jimmy

Easton shut down their custom shop so no, no custom Makos. If you were in a custom in another model you should at least try the fit of the stock Mako. I have 2 customers who use to be in customs and the stock fit them fine.

Easton's Dealer Website says they are expected 15 May, so dealers should have them shortly after that.

You're in Mich and you can't find a place to try on a pair? These are not skates you can use any sizing guide or "advice' from anyone on a online board.

If you have wide feet then the Mako in E width would be appropriate. A D won't expand to E. One of the skaters at the Mako event had to use a D cause they didn't bring E's. Needless to say he was in extreme pain, even after baking..

Yes, still trying to find out if he went to his retailer, if so, what they said and/or why they just didn't replace the skates.

I'm missing something here, what did the store you bought them from say? Getting a return authorization from Easton for equipment is not difficult. I can usually get one in 1 day, and just replace the item from my stock.

I agree with you totally on both. Easton is tops in both in warranty and out of warranty service. Unless someone is trying to scam them, they really go out of their way to please their customers.

I specifically asked them about the reduction and they said it was just to make it easier on the stores.

16 min each skate in the oven, 8 is not enough. Where do you guys get this misinformation?

90/75 doesn't have much bite. Try a 100/50 and I think you'll be pleasently surprised, especially since you say you've been skating on "pretty sharp hollow".

All the ones I've done for customers,including mine were done at 16min, all came out perfect. I'll be doing them at that temp until Easton says different.

I was told this change was just to make it easier on the stores. Personally, I think they are more pliable with 16mins. But def 8 min per skaye is not enough.

200 degrees, 16 mins for both, not 8 each side. Also, 16 min is preferred, 10 mins is for shops who want to cut corners.

haha, 2 yrs of sharpening and they still have all their height on them. You could probably pass those down from generation to generation. :-)

If a sharpener needs a c/l indicator to help with profiling, run!

The bolts rest on the holder's plastic, if tightened too much the head of the bolt can sink in. But looking at the bolts inside the bigger hole around them, the front one sits further in than the rear one. I checked 3 pairs, all are the same so that's normal.

Some shops lie and tell you they do the FBV when they actually don't. They don't want to lose your business. This could be why you may not feel any difference. First thing I would do is check to see if you are actually getting the real FBV. Then getting it done correctly is a whole other issue.

They need 2 spinners, one for the left, one for the right. 14 different settings available. I agree totally, just try it, if you like it better, there you go. Study complete.

Tomorrow I'm putting LS2's on a pair for a MSH member. He's only changing them because he has $500 of lifetime Titanium steel in LS2. But I'm sure he'll post how they feel after he skates on them.

Read the study, two FBVs I don't recognize and which are not on Blackstones website, the 80/2 and a 105/05? SAK, what are these?

I asked my rep to verify with Dave.

My rep says, 20 min cool down, can absolutely skate same day.

Easton says when they are cool, so I'd say 1 hr. When I went to the Mako event, they baked 50 pairs while we were going thru the lectures, then we immediately went on the ice.

Not avail yet. I only have a few sizes that I traded for when doing goalie conversions. Should be soon though, within a month.

Way too much emphasis on equipment managers. Just ask Ray Martinique, the only 1st round draft pick who never made it to the NHL because his equipment manager thought he new better about how Ray should have his skates sharpened than Ray wanted. I recently atteneded an outing where a x-NHL manager sharpened 50 pairs of skates for the event, and most skaters were falling and slipping from the poor job. Some managers are experienced and do a good job, others not so well, and others who are old school and not willing to change.