sps3172

Thanks for chiming in..... It's the 'almost' anything part that I'm curious about and specifically, can the depth of fit (at the instep) be increased....and how? Furthermore, if one can manipulate the depth, what is an 'ideal' fit (from purely a depth standpoint) on Bauer "extended range of motion" skates.

I figured I'd bump this question back to the top as I'm wondering the same. I've got retail 9D TotalONE skates...... I've learned the hard way (i.e. after purchase...and baking) that the stock boot is NOT for my foot shape. It seems I'd would have been better off in something like a Graf 709. That being said, I'm hoping that it's possible, via the custom order process, to get a TotalONE skate built for my 'Graf 709' foot shape. In a perfect world, I'd have a local dealer that was well versed in Bauer's custom order process, and they could direct me accordingly. However, this isn't a perfect world and the reality is that none of my LHS have ever ordered a custom Bauer skate. None of the shops currently have a copy of the order form and I'm told that they've emailed the rep to request one, but as of yet, no joy. I left a voicemail for the rep, but didn't hear back. I thought I'd try here as you folks seem to know even more than the company reps do about the product, etc. They (the LHS folks) seemed to think that it was NOT possible to increase the depth on a custom Bauer skate (not sure what they based this guess on).....but I recall hearing/reading something about using the upper from the next largest skate size to pull off this trick. For the life of me, I can't find the info now. Can any of the fit experts fill me in on if this can be done? If it can be customized for volume, I'm left wondering how the TotalONE 'should' fit, purely from a depth standpoint. For example, would the 'pencil test' type of measurement produce a perfectly 'flush' fit at all eyelets or does one need more or less room in different regions of the boot? I've seen this skate described as an 'extended range of motion' skate, and seeing as how the boot doesn't seem prone to flex, I presume the depth is key to getting the most from this type of skate. While my stock/retail skate falls short on volume from eyelet 3 all the way to the 3rd eyelet from the toe, there seems to be excess volume on the top 2 eyelets. Would I want this excess volume (i.e. a 'flush' pencil test) removed on these top 2 eyelets or is that extra room a component in how this style of skate works? Thanks in advance for any info. I can post some pics of my foot buldging out of my retail T1's if that would help clairify [or if anyone just wants to laugh at me for wasting money on these :) ] - Steve