To Bake or Not to Bake?

[sabres48 0]

What are you're guys thoguhts on baking skates? I am pickign up some vapor XXV's this weekend (hopefully) from peranis, nad i assume they will include, or atleast offer a free baking. I have heard some say it helps alot to make that perfect fit, however on other threads ive heard JR say he usually tells his customers to not bake their skates at first. So with the weekend approching, shouldi wait to bake, or bake them when i buy them, and if you guys got the time, what are the advantages of doing one ,or the other.

Thanks

[revolutionz_s13 0]

i dont know about everyone else, but I recently got a set of vapor xxxx's, and baked them twice before I even skated on them. I baked them once right away when I got them, waited a day, and then baked them again. The first time I skated on them, my feet did not hurt at all...it was like I had been wearing them for a couple months already. So I would vote to bake them.

[BK 0]

Just rebaked my 892's before an icetime a few days ago.. It never ceases to amaze me at how much of a difference it makes.

[Hede 2]

My CCM Vector Pro´s fit me like a glove so no need to bake them. I say wait with the baking to you skated in them and see how the fit. You can allways bake them later if you feel fore it.

[Spreedizzle 1]

Baking can only help by softening up the materials in the skate prior to your first skate. I have not heard of any cons to baking your skates.

[swede 52]

if the skate fits you, without baking. Dont bake them... A well fitted skate will form to your feet fast without baking..

[Powerfibers 8]

I would never do anything to a skate without at least trying it first. If it fits and feels good, I would not do a thing further.

That being said, a baking renewed my use of a pair of 652s last month. After 6 months of not having them baked, they still hurt. I had them baked and slightly punched out in the mid section, and now I love them dearly. In many pairs of skates, I never had a pair baked before. I'm a believer, but I still would not subject them to heat or anything else without a trial skate or two.

[JR Boucicaut 3810]

What are you're guys thoguhts on baking skates? I am pickign up some vapor XXV's this weekend (hopefully) from peranis, nad i assume they will include, or atleast offer a free baking. I have heard some say it helps alot to make that perfect fit, however on other threads ive heard JR say he usually tells his customers to not bake their skates at first. So with the weekend approching, shouldi wait to bake, or bake them when i buy them, and if you guys got the time, what are the advantages of doing one ,or the other.

Thanks

If you're fitting with room for growth you won't.

Then again, you ARE going to Perani's, so you're going to get a skate with room in it anyways.

[ramensandwich 1]

i'd recommend baking them. i just got vapor xxv's myself, and they felt like a cardboard box before i baked them... there was zero break-in time after i baked them though. they really conformed to my feet great after baking.

bake them.

[stickfixchaska 0]

I wore my new XXV's around the house for a week, 1hr /day and they were ok. A little pressure on the outside of my foot, nothing unbearable. Then I got them baked and had zero issues. I can't complain about them at all.

Just make sure you've got the correct size. Baking a skate that is already too big will only make the situation worse.

[sabres48 0]

When i tried them on last week, a ten had my toe touching the toe cap, so i tried on a 10.5 in a XXII because they didnt have any XXV in stock in that size, but in the 10.5 my feet were comfortable, and not touching the toe cap. So if my toe isnt touching the cap should i just leave it and bake it when its really needed?

[ramensandwich 1]

When i tried them on last week, a ten had my toe touching the toe cap, so i tried on a 10.5 in a XXII because they didnt have any XXV in stock in that size, but in the 10.5 my feet were comfortable, and not touching the toe cap. So if my toe isnt touching the cap should i just leave it and bake it when its really needed?

what do you mean by "touching the toe cap"... when you stand straight up, your big toe should touch it, and when you bend to skate, it will pull back a bit.

i think you should go with 10. when i baked my xxv's the back of the boot near my heel compressed a bit, and as a result my foot sits a bit further back in the boot than it did before the bake. the heel lock is great in these boots. i'd bet my money that you'll be perfect in baked 10's. you're gonna love these skates. i feel like i'm 50% faster compared to my old z-airs.

[sabres48 0]

thanks, i think you may be right, i currently wear a 10 Xr lites so your right my foot should probably fit.

[mxihockey 0]

Are vapor xxx skates like One90's where you HAVE to bake them? I just picked some up and my LHS charges 50 bucks to get your skates baked.. I dont wana spend the money if I don't have to. The baking is free if you buy the skates there, but they didn't have any 30's and they cant order them, so I was forced to buy them online. I got them with "a little room to grow" as I'm only 14 and still growing... Thanks in advance

[Law Goalie 147]

Presumably you saved a fair bit by ordering online; just treat the $50 as a fair reflection of what you would have paid had the LHS had the skate in stock. By all means, get your money's worth: get the skate baked, punched or stretched until it's a perfect fit.

[mxihockey 0]

What I was getting at though is if they need to be baked.. I don't care if my ankles bleed or I have pain in my feet the first couple skates... I'm not trying to be cheap or anything, if they need to be baked then I will surely spend the $50...but, Will I be able to break the skates in just as well if I do not bake?

Basicly, is baking just something that speeds up the break in process? Or is it needed to get a proper fit?

[blues_91 0]

If you got them too big then don't bake them...it'll just make the skate expand and you'll feel sloppy in them.

[mxihockey 0]

Alright thanks for the info.

[cerps 0]

From reading this thread it appears you can bake skates more than once? I have a pair of the pro tacks I got last year that I had baked and then skated on 10-20 times. My ankle bone on the inside of my left foot appears to be migrating toward the front edge of the ankle pad. My right foot has stayed locked in perfectly in the ankle area and the depressions are still in the center of the pad. Can I rebake these skates to try and get the postitioning of my left foot correct?

[cause4alarm 7]

So is there not a time limit on when you can get your skate baked? Like, will it do much for my pair of 8090s?

Here are things I'm considering:

I feel like the front half of my boot doesn't look particularly conformed to my foot (maybe because I don't lace very tightly there).

When I'm laced up, my ankle is locked into place, but I can lift the front of my foot (toes and balls of feet) pretty easily off the insole.

Playing in most games my feet usually feel fine, but in particularly tough workouts (like on a skating treadmill) I get pain in the same spot (outside of my right foot).

[blues_91 0]

Most skates can be baked 2-3 times. Grafs can be baked as many times as you want.

[shifter 0]

Curious question but, if you have a pair of orthotics and they don't fit the skate because its not wide enough should baking it then putting the othotics in work?

[Hockeydog 8]

My general feeling is not to bake them until after you have skated in them.

You may want to change the insoles out or maybe change the socks you wear - something that might change the fit. I worked with my LHS and got into a pair of Supreme 70's and had them baked right then, but have just put in a pair of Superfeet insoles ( not skated them yet)so the fit might be off from the stock insoles. From my understanding the Supreme 70 can only be baked twice, so my next one has to be final.

[Fredrik 0]

From reading this thread it appears you can bake skates more than once? I have a pair of the pro tacks I got last year that I had baked and then skated on 10-20 times. My ankle bone on the inside of my left foot appears to be migrating toward the front edge of the ankle pad. My right foot has stayed locked in perfectly in the ankle area and the depressions are still in the center of the pad. Can I rebake these skates to try and get the postitioning of my left foot correct?

Yes, you can!