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Oh, also, regarding the weird tongue connection point, I have two things to say: With a power-foot insert and the tongue breaking in, that tongue connection point becomes a non-issue.

I took them to get profiled, but unfortunately my shop, with uses the pro sharp series, didn't have the blocks to do it. I'm hoping a Pure Hockey can take care of it. That being said, I think my issues with the edges sliding out may have been because the shop didn't do a proper cross-grind on them. I get them re-sharpened, and to the touch they feel dramatically different. we'll see how it works when I get back on the ice. So far, the fit of these things does feel more alike True than the other brands with regards to negative space, or lack thereof. That being said, the toebox is much larger -- I wouldn't wear these without some sort of power-foot insert. I have yet to see if I can truly replicate the performance yet of my Trues though. The Trues are amazing, both the Hzrdus 9x and catalyst 9x4, but they are tearing up my already weird feet. I will say that the Warriors are much much more comfortable for me.

I agree with Westside. I don't think they are dramatically different than other brands. I'm a 9.5 wide in True. And I have sort of wonky feet (high instep), so in CCM or Bauer, I'm between a fit 2 and 3, but my instep needs the fit 3 for depth, which is why I go with True -- it seems to work out better. I do think the Warriors are about a quarter size larger than the other brands. The wide covers my instep and fits similarly in terms of width to my Trues. I tried the 9.0 wide, and I had a little more toe touch than would be normal, but was confident that after break-in it would be manageable. However, I overpowered the depth with my instep easily -- it felt like wearing a sneaker.

Hey man, how did the profiling work out? Did it fix your skidding out issues? I just picked up a pair of these. Sure enough, exact same issue as you. I also skate with a 1/2. I’ve never had this happen before, but I took my first three steps onto the ice and just leaned into one edge and fell.. Blew my mind. I continued skating and didn’t fall per say, but any time I leaned into an edge with about half as much energy as I normally would with my Trues, I could feel them going out from underneath me. I also normally skate with a quad… I’m not nervous that this purchase was a mistake… yet… 😅

Hey man, how did the profiling work out? Did it fix your skidding out issues? I just picked up a pair of these. Sure enough, exact same issue as you. I also skate with a 1/2. I’ve never had this happen before, but I took my first three steps onto the ice and just leaned into one edge and fell.. Blew my mind. I continued skating and didn’t fall per say, but any time I leaned into an edge with about half as much energy as I normally would with my Trues, I could feel them going out from underneath me. I also normally skate with a quad… I’m not nervous that this purchase was a mistake… yet… 😅

Hey all. I have a question for those of you that have True custom SVH skates.… My custom skates came in, but I’m currently injured and on one foot, so I can’t bake / fit them. Out of curiosity, I put my one good foot into one of them; again, not baked. It seems like there’s not nearly enough depth to me, but this is my first pair of custom SVH’s — I’m currently on Hzrdus 9x’s. For those of you that have had or currently have the custom, is this normal pre-bake? I can’t imagine they somehow find all that much volume after a bake, but….? https://imgur.com/2eH3AgN

Quick question for you all. I bought some custom Hyperlites recently -- ended up not liking them. Too much negative space. I then bought some FT6 Pro's. They felt ok, but not great. In desperation, I bought some Hzrdus 9x's. Shockingly, I really like them. They fit like a glove, no dead space, and I just leave the top lace open and flared the ankle cuffs to get some ankle flexibility. The question is this. For 28 years, I used to 295 holders. The Hyperlites and Ft6 pro's are 288. I didn't mind the smaller holder at all. The Hzrdus holder is 280. I actually don't really mind it either, but I do want some more toe steel. I've played with radius changes in the past -- that won't fix what I'm wanting. For those of you that have experimented with this stuff, have any of you changed holders on your True's to another brand and liked it better? I wasn't a huge fan of the XS. The PowerFly seems fine to me. And surprisingly, the shift max does as well. Either way, I'm going to go up a holder size. Thanks all!

Hey guys. There's a lot of smart gear people on here of whom I want to ask a question of. I'm middle-aged and played hockey to a decent level in my formative years (college). I took a 12 year break due to my job and where I was living, but have been playin once again for the past few years. I'm a strong skater. That being said, I'm so comfortable in my current skates --same ones I used in the 90's -- that I've been ridiculously stubborn to get a new pair. They fit like a glove; albeit, one that's pretty thrashed now. I finally caved and ordered a pair of custom Vapors. Here's my question. My old skates were 10.5 -- they do fit properly -- and use 295 holders. As I've been skating on 295's for 30 years, I wanted to remain on that size. The custom Vapor I ordered is a 9.5, fit 3. The fit 3 as is comes with an up-sized 288 holder (the fit 1 & 2 comes with a 280). With a custom order, you can upsize one holder size, but I am unable to do that apparently because a fit 3 already comes with an upsized 288. The manager of the shop who fit me for the custom, who has been doing skate fittings for 20 years, told me that even if I could upsize the holder to a 295, it wouldn't be optimum. He also said that the Bauer custom ordering program wouldn't even allow for the 295 to be put on the 9.5. I have been doing a ton of research on here regarding people who have changed holder sizes. Am I correct in understanding that as I am going down a holder size, if I go up from a radius of say 9 to 11, it'll effectively feel the same between steel sizes as I'll have more ice contact? For those of you that have downsized or upsized a holder, how wildly different did it feel? And did you change the radius to compensate? Potentially throwing off my feel for skating & the feel of the ice makes me nervous.... But is necessary as my current skates are cooked, and it's about time I took advantage of the new technologies. There's a lot knowledgeable people on here, so I would very much appreciate your input. Thank you!

Is Bladetech better?

I use a pink visor I got from Oakley. I only use it because it comes down lower on my face than any other visor on the market — fully covers my nose. I don’t really notice any benefit in terms of the actual tint itself.