First post. I saw there was a ton of info on True skates. First off, I’ve worn retail Bauer Supremes for the past 10-15 years, ever since I stopped playing competitively. I have been in dire need of some new skates and I have always been interested in True ever since they first came out (VH). I finally caved and went through the scanning process about 4-5 weeks ago.
In full disclosure I am one who like zero negative space in my boots. I typically buy skates as small as I can to ensure they are very snug. This is one of the primary reasons I went with True. One of my buddies who purchased a pair back before they were bought out talks as though he has trouble getting them on and how they feel almost as tight as wearing a latex glove. This pretty much had me sold.
So fast forward a few weeks, two days ago I got the skates and had them baked. During the baking process I noticed they didn’t feel as tight as I thought they would/should, the fitter as my LHS noted it was due to them being super soft...seemed to make sense. Last night I took them to a local rink with my son and I had some fairly significant movement with my heel and my arches (I could pretty much move my foot up and down slightly). There was also a decent amount of room in my toe box. I put in the waxed laces I had on my supremes and it helped a bit but I had to tie them so tight that I lost some blood circulation in my toes...and my heel was still slipping. Later last night I had to coach...same issues. I kind of got used to them but the heel movement will drive me mad. I went with the moisture wicking liner, regular felt tongue and use standard True sole inserts.
Thoughts? These were expensive 🙂