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I think I'm grabbing a Nexus 2N pro off HSM tonight... hopefully even with the holidays I'll have it here by end of next week for use in my game. I'm also possibly going to grab an AS2 pro and/or 1X lite and finally decide which kind of stick is best for me but they don't have my flex or curve in right now. Once they do, I'll pick one up. I definitely prefer my FT2 over the QRL. The blade on the QRL is like a rock compared to the CCM and I only needed about 3 minutes with it on the ice to switch right back to my FT2.

The re-wrap was a success. I felt completely locked in during my morning skate and it's probably the best I've felt on the ice in a long time.. maybe ever. Guys were saying how they've ordered a pair and wouldn't stop asking me how they fit, etc etc. I think a lot more people have issues fitting into retail than we think and now that the price between a True and top of the line skate is basically the same... I see no reason to not get a completely custom fit right to your foot.

If you're on something like smooth concrete or carpet, golf ball is the best IMO. It is a little light but helps develop that quick hand eye coordination. The wood ball ends up really really loud and ends up getting annoying really fast.

I have the thin tongue in mine and I'm extreeeeemly happy with it. Would never go back to the old felt ones and would also never want one of those big giant thick/floppy ones unless I had volume issues... which... with True you should not. And thx for info on # of bakes. The kid told me not to ever bake again as this was time #3 and I was like ehhhhhhhhhhhhh ok then lol.

Got the re-wrap today at Pure hockey. When I first walked in some guy got all mouthy with me and said they "don't do that" here and it's not needed. Ended up convincing some kid to do it after I showed him the vids linked above. Skating tomorrow AM so hopefully it helped tighten the skate back up a little bit. I think I read earlier these can be naked up to 6 times? That was bake #3 for me, just want to know how many more I could do in case it needs a little more.

I could fit them in my FT2's but not my True's. I just moved the tongue forward maybe... 1/2 more, and boom, the fit felt much better. I may actually try pushing it in even a little more just to see how that feels. I didn't think I had particularly chunky toes.... now you've made me feel self conscious 😢 lol

I actually just un-did the togue and re-inserted it a little further into the skate. There's almost no negative space and putting Powerfeet in there was impossible (I tried, waste of $20). Like others say, your heel will almost definitely feel like it slips while you are walking upright or just sitting there. When you are skating and in a leaned over/proper hockey stance, this goes away. If it doesn't... then you maybe have a small issue and should consider rebake and shrink wrapping tighter.

I didn't buy my skates there, but last time I checked they still charge the same price for a sharpening whether somebody did or didn't buy them there ( I'm sure the initial sharpening is free, but not ones after that). Not saying your reason is wrong but... it doesn't quite make 100% logical sense to me. Anyway, it's besides the point. I'll be baking these one way or another, and re-wrapping with shrink wrap. I'll report back with any thoughts on if my fit improved and so on.

Dang ok Guess I'll need to get one... Nope, I didn't see any buttons or settings that would lead me to believe it has a fan or any kind of convection setting. I'll text my landlord and see if he knows any better. Yeah, I'll have to see tonight how fast it cools down once I turn it off. Worst case.... $20 at HM or Pure. Still don't get why it's that much $$ when a skate sharpening takes them almost as long as is $8... Must really jack up their electricity bill or something.

Well, I certainly don't want the heating element inside the oven on while they are baking... even with flipping the skate I feel like I would risk heating the skates unevenly if I did that because my oven is electric. The methods I've seen online for people with these kinds of stoves is to heat it up past the actual baking temp, turn the oven off and then let it cool down to just above the temp you need. Opening the door to put a skate in will let some heat out but once you close it, it shouldn't lose heat too quickly. I mean... if for some reason it was losing heat at a really rapid rate, then I'd probably have no choice but to bring it in to HM to use their skate oven. Also, I actually don't have a shoe horn right now.... is that a 100% requirement once you've already broken the skates in?

Yeah I'm not willing to pay Hockey Monkey 40 bills to use their convection oven... I plan to use my home oven. Above by SVH says ~195F... I'd probably heat it to 200-205 then turn the oven off and place my oven thermometer inside til it hit 195F. Slap a skate in for the proper time... take out... repeat. By turning the element off and waiting a few minutes, the heat inside should "even out" and become more convection like.

I think I read 200F for 8 mins is the recommended baking time?

Forefoot. EE was too wide in the heel. As1 too deep and a little too wide.

Just wanted to give a quick update on my True's since I've now been skating in them for 3 months. -Durability: Rock solid. I've eaten a couple shots off the ankles and feet and things look fine. No glue or stitching issues. -Feel: I'm used to the boot now. Coming from FT2 it did feel quite a bit stiffer and with more forward lean. I've grown to like this. On long skates like pick ups where I might be on my feet for 60+ minutes, this can get a little tiring on my calves. -Looks: Still love the looks with my Step Black in there. Have gotten a few compliments -Performance: Really can feel my edges more than before. I've been able to go from 5/8 to 11/16 and I feel a little faster. I'm winning races for pucks and on breakaways defenseman aren't able to catch me as easily. I do not find the heavier weight to be noticeable or an issue. What I have noticed for sure, is the padding/foams inside sort of... condense? I think I mentioned it before but now that they are really broken in, I'm feeling some extra volume overall and they definitely need a rebake and rewrap on my foot. Over the past 4 or 5 skates I've found myself having to relace my skates multiple times per game to try to keep things as tightened up as possible. No foot pain whatsoever, unlike my FT2 which would leave my foot throbbing.

Weird. I have 2 pairs actually and I wore one of them exclusively for my last 2 teams (about 6 years) and there might be a few little holes on the front but the stitching has held up great, I have no complaints. Are you guys getting hacked a lot or something or are they washing them a ton? My old knits socks from 10+ years ago ended up with a ton of holes after just a few years.

My Tron socks were like $15 and are going on like... 6 years now. I just started using team socks this year so I don't really use them unless I go play pick up or something.

I can't zoom in enough, it looked like a 3 at my work PC but now that I'm home and on a better monitor, it seems like it's a 2 lol. If it's a 2, then it's even more possible that it's dressed up and not a real FT2. Like the fella above says, can't be sure unless we see the MSN on the butt end of stick.

Can we be sure it's a real FT3 and not dressed up? I assume it's legit because FT3 isn't yet on retail, right?

I had Mako's for 5 years and have not had any issues with going to True's as far as the tendon guard goes. Pretty sure Mako's was as flexible as they come and I have felt no drawbacks to the more traditional tendon guard on these.

Flex doesn't really change though.... Just your ability to create leverage.

Haha o woops I had a brain fart. My wife works for a company named Kessler. Of course I mean Kessel... and yeah days of 1/2 body weight I think are long gone. With the 65 flex, how do you feel the diameter is in your hands? I don't have overly large hands but I always worried the int sticks might feel too skinny/narrow.

100% this, too. I think I even heard Kakko and also Phil Kessler aka Mr Hotdogz use intermediate sticks, some or even all of the time. Ever since I switched to 75 flex from 85, my I notice in warm up or practices that I'm actually shooting pucks past my goalie on a much more frequent basis. I still think I'm going to end up caving in and buying a 1X lite or ADV just to see what a legit low kick does for me though. We'll see if it can kick out the FT2.

I might be wrong but my understanding is that hg96,97,98 all fit pretty much the same (wider fitting 4 roll style). If you see XP, that would mean "extra padding" but I'm not sure if that just means thicker foams overall, or if they put more of the plastic inserts in, especially along the sides of the pinky/thumb. You also have the addition of shot blockers, which is very apparently from photos. Check out Sidelineswap, there's a tonnnnn of CCM prostock gloves for sale.

Yeah that's probably a huge reason, especially for forwards who take one timers. Moving up in flex might make the stick feel too harsh when they aren't loading it so just having the kick point moved up a little bit by stiffing up the lower portion of the stick might help keep the blade from opening up too much if they take a clapper.

Oh, okay I missed that link about the response time of the sticks, thanks for filling me in, solid data there. I always had a hunch that it was more feel based than anything else because that's what the data says about the golf industry which I'm much more technically savvy in. So I wonder if the probably "non adult" respondents seemed to prefer lower kicking sticks simply because they feel easier to load given they are possibly less strong than adults who responded. Man... now I really want to get a Nexus and also a 1x to try for myself... Apparently my QRL would have the stiffest blade and mid area and then I've got an FT2 which covers the variable kick (which I can't feel btw... feels like low mid kick to my hands.