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Kr580, 95/70 is quite popular too. From my small experience (kids and my teammates) FBVs are not for everyone. Had to buy 9/16, 5/8, 3/4. Keep it in mind if you want "side sharpening business" Ruby is my favorite. Buy one extra for training purposes. My first two finished in no time-). When you get a grip the wheels will hold for longer. Upgraded X-14 holder is more versatile if you ask me. But I do not understand much in them so no help on this one. You will need an edge level, honing stone and Fine Shine. (I just bought the Accessory kit - was cheaper than buying separately). They also have Black magic honing stone for coated steel but I have not tried it yet. Again, you might need it for some clients (I use leather one at the moment). Have my X-02 for a year now. Like it more and more. Enough for my requirements (3-5 pairs a day max).

The common offerings are: 90/50, 90/75, 100/50, 100/75. Get the 95 variants to bridge the gap (95/50. 95/75) I use Ruby myself. Eh, it all depends if you're sharpening kid's skates. For now, the U-12 is fine. Not really. I've had that machine for what, 10 years, without any problems to speak of. I'm going to most likely upgrade at some point to a full portable or a single head.

Looking to get my own X02 for my own skates, friends and maybe as a side sharpening business. The nearest FBV place is 2 hours away so I'd have some pretty good opportunities. Anyway, I had some pre-purchase questions I'd appreciate any input on from someone who owns/has experience with one of these machines. I've read through this thread but there's just so much it's hard to pick up on what i need. 1. Is there a basic set of FBV spinners you'd get if you wanted to cover all bases as concisely as possible? For example replacements for 3/8", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 3/4", 1". 2. Which wheel colors do you use? Is Ruby still the best general purpose one? 3. Is the upgraded X-14 holder worth it over the basic X-12 version? Is it just the spacing difference to be able to fit more holders in the jaws? 4. Any other tips, tricks or accessories you wish you knew before you bought it? Thanks in advance.

I completely sympathize because I know how frustrating it can be trying multiple brands and models to just continue to skate in pain. Eventually you just say to hell with it and get traced/scanned. Ill never forget, when I was about 3 years into my adult hockey “career” I had my teammates ask if I had taken skating lessons. I told them nope, I just got skates that didn’t hurt. But apparently the difference was noticeable! One piece of advice for you and everyone else buying Trues: you don’t need to tie them anywhere near as tight as you may be used to. When you have that much wrap you dont need to crank the laces to pull the skate around the top of your foot like you would with other skates.

Eyelet extenders, these are the fix for volume issues if everything else about the boot is ok. It's not hard to make your own especially if you want single or 2 hole extenders. Otherwise there are 3 hole ones you can buy.

nice thing about the Trues...you can adjust volume depending on where you connect the tongue, as well as using different types of tongues.

Long-time lurker. Thanks to all the knowledgeable people on this forum who have taken the time to help the community. I'm an adult beginner who has been skating for a little over three years. I have a narrow, short foot, normal arch, but a freakishly high instep. I've always had trouble in regular shoes too. My LHS sized me into a 6.5 D Supremes the first time, and it was brutal. The length was right, the heel was right, but literally half my foot was sticking up above the eyelets. I crammed my feet into them and skating was excruciating . Finally I admitted to myself this wasn't normal new-skater foot pain, and tried again. I went with a Nexus in 6.5 D. Even that was a little shallow (still failing the pencil test pretty easily) for me but I could make it work with loose, bar lacing. It was too wide and I had almost no heel lock, though. Unhappy with my progress learning to skate, I started working with a skating coach recently and they strongly recommend I get new skates, said these aren't responding to my foot movements properly because of the extra space. I read a ton of the archives here, some of which I'd read the first time I was struggling with skate sizing. I got the impression that my specific foot type would be very hard to fit in retail. I went in to my LHS ready to give retail one more try but going into customs if I didn't find anything. As usual, half my foot sticks out of the medium-depth lines and my feet were swimming in the high-depth ones. So I got my foot scanned, ordered from True and am really hopeful this can help. Not expecting miracles overnight, but I'm hopeful I'll be able to feel a difference.