I have Mission L7 and need New skates

[lankow18 0]

I have the mission L7 rite now size 9.5 EE and am look for new skates cause my feet are killin me by the end of ice hockey the part that hurt is the top of my foot like the arch part before u get up to the ankles, where on some skates they put the lace locks thats the part that hurts and i tried on eastons and ccms and they fit terrible just weren"t tight enough i have wide feet and a wide arch but a narrow heel and ankle and i really don't have money for bauers rite now so i was lookin at the mission fuel 120 ag or xp on sale for 180 rite now anyone know the big difference for ag and xp and if either would feel better on my feet, i'd love 2 try them on but how no hockey stores here thanks for ur help guys

I just found out bauer bought mission so u can no longer get runners for your mission so i'm going to move away from them, anyone know any bauer's though would be kinda like my mission L7 thanks again

[Chadd 916]

The XP will be similar in height and stiffness. The AG will be very different, much softer in the ankle and lower cut.

[halfmoonyote 0]

I previously was an L7 devotee, and now use XP120 exclusively.

The XP is an evolution (IMO, anyway) of the L7 skate, but lighter and a little more functional overall, but that's to be expected with progression. The XP is the same height, stiffness, and will perform in the similar vein as the L7 boot. As Chadd points out with the AG, it's cut lower, offers more ankle mobility and plays completely different.

To the OP, I can PM you a review of the XP skates if you'd like. I honestly won't use anything but.

Funny story, I was just on the phone with MSH Member Sublitwill the other day, and said 'Damn, Monkey is blowing the XP120's out for 199, I'm going to buy another pair to have on backup'. That price is ridiculous for that skate. Once they're gone, they're gone.

[sher-awesomeness 0]

I don't mean to thread-jack, but say the OP had to buy non-Mission skates. What skates from the other companies, if any, fit like the XP and AG?

And while I'm at it, does the 120 AG (black) fit like the 95 AG (silver) from the previous generation of Fuel skates?

[Chadd 916]

And while I'm at it, does the 120 AG (black) fit like the 95 AG (silver) from the previous generation of Fuel skates?

Ankle isn't quite as deep with the 120, the heel is a bit more narrow or at least better padded and the tongue is better. At least that is true for the 110AG that I had.

[lankow18 0]

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