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How can smu's skates be that off if he got the 3D print? I could see if you did the stencil because of user error but a 3D scan seems pretty fool proof. Now I'm questioning if I want to go through with it...
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I've heard people say this, interested to know, too. I will say though.. my Mako's are crazy light and taking a shot off them is literal foot death. I got a horrible deep bruise and perhaps small fracture from a slap shot. Couldn't walk for days after and my ankle didn't bend the same way (took the shot off the met guard) for months. I almost want a slightly heavier for beefy skate to help stop this.
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Yeah my #1 thing I'd be looking for is better heel lock and maybe just a hair more width around the mid foot... but with a 3D scan there shouldn't be any issues I'd assume. The boot should have a little protrusion from that 5th met bone I'd wager? I also didn't love how forward pitched the mako holder is. It felt significantly more forward than Tuuk which I was in for years. I'm pretty much used to it now but I always felt a little more stable on the slightly more neutral tuuk's.
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Certainly helpful. My only real gripe with the Mako fit is the heel area. I have a pretty large 5th met bone but I was able to punch that out enough to get rid of the hot spot but the heel area I could never manage to fit me right now matter how much I tried. I tend to have a more narrow/pointy heel and I feel like that the Mako's is just a touch more open and round back there. I tried squeezing the crap out of it while heating it up... not much help. If LHS can't adjust my holders I'll probably have to go VH so it's good to hear these fit even better.
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I'm in Mako II's since they came out and I love the fit for the most part (little heel slip) but my holders have either become bent or were installed wrong. Left boot is now noticeably more biased toward my inside edge than the right. I'm trying to bring them in to LHS for a fix but I'm looking to figure out my options if they can't do anything for me. I've got a local store in NYC that fits for these and I've read on Reddit and it seems that most people love these boots and the process of the 3D fit at this store. I have a unique foot and I've tried on every skate under the sun since 2015 and nothing has felt right really other than Mako, but the heel is a bit deep and rounded compared to my more narrow/pointy heel. I've also got fairly low volume foot, so much so that the newer vapors have even had a little too much room. Anybody shed light on going from Mako to VH or point me to the page in this thread which discusses that?
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That looks like they took the Mako toe cap and glued it on a Vapor skate. I'm excited for that because I love how my Mako skates fit in the toe box. Very snug and ergonomic.
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Looks really clean dude. I did a slightly less clean job which I will post a pic of later, but I just blacked mine out last night. I actually left the heel alone but I love the carbon fiber look, but I blacked out all the orange and silver. I did leave the quarter alone, but I might plasti dip it black like you did later on. I want to see how it holds up for now in games. I have a game tonight so I'll get a feel for what the results will be. Edit: Here's mine. Bit of glare due to the lighting. Also shrunk the original because they were huge and that would annoy you all.
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Mine are holding up okay but the little "plate" on the underside is starting to lose its adhesion. Definitely interested as long as they aren't more than $50 or so.
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How does anybody like the Powerfoot relative to superfeet?
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What radius are you on and how long have you been in the current skates? When I switched from stock Mako steel to Step (with +2 overall from +3), the first few times I transitioned from front to back, I often caught the rear part of my runner on the ice. I got used to it after about 10 minutes.
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Not that I know of. If you plan on keeping the CXN holders but getting Step Steel, the following will occur: Neutral profile steel = +2 overall feel -1 pitch steel = +1 overall -2 pitch steel = neutral overall I have no experience using negatively pitched steel and honestly that just sounds like a weird idea/concept. If you truly feel like +2 is too much for you, I'd honestly just put Tuuks and stock Bauer steel on, and call it a day.
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@ Gogovs - No to the best of my knowledge Mako boot is neutral, all the pitch comes from holder and runner set up. Not even sure how one really makes a boot itself have pitch to it. @Jimmy - I have superfeet yellow in my Makos. The little shim in the back does put you slightly on the toes a touch, but I've only ever skated in the stock Mako footbed once, so it's tough to compare and actually say you'd be +4 on a stock Mako plus yellow superfeet. There's a guy on here who actually measured a bunch of holders and did some math to figure out what heights of the various holders gave what type of profile. I'd guess using superfeet would put you at something like a +3.2, if there was such a thing.
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There has been so much discussion on this topic already here. The CXN holder provides roughly a +2 pitch, and the stock Easton runner provides another +1 in pitch. The overall stock Mako skate is a +3. If you put on stock Tuuk's plus stock LS steel, you will be at roughly +0, just like you would be on a normal Vapor/Supreme/Nexus set up. I have not used Bauer's in a while, so somebody can correct me on the stock pitch of the LS blade if it is not neutral. At least back when I had Vapor XXXs it was a totally neutral set up.
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As far as I know, CXN lines up with Tuuk.
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@grindr28 - INSIST to your LHS that they are baked before you buy. If they know anything about the Mako's, then they'd know these skates can be baked many times. So far, I've baked mine 5 different times to achieve a literal air tight lock on my foot, and the boot is fine. If the hell lock is good, go with D width. Like others have said, you can always punch the boot out around the forefoot to make it more comfortable. I had to do this on both feet where my 5th met bone is, because mine protrudes rather far.
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I think the biggest thing Bauer could do if they were going to cannibalize the Easton skate technology, is to make the toe box anatomical. Nobody's foot is shaped like a "U" and ends up leaving negative space or cramped/squished toes. The extreme mold-ability of the skate was a huge plus, too.
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Yes I know, but they are much heavier than Mako's and almost impossible to find in stock in retail stores. Hockey Monkey Norwood did not have any 703's in stock at all.
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When do you guys think we might get positive (or negative) confirmation from Bauer regarding the fate of the Mako skate? I am really tempted to buy another pair of Mako 2's on sale, just to have in case my current pair breaks down and there's no other skate on the market that fits me as well. What are the odds that Bauer would keep the design, but rebrand it like CCM did with the RibCor? I know that Mako sales were much lower than Vapors, but people like me with very narrow, low volume feet pretty much have no other option but Mako. We could get custom VH's but that's very pricey. A Mako hidden in a Bauer skin might sell better since I'm sure there's a bunch of people who settled into Vapors who really belonged in something a little bit more narrow, but anatomical.
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Thanks guys.
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Is there any way to get the two Square drive runner tools replaced? I'm searching all over and can't find any. I've somehow misplaced them and want to put new steel in. Otherwise I have to scavenge at the local hardware store to see if they have something that will work. I know they make some screw drivers, but I'm not sure if that will offer enough torque.
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Well, in my opinion... Bauer wouldn't buy Easton just to eliminate competition. I have not looked at the sales numbers recently, but I would wager that Bauer kicks Easton's butt in every single hockey equipment category, especially in the skate department. If you ask anybody who owns the Mako skate who came from almost any other mainstream brand, I would bet they like the fit and feel of the Mako better; I know I certainly do. So in my view, the only reason Bauer would want the rights to Easton hockey IP is to utilize their technology, which is the most "groundbreaking" in the skate department. Maybe not a 4th line (I would love that) but maybe some significant changes to their current models based on what's in the Mako now. Bauer could market a pile of horse crap, and it would sell like crazy as long as NHLers were in it, and they could convince kids/parents that they have to have it. So if they just carried over the Mako skate with no real changes other than a new name and new logo... That's a pretty low cost option.
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I haven't tried on Tacks or Jetspeeds (nor the even bigger Nexus or RBZ) but I have put just about everything else on my foot that's come out in the past 2 years. Mako is in my opinion, the most anatomical fitting toebox around. A normal Bauer toebox say on the Vapor, is that classic U shape. Look down at your foot. Notice anything? Like, how your toes don't form a U shape? Yeah, that's why the Mako toebox is better. It's actually shaped like a real foot. And it took how long for somebody to think of that??? Yeeesh. Optimus, you must have an interesting foot to have the Mako toebox in D width feel sloppy (one of the lowest volume boots in my book). I'm glad your VH's fit well though. I just didn't trust roughly $1000 bucks on a stencil and photo of my foot.
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Size EE? I have a D width Mako, came from a D Width Vapor XXX. I find the toe box to be a tad wider, but more anatomical fitting than my Vapor's were.
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What do you mean by "floppy"? Floppy laterally? The cuff of the boot is shorter than most (if not all?) major skates out now, so that could be one reason, I believe.
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There's a chance Bauer could carry the design into a new product under their name, so they have a 4th skate offering for those of us who don't fit into any of the current Bauer offerings very well. I know I tried on 1X's and the length felt okay, but the boot overall felt more volumous than my old Vapor's ever did. I knew that if a 1X felt too big, than an MX3 would, too. Mako's were the only boot available that gave me that total heel lock, and had almost no negative space left in the boot. Hopefully they will rebrand it under some new product line, and Bauer would have something like, "2X, "2S", "2N" and "2K" where K is the Mako design. Market it as the ultimate in energy transfer technology with maximum agility and turning radius, blahblahblah. Seems like CCM did this with the "CCM RibCor 50k", which seems essentially the same as the Reebok, with a few minor changes and a slightly new appearance.
