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Affton, thx for the pics, very nice. Can't wait to hear your comments after you skate on them.

I went to the LHS store this afternoon and got like my 1st and 2nd right skate reheated. I told the Manager my concerns and he spent a hr with me. I couldn't make up my mind which right skate was a better fit so the Manager suggested taking both pairs of skates home and trying them all to make the best two skates out of the four. So I will play some pickup on Friday to try one pair out. Hopefully the one right skate opened up some more and won't cause my foot to be sore anymore. Salisbury, I was talking about the inner liner of the skate back by the heel lock area. Not the foot beds as I know u can change them to something else. I just looked at my first pair of skates and they do the same thing with the liner, so I guess it's normal.

Update of my Mako 2's: I forgot to mention in my original post that when I went to the store to pick them up and get them heated for the first time I noticed that the left skate on the outside had the white felt from the tongue showing through and where it was stitched it wasn't tight like on the right side (have a pic, but don't know how to post it). So the Manager of the LHS said he would order some new skates and I could wear these until the other ones come in. So I went to pick up my new ones last Saturday and exchange my first pair. After heating them up I had them on for 20 minutes and my right foot was feeling numb, so this wasn't good. So when I got home later on that night I decided to try them on again and had them on for 2 hrs trying to break them in more as I had a game the next day. My right foot was numb again when wearing them around the basement. After I took them off my right foot hurt for 2 hrs afterwards. It was like the right skate was a bit smaller in length. My size is 10.5EE. So I checked the foot bed to see if they got mixed up in the factory but they both said 10.5EE, so proper size. Maybe the right skate is just a tad smaller than the left. I never had any problems with my first pair with fitting or soreness for length or width. So I played a game on Sunday night in them and they worked fine. I didn't feel any numbness while playing, but after the game was over was a different story. When I was driving home my right foot was really sore, hurt in the arch area. Then later on that night while hanging out on my computer my achilles tendon was hurting big time. It was sore until the next afternoon on Monday. So not sure what is exactly causing that, must be cause the right skate is just a tad too small. So to say I'm a little frustrated with the Mako 2 is an understatement. I had problems with the first pair with the ankle cuts and pain and now problems with the 2nd pair with the right one being too small. I forgot to mention that I picked up a pair of Malleolar sleeves and some Reebok 20K protection socks to avoid the cuts and pain again. So I used them on Sunday with the 2nd pair of Makos and I had absolutely no pain with them on. Not sure if it was cause of the sleeves or maybe since they were just a new pair of Mako 2's and didn't suffer that from the comfort padding by the ankle. I also noticed on the right skate that the inside liner wasn't completely bonded to the skate and loose inside down by the heel-lock. Anyway one else have this problem? I just think the quality control from Easton is severely lacking as both of my skates had problems with them. I'm supposed to go the LHS store today and talk with the manager today to see what to do. Probably going to switch back to my original pair as they still have them. Not really a good solution but not sure what else to do. I guess I should have gone with the VH skates with the CXN holder like Affton did.

I finally got to try my new Mako 2 skates out twice so far. Once on Sunday in a game and it didn't go so well. There was a problem with the sharpening, the edges on both skates were uneven. So I couldn't skate properly and felt unsure on my feet. On a good note I never had a problem adjusting to the pitch of them as I'm coming from Graf 707's. I got size 10.5EE and the sizing was perfect. The skates did feel comfortable except for after the game I noticed I had 2 cuts or scrapes on my left ankle, one on the outside and the other in the front where your tongue sits. So this isn't good as I remember people complaining about getting them with the original Makos. After getting my skates resharpen and fixing the edge problem I had my 2nd skate on Tuesday and it was just pickup. I noticed right away skating around in warm-up that my skates felt normal like my old ones and I could turn without problems. So I felt really confident on them the whole time I was skating. I did find that I was a little quicker out there then my old skates cause maybe of the more forward pitch, but like I said I should be used to it coming from the Grafs. I'm not sure about the skate liner as I wear barefeet and my feet sweat a lot so I think this could be a slippage problem. I might have to start wearing a thin skate sock to help with this. I also noticed my top of the ankles were hurting a bit when turning from the side of the skates digging into them. I like to have my top few eyelets nice and tight so this could be causing this. I also noticed some more small scraps or cuts on my right ankle this time that didnt happened after the first skate. Now I have them on both ankles which I'm not happy about. I put bandages on my left ankle before playing but that really didn't help much. I'm thinking about buying some sleeves to wear around my ankles so any suggestions would be helpful. I was going to try some Tensor sleeves I have first, but they are kinda thick so I don't think this is going to be a solution. However I still do like the skate so far but obviously don't like having cuts on my ankles. If this goes away after getting them properly worked in then no biggee. Yes I got them heated up at the store where I bought them. Just thinking now that this shouldn't be happening as I thought Easton fixed these problems. I was going to buy them for my daughter in the fall, so hopefully these problems can work themselves out.

I just got my Mako 2's size 10.5EE on Saturday but won't get a chance to try them on the ice till I'm back from holidays next week. After following this post for the last yr I really hope I like them and they help with my skating. I wore them in the house a few hrs last night and the right one was gettin a little sore. Maybe I had them too tight as they really wrap around your foot. I'm coming from a long time Graf 707 10.5W user and always tide them really tight. I will let u know you guys how I like them after I get some icetime.