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Sniper9
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I wonder if you get to choose post July 15th... Or if they completely stopped producing the original
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My buddy used the same two piece setup and went through two true blades, one broke on his first game and the other four games in. Definitely a manufacturing flaw. He uses Bauer now with no issues. On the topic of snugness. I also use the tape method but also do this; When you heat both the shaft and the blade they both expand. When u put the blade in a lot of excess glue is removed and when the stick and blade cools it'll leave some gaps. But if you heat only the shaft and allow the heat of the shaft to melt the glue on the hosel as you insert it, it won't take as much glue away since the hosel isn't expanded as well. Since the shaft is the only thing cooling and the hosel stays the same size, the shaft almost hugs the hosel as it cools.. alternatively, you can heat the shaft and use a lighter to heat only the glue on the hosel without actually heating the entire hosel area. Hope that made sense.
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I've only used the true 5.2abp and it's nothing like a vapor. It is similar to the Nexus though but I could still tell the diff. The ht like of trues are supposed to be low kick and I haven't tried those so that could be comparable. I recently got a rekker ek365 and I love it. Got it for only 120ish cdn while on sale. Super light too at about 380 grams but we'll balanced. Rekker is listed as a low kick as well which is what the vapor lines are.
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With their old steel it would literally Outlast the skates.....
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Three weeks and counting.. Still haven't gotten my skates back 🙄
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Also, their steel for the original holder was ridiculously tall. And it's quite a bit of weight that can be taken off just by reducing the steel a bit.
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From pictures I've seen step is making the steel for the new holders. Below is the ig acct for pro skate corner. Some pics of the new tongue. Theres more pics floating out there on IG.
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That's the thing. Are they really built to your foot? No one's been actually able to answer this question. If it's built for your foot there wouldn't be as many remakes and issues with volume. There is no way having the boot made around your actual foot last would result in a skate that's fit is so off it needed to be remade. My buddy who posted here has size 6.5 feet but in a eee width and very high instep. If the boot was built around his actual foot last there is no way his first pair would have resulted in a boot that had no where near the volume he needed. Failed the pencil test miserably. They remade it with a new scan etc and it came back better but still imo with not enough volume. I've never had volume issues bc I have a fairly standard 7d foot. And whatever fit issues I've had was easily fixed his additional baked it spot heating with a heat gun. I like true and imo it's the best fitting and feeling skate, but they seem to have a lot more limitations than they promote.
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Getting info like how someone likes their skate length and overall volume wouldn't cause them to offer different variations. They would just increase or decrease their facings and or length of the skate... Unless they only can apply one size facing template per size skate which would make their skates not custom. They should be able to offer oversized toe caps etc if requested if they were truly "custom".
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Regarding the could issue being preference. I agree but that's should be incorporated in the fitting/scanning. More questions for what the player prefers. Toes brushing or not. And how much room for pencil test etc. I guess the question regarding what make and model skate does somewhat cover the volume preference though... But just some food for thought.
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Looks the same to me. Carbon fibre with resin.
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You mean the holder? Only thing that looks kind of similar is the design around the vents of the holder seems similar to the xs/SB 4.0
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Looks like the release system might be the blue part pushing in from side to side to lock/unlock?
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The Eyelet Controversy: A Biomechanical Perspective
Sniper9 replied to VegasHockey's topic in General Hockey Discussions
They messed a few of those names up pretty good in the article 🤪 -
Do you know if the new carbon is already being used or is it specifically starting on orders mid July onwards (when they release the actual new features publicly).
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Ya I got a reply. Shipping out tomorrow. Kind of disappointed when the guy said he believed the same toe cap was kept. Only reason I sent it out was bc they initially said they'd likely have to change it. I'm interested to see how they "fixed" it.
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Two weeks and still haven't received my skates back from repair... Emailed a few days ago and no reply. Getting a bit impatient now seeing I've only had these skates for a month and have only been able to use them for two ice times. By next week it will be the same amount of time it took to have my skates made in the first place.
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if pure hockey is willing to refund you so you can go with another brand then that's your choice. But like others have said, you won't find anything to fit anything like true skates do. But I'm with others in that the fitter should be the one requesting a remake.
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Rip. My bad.
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Not sure how you got that from his vague initial post.
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Not sure about the guys in the States but here in BC we have rolls of shrink wrap for 3 dollars for a roll vs 13 bucks at hardware stores.
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U should be able to tell if they were baked properly if they were soft when they came out. When I baked mine at home I did NOT turn the oven off. I kept it on at 180-190 for the entire 10 mins. I also did one skate at a time. I also did each skate 5 mins on each side. I have a convection as well. Even if you didn't get the best bake or mould you shouldn't really be swimming in them. You should use the stretch wrap and or tensor technique on both the ankle and fore foot area and if that doesnt work then you may need a remake. You shouldn't have to crank on the laces at all.
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Don't u cover the top plug with tape anyways? Or you can get a wood plug and saw it off flush.
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I'm glad I did it as well. But if i har them come mounted with true holders I would've just used them until the holder broke or steel wore... So could've been never 😆
