pgeorgan

Are they? These look pretty much identical shape to the last two iterations.

3D printed tongues seem very gimmicky to me.

Get your steel profiled with the ProSharp Goalie Sam and they'll feel about as close to player skates as goalie skates can be.

Inside out, because when you inevitably go to retie them on the bench mid-game, it's damn near impossible if they're outside in. You can't make any micro adjustments you have to undo the whole skate.

Roller to train for ice? Because those Marsblades will obviously put you at a huge disadvantage, but I'm sure you knew that already.

Are you blocking shots or is this just preventative.

I tried the Shadows. They were very much Supreme-line esque IMO. You don't like them?

Ya I mean the only way they're going to get the skate to fit my foot last is by making a "fit 0" boot or else pressure molding the heck out of the fit 1 boot to actually match my foot. There's no foam that can go on the forefoot really. The Supreme line always fits my foot nicely right out of the box on account of the thick tongue not yet molding around the forefoot. But once it starts to compress, it's over for me. Being that I skate a half-size down from what the scan says, and have even tried a full size down, I'm running out of options. I'm probably going to take the leap on the Pro Custom's here as soon as I can try on the new Flylite's. Maybe there's a chance they shrunk the boot a little, though I doubt it.

I appreciate the effort. I'm still interested in exactly how I am supposed to communicate all this to the retailer. Perhaps it's all just proprietary. In their defense, Bauer does state on its website, "This customization option allows us to shape the interior of your skate to match the exact specs of your foot". Maybe I can't return them, but I would hold them to this claim.

Haha thanks for that. Sorry, maybe it got lost in translation. I wouldn't literally ask for a Fit 0. That's just how I would convey it. The actual original question earlier in the thread was: "...any EQM's or store owners/employees here that can tell me **exactly** what my options are? There isn't much literature out there. For example, if I want to move the facing inwards towards my foot, is that an option? How do I/they even quantify that with/on the scan? Same with the heel, forefoot etc. "

Because if the skate fits, I don't really care what marketing jargon is behind it. I've skated in Bauer's for a very long time and I like how they perform on the ice. When I was in CCM's for a few months back when they did the 90-day trial, while they were a great skate, they were just too different for me. Might not make any sense if you're someone that can jump from brand to brand. I'm just not one of those people. I have a feeling that the Pro Custom's will achieve what I'm looking for. But it would be nice to hear it from someone with actual experience. The local Pure Hockey employees are of no help.

My primary concern is the final fit/finish. It doesn't really matter to me how it's achieved, if it's the same end result. People get hung up on this brand vs that brand, but if the skate fits, the rest is moot.

This is why I want to know exactly what I can and cannot ask for. I don't have particularly strange feet, they're just closer to a Fit 0 than anything. So the question remains: Can I ask for a Fit 0? I'm amazed I have not been able to find an answer to this anywhere. Nobody seems to know. Anyone claiming to know, appear to be just speculating.

I've given it a lot of thought and honestly it would likely be a perfect fit. I can always stretch it out. I demo'ed a half-size down (Fit 2, instead of 1), with only some issues in the forefoot and minor lace bite. I already use the Aetrex insoles and I put lace bite gel pads under the tongue, all for the purpose of reducing negative space. Even with that, heel lock is sometimes difficult to get without cranking on the laces. I've been scanned before and I'm almost at a C-width. All measurements are at the left tail basically of the distribution: relative to foot length I have a narrow foot, heel, low instep, low arch, etc... On the other hand, my heel-to-toe length is in the upper quartile relative to these other measurements. This is according to the Bauer scan, anyway.