Bauer Vapor Skates x 70 vs x7.0

[lkool 1]

What are the differences between the two. I have read that the x7.0 was basically an x:60. But I have also heard that about the x7.0

I have the x:60 and love them, shopping for my kids skates and trying to get an idea of where the value of old vs new sits.

Thanks

[Zjack38 46]

The x7.0s is basically an x60 which is pretty much top of the line, and the x70 is to say a middle of the line skate, not bad but not amazing.

[t6lock 24]

I believe x:60 = x7.0 = x90 if I'm not mistaken.

[salibandy 21]

I think the x90 is more the X6.0. In my head it would be more like X:60 = X7.0 = X100.

[Monty22 835]

JR's quote form the 2013 Bauer Catalog thread : "The X 100 skate is essentially the same spec as the Vapor APX from last year, and the X 90 replaces the 7.0."

[AIREAYE 248]

The X 70 is indeed the mid-range model that replaces the X4.0. Excellent budget skate for lower level rep players or better house league skaters.

[CTB 32]

But if you can pick up an X7.0 at a discount price these days you're getting a great pair of skates.

[bandits_5 18]

While we're comparing, a friend of mine asked me, which current model is closest to his current vapor xx. I told him the vapor xx would probably be somehere betwene the x70 and x80, specs wise. Would that be accurate?

[XveritasX 13]

But if you can pick up an X7.0 at a discount price these days you're getting a great pair of skates.

If you happen to live in Canada Sportchek/Hockey experts will be putting these skates on for 349 next week. I'm sure many other stores will be marking them down to similar prices also.

[greyskull 21]

I've got a pair of x90s coming in the next couple of days, ill let you know my thoughts!

[mgd150 0]

Are the new x60s equivalent to the old x:40s? Good for an intermediate skater on a budget?

[AIREAYE 248]

No, the X80s are close to the old X:40s. The X60s are like X2.0/X3.0

[Precision 4]

Facts:

Vapor x60 (top of the line for the year)

Vapor x7.0 a refreshed x60 with better durability due to issues of the x60 breaking down quickly

Vapor 90 is a stiffer refreshed version of the 7.0 that was a newer version of the x60 but now the 90 has the Tuuk Lightspeed Edge holder.

[AIREAYE 248]

For someone dubbed 'Precision', you're not very precise.

You forgot the colon in 'X:60' and the 'X' in 'X90'. It makes a difference, as I've had more than one person put a pair of X60s on hold thinking they were X:60s. Fact.

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