mojo122

3X has a new composite quarter package called Flex Comp, making for a lighter skate. It has also has the low profile asymmetrical toecap that is found on the 2 higher level vapors along with taller steel. X2.9 has a nylon Techmesh quarter package and comes with LS1 steel which is shorter than LS+. My impression of the 3X is that it's lighter, molds better, but where the tongue comes off the lower profile toecap a fair number of customers have initially felt a lot of pressure on the top of the forefoot. The footbed that come with it provides no support as it's basically foam.

Go to someone who has the 3D Skate Scanner. Fill out a profile so that you will get an email of your foot scan. If you have trouble fitting into a retail skate comfortably, then if you reach out again to Bauer they can reference your scan and possibly help you moving forward.

Did you try on a Supreme? The toecap height in the Ultrasonic isn't as short as that of the Hyperlite so the tongue attachment at the base will be a tad higher. On the flip side the tongue on the Ultrasonic is thicker than the Hyperlite.

One pair in the United Kingdom doesn't even qualify as a sample size. I see many and I'm only seeing the graphics being trashed. I'd see if you can reach out to Joe @CustomSkateWorks. He's the expert on toecap manipulation.

What specifically about durability? I'm not seeing any degradation of the stiffness, just the graphics, which always seems to plague the Vapor line. Supreme Curve graphics always seem to hold up better over time.

Hard to tell for sure from that picture, but those skates look like the Ultrasonic and 3S Pro with new graphics. Me, I'd rather have a BMW M5.

My guess is that they opted for the softer toe to make it more "Step" like, but that decision came well after the initial production run was made on the retail skates. If you look at the runners in the 3X Pro the LS Pulse SS it has the same Geometry as the aftermarket Pulse TI and LS Pulse. I have a set of retail Pulse TI and 2 sets of aftermarket Pulse TI profiled at Bauer's custom factory. Even with the different toe shape I routinely rotate all 3 sets and and have no issues. If you would be paying for the steel plus the profiling fee I would opt for Pulse TI Per Profiled steel. If you already have the retail profiled version why not keep things the same?

Bauer's offerings plus their P92M

Looks like Tydan is taking LS Pulse and adding their DLC coating to it. I myself would go Pulse TI. As for the 35/65, I still like that profile over any ProSharp profile I have skated on.

Wonder if there's some disconnect between ProSharp US and ProSharp Sweden? ProSharp Sweden always pitched the Quads as "power profiles" and the Zuperiors as "agility profiles. ProSharp Profiles

Actually looks more like a 2S Pro to me.

How are things going now that you're a good month post surgery?

Interesting. Was there common consensus as to what they disliked about it?

1/2 sizes in EE and Fit 3 use a holder one size up from D and Fit 1 and 2. Doesn't mean the skate is a 1/2 size bigger. Bauer skates in EE and Fit 3 are 1/4 size bigger.

Only Ovi

3S Pro in a 7 Fit 2 will be closest to what the 1S was. IMO the Ultrasonic is what I would go with.

I just don't get why they don't do the same attachment system that both the MLX and Mako did?

From a sharpening standpoint what issues is/are anyone seeing? How well do they sharpen on an automated machine such as ProSharp or Sparx?

Calling Mack....Mack.....help!

Proper process for a top of the line skate would be from my experience: 1) Pre-heat the oven and wait for it to come up to temperature 2) Follow the manufacturers' instructions regarding baking times 3) Bake 1 skate, tie snug, then bake the 2nd skate and tie 4) Have the customer sit for 10 minutes with legs bent at 90 degrees This will add close to additional 15 minutes to the overall baking process, but worth it IMO.

From what I'm seeing looks like many manufacturers are basing product design/decisions on cost.

Never skated on the Ellipse so cannot comment on that.

Correct in that 254 runners are profiled with the Quad XS on the Ultrasonic. As for other Quads, I've skated both Quad 0 and Quad 1 on 254 runners. Liked the Quad 1 and really don't notice a big difference between that and the XS. As for the Quad 1: Agility and straight line skating were fine, but I felt the longer back of the blade made transitioning from forward to backward skating somewhat difficult. My all time favorite profile is the 35/65.

What would be nice to know is the number of runners actually sold and in use and the total number of failures. Without hard data is hard to tell what the true durability is.

I don't worry about my steel bending. Rigid cases if plastic are prone to breaking when subjected to extremes in temperatures.