CCM Digital Skate Gage

[DarkStar50 680]

CCM sent us the Digital Skate Gage for measuring feet and selling CCM skates. Bauer skates are outselling CCM by a wide margin in the shop. We haven't even taken the CCM Digital Skate Gage out of the box! So, I was wondering if any shops are using this Digital Skate Gage? How accurate is it? Do you like it or is it a PIA?

Looking for answers and thoughts on this CCM Digital Skate Gage. Thanks,

Peter

[jimmy 194]

CCM sent us the Digital Skate Gage for measuring feet and selling CCM skates. Bauer skates are outselling CCM by a wide margin in the shop. We haven't even taken the CCM Digital Skate Gage out of the box! So, I was wondering if any shops are using this Digital Skate Gage? How accurate is it? Do you like it or is it a PIA?

Looking for answers and thoughts on this CCM Digital Skate Gage. Thanks,

Peter

Conversly, CCM skates are outselling Bauer in my shop. :) And we use the machine every day. It's very accurate. I like it better than the manual ones, no doubt.

[DarkStar50 680]

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Conversly, CCM skates are outselling Bauer in my shop. :) And we use the machine every day. It's very accurate. I like it better than the manual ones, no doubt.

That is just so weird! My players are so into Bauer Vapor skates that all I use my CCM skates for is to pull blades off to do a quick repair on broken CCM steel. I've done that twice in the last 5 days.

Jimmy, do you use the CCM gage on Bauer fittings or exclusively for CCM?

[sogaduch 0]

we just use the steel bauer measuring devices and the little blue bauer one for lil kids feet

[Cavs019 710]

We use it, its VERY accurate.

[TheCdnMint 0]

so a gauge makes skates sell better and makes you look more professional?! come on. Those of you who really know what you're doing should know to look at the heel, ankle, volume, arch, width of the foot in order to adapt that foot to the proper and best fitting boot for that person. There is many other things besides relying on a scale to do your job (scale is maybe 1% of a skate fit) properly. After the heat mold of the skate you can really tell how that skate is fitting, especially in length in order to determine whether or not it is sufficient for that customer.

[DarkStar50 680]

so a gauge makes skates sell better and makes you look more professional?! come on. Those of you who really know what you're doing should know to look at the heel, ankle, volume, arch, width of the foot in order to adapt that foot to the proper and best fitting boot for that person. There is many other things besides relying on a scale to do your job (scale is maybe 1% of a skate fit) properly. After the heat mold of the skate you can really tell how that skate is fitting, especially in length in order to determine whether or not it is sufficient for that customer.

Welcome to the club.

The guage is used to start the process of fitting. It has nothing to do with making skates sell better or you looking professional. We all know this. I think most of us on this board really do know what we are doing. How do you determine the fit of length after heat molding the boot?

[Sammy 0]

You guys seem to be very professional & quite technical. I live in Edmonton, have been to quite a few skate shops, & have never even seen anything like a skate guage been used.

Are you guys just way ahead of the game or does Edmonton just not get the skate service of some bigger centers?

[Chadd 916]

You guys seem to be very professional & quite technical. I live in Edmonton, have been to quite a few skate shops, & have never even seen anything like a skate guage been used.

Are you guys just way ahead of the game or does Edmonton just not get the skate service of some bigger centers?

That gauge helps you get a little closer on the first try. I still like to have a customer try a couple different models to get the right fit.

[jimmy 194]

so a gauge makes skates sell better and makes you look more professional?! come on. Those of you who really know what you're doing should know to look at the heel, ankle, volume, arch, width of the foot in order to adapt that foot to the proper and best fitting boot for that person. There is many other things besides relying on a scale to do your job (scale is maybe 1% of a skate fit) properly. After the heat mold of the skate you can really tell how that skate is fitting, especially in length in order to determine whether or not it is sufficient for that customer.

Hold on fella, no one claimed the guage makes anyone more professional or sells more skates. Where in the heck did you get that from in this discussion. Most skates shops use gauges as simply a point to start the sizing process, nothing more. The digital gauge is just a bit easier to get things started, NO ONE uses it to pick the final skate model or size.

[jimmy 194]

You guys seem to be very professional & quite technical. I live in Edmonton, have been to quite a few skate shops, & have never even seen anything like a skate guage been used.

Are you guys just way ahead of the game or does Edmonton just not get the skate service of some bigger centers?

Edmonton? They still have horse drawn carriages up there and carry their water from the wells! :P

Seriously, The CCM guage was given to CCM "Platinum" dealers, those who purchased a lot of high end stock. Smaller volume dealers didn't get it. It's no big deal, just a fancy Brannock (manual foot measuring device)

[sherwood21 0]

You guys seem to be very professional & quite technical. I live in Edmonton, have been to quite a few skate shops, & have never even seen anything like a skate guage been used.

Are you guys just way ahead of the game or does Edmonton just not get the skate service of some bigger centers?

Go to United, and talk to a guy there named Jodie about skates. He knows his stuff

[Ranger-#8 1]

Would all the perani's locations have the digi sizer?

[Sniper#39 0]

Go to United, and talk to a guy there named Jodie about skates. He knows his stuff

I Agree - he knows his stuff.

Matt or Dave over at Klondike can fit a skate pretty well too...

[Reaper 0]

Edmonton? They still have horse drawn carriages up there and carry their water from the wells! :P

At least they don't need the army deployed when they have a snow storm. :P