like this with educated users things are going to be skewed. I also put fit before all else. I can deal with skates that are ugly, have some excess glue showing, and are a bit heavy if it means skating without pain. Suggesting we aren't impartial or not being objective just because we're happy with a product is also a bit unfair IMO. All that said, I'm looking forward to Bauer and CCM getting into this game at this level. I'd love to be wearing a Bauer that's half the weight but equally as comfortable. I just hope Bauer moves into the goalie skate realm with their custom program soon (and/or CCM figures out how to make a cowlingless skate) or I'll be buying another pair of True goalie skates.

Not so sure about that. When you get it right 90% of the time it’s probably cheaper to make the last 10% twice than to figure out a way to be able to test the fit of a custom fit item at every store.

Just an FYI The Great one wears them. 😏 As do about 10 other HHOF players. The weight doesn't seem to bother them nor the other 120 plus current NHL players. And there are some mighty fine skilled players wearing them past and present. Pavel Bure Wayne Gretzky Adam Oates Adam Graves Igor Larionov Mitch Marner Ryan Strome JVR Bozak and on and on. We all know its 80 to 100 grams but no it doesn't make that big a difference. If it truly did then 24 players in the Sharks organization wouldn't be wearing them. (Team with the least amount of games lost to foot injury).

I can tell you in December. Might be a posture issue.

Sensitive, easily offended, touchy, defensive = thin-skinned. Anyways, I'm done with this thread....dead to me.

The MyBauer custom skate is not full custom by definition. That merely offers length and true width (not knocking that at all) along with a choice of liner, modest selection of tongues, and steel. Silk screening name and number to me cater to the young and foolish. What I do like (if done right by the fitter) is the ability to size down or up off the scan by using retail skates to dial in how the skater wants the skate to fit. What's also great is that the fitter can add detailed notes directly to the foot scan and they'll be addressed by the experts up at the custom factory. Custom skates doesn't always mean just a bake and you're all set. Even customs need some tweaking from time to time. The problem I see at retail is that too many skaters, even those who have been skating forever, are skating in improperly fitted skates. In my experience very FEW players actually need a custom skate. What I see too often with True/VH are skates that wind up having way too much overwrap. Too much overwrap can make it harder to flex forward and will ultimately lead to premature breakdown of the boot. For those of you who know me you can attest that I have some of the ugliest and widest feet around, yet I can skate comfortably without pain in Bauer, CCM, and Graf skates. I wore the Easton Mako as well and really liked the performance of that skate. My choice if I wanted performance similar to the Mako in a one-piece boot would be to go CCM, either in the FT1 or AS1. From a lengthy career that involved needing to be able to read people my impression is there's a lot of thin skinned folks posting in this thread. For those of you who don't mind excessive weight and overwrap then all the best to you. Me, I'll go AS1 for my one-piece boot.

Big picture, not sure the current method is the best business model. If you thumb through this thread as an impartial observer, you see issues with cosmetics, build quality, weight compared to other brands and last but not least, fit. This all compounded by Bauer & CCM now doing full customs at retail locations. I don’t know enough about the process once the scan is complete to suggest any viable options. Though it does seem like there is a disconnect there. Customers are putting a lot of faith in True to get it right. Seems like they do, but it does seem they miss just as often. For example, somewhere in this thread a user mentioned he just got his Trues. The response was (I may be paraphrasing a bit) “they’re great once you get them dialed in. They’re customs, what’s to dial in?? Lace em up and go, no? FWIW, from an end user. I’d be furious if I had to tweak what was sold to me as a fully custom skate. The reason I went custom was so I wouldn’t have to punch and stretch and hack a retail boot onto my feet.

I would assume that the data they acquired from special cases like Byfuglien and Chara would be added to their process for making skates for other huge clients. Maybe they'll use your data to improve their process for guys of your size.

I've talked to a handful of shop managers/owners who sell True skates and they said in their observations that 90-95% of skates work for the customer the first time around so yeah, it wouldn't be practical for them to make dozens of sample skates for each retailer to try on, especially when you market yourselves as a true custom skate that doesn't care about standard sizes.

If you were properly fitted, then the scan was done in a weight bearing position. As such, your foot should have been spread out as far as it will go. Skates should have been built to that width. I'm not doubting that they messed up the build on your pair, just stating that a close fit shouldn't be a problem because it shouldn't squeeze your foot. Whether you're 130 lbs or 500 lbs, the skate shouldn't squeeze your foot.

Two brands (Sparx & True) have gotten a ton of free pub here. It would be nice to see them recognize the site and it’s members who’ve helped grow their brands.

I love the X9 but unfortunately, when we were selling the RX/RX2 the X9 was not as popular as the X28, X92, and X88. I wish we could offer more curves, but since we are offering a more affordable pricing structure we had to cut back on our SKUs. I personally use the X91. If you are interested in the X9 we do offer a very aggressive custom stick program. The custom stick program is less expensive then our competitors Elite level sticks. I can dive into this program for you if you are interested.

Well, last Tuesday I had to put my dog to sleep. It was truly one of the worst days of my life and the whole week has been so dark with him. He was an amazing, funny, smart, kooky, crazy beast and I will always miss him.