I bought a pair of M8 a few months ago, having a weird foot I almost require custom boots (narrow heal,wide foot) Coming from my Bauer's that gave my supreme lace bite. It took a few skates. I changed the profile to 11 ft and 7/16 . These skates are awesome, turning, stopping everything. The shop gave my money back on the Bauer's, so the pain of $$$ was less, just had to pay the difference. It would be tough to go back now.