JSand

I have been skating in Tacks forever and the time has come to replace my current ones. I recently tried on both the 9080 and 9090 models. Both fit as expected in the heeland toe box with one seemingly major difference to me...the tongue. The tongue on the 9080 is thick. Way thicker than in my current 5052s. I like that it is thicker but it almost felt too thick if that makes sense. The 9090s had a much thinner tongue with some type of insert. It was more comfortable but I wonder whether the thinner tongue would easily crease and lead to lacebite. Does anyone have any experience with these two models and thoughts on a thick felt tongue vs a thinner foam type of tongue, particularly as it relates to potential for lacebite and durability? Any other meaningful differences between the two models? Also, while trying them on, I was told that if I can wait until April that CCM is coming out with a bunch of new models with new holders, a split tongue, and other new features. I couldn’t find anything on line about this but they insisted it was coming to the Tacks line. If anyone has any information about this that they could share please do so as it may be something worth waiting for. Thanks all.