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He is talking about Cat Pros, not the SVH Customs which are the ones in the video.

I personally wouldn't clamp anything other than the heel. even then, if you need to use a clamp, the skates are prob off by quite a bit in terms of fitment. You should use your hands to mold the boot around you foot. Then wrap it. The wrap serves to allow the boot to cool in the exact shape it's conformed to your foot without it naturally relaxing. As posted in other pages, this is how I wrap mine.

The blades are laser or water cut from production, and that profile is already built into the CAD file. So the steel, when you grab it, look not sharpened. Just like how an OEM steel, looks not sharpening, but it is at their standard 10' foot or whatever Same deal for us, the profile is already built into the first production step 🙂

I've done a lot of research and my own experience with true to know what I know lol. I've researched just as much with Bauer and ccm but just haven't worn their skates for very long since they don't fit me that well at the retail level.

This. Svh is all made in Canada and built from bottom up using your foot scan and raw materials. Catalyst is assembled in Canada using shells that have already been made (overseas) and the fit is customized by way of foams and I'd assume "punching" certain areas out if needed. This is essentially how Bauer and ccm "customs" are made.

You thinking a skate should fit good out of the box without baking says it all right there. Imagine thinking a skate should fit your foot great after it's been made and pre heat molded using a generic foot last that's not your own.... U realize that retail skates are pre heat molded right lol. Through all the skates you've tried on and you're still looking for a better fitting skate... Ironic. You're banking on a skate company making a retail skate using a foot last near identical to your own foot shape. Good luck. A skates ability to mold to your foot and adapt to diff ranges of foot shapes doesn't mean it isn't a correct fit. It means it uses advanced materials to allow for this. If after baking the skate is able to fit you near perfect where it was no where close to pre bake, does not mean the skate is still a bad fit. I'm not offended at all. I'm annoyed. I could care less if people prefer Bauer or ccm over true but it's a fact that true and ccm skates use materials that allow better moldability than Bauer.

It's personal preference. Some people like their skates to fit properly and some like them a bit roomier aka half a size too big like you 😬. I'm being a cheeky c*nt but there's also nothing wrong with your preference. As for the donuts, other brands rely on the super thick ankle padding to conform and mold do your foot to create that customized fit. True doesn't rely solely on this. True customs do have thicker ankle padding though as I'm pretty sure it has to do with basing the boot off your foot scan and knowing exactly where to build the ankle bumps vs retails where it's probably more of a universal shape. If you look at Bauer and ccm retails these days, at least with the newer models it's literally thick ankle pads made of some kind of memory foam and there really isn't any depression built in. That's done bc it'll conform to any ankle shape. This is important especially for Bauer skates which are the least heat moldable out of the three big skate companies (true, Bauer, ccm).

Well I've skated in virtually every pair of Bauer skates made the last several years, as well as the most recent Ribcor's and Jetspeeds. So ya, what do I know. I'm not particularly interested in folding my skate in half. The ideal skate for me will fit almost right out of the box, with minimal adjustments via baking. Like I said, if it needs that sort of correction after the fact, it's not a good fit to begin with. What facts? Try to be less offended. I get that you're a True super fan. People will respond better if they think you don't have some kind of agenda.