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CCM and Bauer pro spec skates are usually heavier. From the ones I have owned I would say about 35+ grams per skate. I had a pair of FT1 recently with integrated shot blockers and some other additions and they weigh about 120 grams per skate over retail. Very close to True.

Son #2 is a 10.5 in sneakers. Uses a size 9 Mako. Son #1 is a size 12.5-13 in sneakers. Uses a size 11 Mako. Ordered from Facebook, Montreal guy (used to be a Mako rep).. received my skates no problem (although had to drive to across border to a UPS Store in Windsor to pickup as he wasn’t comfortable shipping Canada Post to USA ... no big deal for me). He’s trustworthy.

I think what you meant here is that you skate in a Bauer X60 that is nearly 2 sizes smaller than the skate True have supplied you with. Put side by side the True skate is nearly 1/2 an inch longer (and wider and with more volume). All in all a boot that doesn't fit you anywhere and their attempt to fix it the 2nd time round was to pad the toe caps and put in a sole filler??? wtf. Come on True, this isn't good and a True rep who reads this should be getting someone to reach out to smu and help fix this because something, somewhere has gone wrong about as bad as it can possibly get........

Well for one McDavids are as heavy as a pair of NHL Trues. McDavid and Strome similar size and if anything Stromes were lighter. Jack Hughes custom CCM is atleast 50 to 75g heavier than Ture skates his size.

Something just occurred to me. We always compare the weight of True skates with other brands' retail skates. Do NHL players' custom CCM and Bauer skates weigh the same as the retail versions or are they built up for extra stiffness and/or durability and are thus heavier? True only have one spec which is custom pro spec, so are we comparing apples to oranges when we compare their weight to other brands' retail skates?

First off, thanks for being patient. We are really close to opening the doors on this. I've had some questions on how we are going to format the reviews. We will be using Prosharp's methodology; what they do is have the skater rate each profile using their 1-5 rating, as posted below: The goal here is to get a balance between the 4 categories. You will fill the slots as you test the profile. So for instance, there's probably no way for you to get a 5 on mobility and a 5 on stability, but certainly you can get a healthy average between the two on the right profile. Profile 1 will be your control set. You will rate that first. If you know the profile, write it in. If the skates haven't been profiled, just write the model and put "stock" next to it. The tester will have their own topic, which they will start. You'll describe what you feel on each profile and then rate the 4 categories as you go along. I recommend doing it as soon as you get a good feel on them, and just making a post every time. Hopefully towards the end we will be able to determine how you got to your preferred profile. I do realize that there are times that people want a certain category over others. As in, you may feel that you may need more stability, so your focus is on that. Try not to think that way. Rate each profile on its own merit. You may find out that a healthy mix may be better than bleeding-edge.

I think it depends what you're looking for. My experience with true has been decent. Not great but decent. I'm happy with my skates but it took me a few mths to get used to them. Mind you I only play once a week at most so the adjustment would've been sooner if I played more regularly. I'll admit their QC isn't the best. Which is unacceptable when you're paying top dollar. Even if it's only glue or cosmetic stuff. This isn't a deal breaker for me but I know it is for others. The fit for me has been good. My left skate definitely fits 100% perfect. My right is 90%. But for me I broke it down to my over pronation of my right foot. When I was scanned I positioned my right foot in a way that it cause me arch to completely collapse, therefore the scan assumed I had a flat arch. Due to this the fit on my right skate isn't as dialed in, but I don't notice it when skating, only when walking on it. I may try throwing in some SP2 insoles which may help with the arch issue since it'll mold to my actual arch. I think some of the issues people have fit wise may be attributed to the scans. The person doing the scans really needs to know what they are doing and the scans aren't as dummy proof as one would hope. Ccm scans seem way more fool proof as you are sitting and aren't forced to stay in a lunge position which can lead to the customer not being in their true optimal scan stance. For me if and when I decide to get a new pair of trues, I will definitely be cognizant of my right foot position and make sure arch isn't collapsed. I'll be interested to see how custom skates are like in about 3-4 years when I start thinking of getting new skates.

Here's my sizing: Mako size: 8EE The Mako box for this size says they're for 9.5 shoes, but I wear 10W dress shoes, 10 sandals and 10.5 running shoes. I know the 8.5 Mako that would be suggested for size 10 would be too long for my feet. Easton's general guidance for skate to shoe size is 1.5 sizes down, but that's only a general guide and not an exact science or guarantee (some people prefer their shoes with more room than others and different brands and models have different fits). Trying skates on is of course best, but if you can't do that then measuring or using other skates that fit well with your toes brushing the cap would be a better idea. Foot length: 26.7 CM or 10.5 inches CCM Brannock Device Measurement (the metal measuring device most shops use): 8 Bauer Supreme size (not a perfect fit for my foot as the forefoot is tight and the heel is wide for my feet, but the length feels about right): 7.5EE (a lot of people seem to fit the same size in Makos as they do in Bauer's; for me, a half size up in the Makos feels correct. My toes barely brush the cap, my heel is locked and I've used Makos for over 2 years and still love the fit. I've only demoed Supremes in 7.5EE and never owned them since their overall fit isn't ideal for my feet). When I was sized for Supertacks when they had the try some on and get a free hat promo, an experienced fitter at a good LHS suggested 8EE would be the size to try on (they felt tight on my forefoot where the boot meets the cap and I didn't quite feel the end, my heel was locked in well though). You could measure your feet in CM and then use the sizing charts on this page to get your sizing close, but it's still a gamble buying without being able to try them on: https://www.icewarehouse.com/lc/icehockeyskatesizing.html

I ordered skates from the Facebook ad and the skates were delivered to my door in less than 24 hours. The gentleman selling is based in Montreal and was both honest and easy to deal with. In terms of sizing, here’s what I know: my teenager wears size 11 or 11.5 (D/standard width) Nike basketball shoes but an 8.5D Mako skate. We were fortunate in that he already had a pair of M8s that simply wore out, so sizing wasn’t an issue at all — we bought the exact same size. But in a general sense, I can’t imagine buying any new skates (Bauer, CCM, etc) without a proper fitting. For instance, prior to lucking out on the new Makos, the boy briefly wore a pair of Supreme 1S skates and they were size 7.5D. Sizing can be all over the map. Hope this helps.

If your feet were 2 different sizes by a significant amount (ie a size 6 and a size 7) then making a longer boot and padding it in the toe is a valid way to address the length differential. What smu is saying the boots should fit your feet, not be too long or too wide or have too much volume. They should not have padding in the toes because they were made too long or extra thick soles to try and take out volume because they were made too large or need heel inserts because the heel pocket is too big.

With all of the obsession over skate weights, the fastest skaters today are still only just as fast as the fastest were when top of the line was Graf 703s, CCM 652 Vacu Tacks, Bauer Supreme 7000s, etc. McDavid has posted some slightly faster times, and certainly the speed of average players has increased, but there isn't a new class of top end speed. To me that means you're not capped because of your skate weight. It's more about finding the skate that allows for the natural technique to unlock your maximum potential, 100% in agreement with @the_game. That could be a slightly heavier skate or a slightly lighter one. It's one thing to think your stride rate diminishes from wearing a heavier skate. That could be true. But a lower stride rate could also be caused by a more natural stride, leading to more efficient skating that requires fewer strides to keep up with the pace. I'd be interested if skating lap times decrease because the heavier skates do make one slower. I'm just saying, a slower stride rate doesn't necessarily mean a slower lap time, or less speed overall.

Well if it makes you feel better smug ibhave had 2 customers one with one of the other 2 custom brands and one with the other. One plays extremely high end hockey and will be drafted next year in the NHL and one will be drafted in the OHL. Both top picks. And both had skates fitting in a similar fashion. The latter in the OHL was far worse than yours and caused a bone calsification in just a week and a half of wear! And those were 1500 including tax!!! Oh and they wont remake them unless they send them back. Kinda hard when your AAA and in your draft year. Oh and both blades were bent and one mounted all the way forward and the other all the way back.

This is exactly it! I have first hand knowledge of this. My feet are the same length, but I could not feel the toe box even to feather my toes when put on initially, then when laced up my toes seemed to be halfway back in the toe box. All kinds of other issues that were wrong as well and I will mention below. I tried them on the ice just to say that I did and they were were huge. My LHS was great and sent the skates back to be redone completely with the host of other issues that will become apparent. I get them back without anything being changed except I could feel my toes very slightly in the toe box. Thinking my skates had been fixed as I could feel the toes slightly in the toe box I felt very happy, but, not so! What I discovered when I got the skates home was True just added dense foam material 6 mm taped (looked like masking tape) to the front toe box to make it feel as if my skates had been made to fit and also given a thicker red bottom sole to try and fix issues of volume perhaps, who knows? Only a remake should have been done with all the other issues that were completely wrong. I am completely unsatisfied, skates too large, and crooked rivets (not parallel)leaving crooked holders, leading to bent steel and the rivets were wrongly placed, but still in the exact same position. They could not even bother to fix this. The heel pocket is most important as it is at least two pencil sizes too large in the lower heel area my old Superfeet slide from side to side., how would that make you feel when you asked for a tight heel pocked and this was 1/2" wider than my original Bauer skates! This issue was a problem expressed to True originally, that I have a narrow foot and need a tight heel pocket. Nothing fixed what-so-ever. I did not want to post this, but you talk about frustration. I take a boot that dwarfs the True. I don't mind the weight, but not their second "remake" as nothing was done except some but in my toe box with skates that are way too long for me to begin with, along with double the thickness underlay for the insole to make up for my volume issue, I guess. My heel area is 2" across in my Bauer skates the True must be 2.5" or more just where I had said my problems lie.Having pronation my ankle would roll around a skate that was too large in this area and any posting I would do would move with with the ankle in the large ankle area. With my pronation problems and the only reason of going with True (and the video that Scott Van Horne has on YouTube says he was a pronator and wanted to make a skate that could suit all people) I thought this skate would be perfect. Well. I can't get a "true answer of what they actually do for you other than make a stiff or stiffer boot! Far cry from what I was told before True took over. Less than two years ago you could even have VH send you foam boxes to be sent back like what you do when you go to the podiatrist for orthotics to make sure the foot bed was perfect. I see nothing like this anymore, you take what you get and tha't it! There was a time that VH would do a heck of a lot better and do whatever you needed. Now I am into round two and the skates will be going back again demanding a complete remake. I have everything photographed as to the first pair to the second remake and there is absolutely no change in all of the glaring mistakes except for the cheap filer of the toe box that I did not want in the first "remake" and the thicker red pad for under the insole? I cannot believe it! I did not want to post this whole thing, but I am so upset I am beside myself. When I first got the skates I was told that I was no longer a junior size so $200 more as they go by the size of the holder or I should say blade that fits on the boot that they make! So I have a skate blade that is a about 1/4" longer and because of the toe box that is at least 1/2" - 3/4" longer, I go over the junior size, what a co-incidence, especially after they are returned indicating all the troubles and really fixing nothing. If I could get a pair of skates that would fit properly I would not care what I paid. But, to a True skate stuffed in the toe box and the silly thicker foot-bed seem ridiculous. It seems like the Monkeys are running the show, not the original founder and his dedicated people for sure.