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caseyjones

grafs microns tuuk cobra - looking for opinions on preference

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Asking for reccommendations on what I should do. 

Im a bit of a collector of skates. Love them for both fit and vanity reasons. My skates of choice are Graf 707/G7 and micron megas. Both fit great, but have drastically different holders. Specifically speaking Cobras and tuuk plus. I'm a decent skating beer leaguer and would like to be able to transition back and forth depending on what skates I feel like using on a particular night. 

I don't dislike the look or the pitch of the Cobras, but probably prefer the look of the tuuk. Only thing I don't love about the Cobras would be the steel. So I'm contemplating putting Tuuks on a few pairs of g7's I have. I'm hesitant to make a permanent change to the pitch of my skates and am somewhat concerned that the technology of the original Tuuks might be lacking. I'm not interested in profiling options as I don't trust local sharpeners but I also don't want to be a fish out of water when I decide to flip flop skates. 

So I'm just curious what others would do for any kind of reason whether performance, preference, aesthetics, etc...

should I throw Tuuks on my grafs to minimize the difference btwn transitioning? Should I keep the Cobras and buy step steel? Should I go for the classic look of the tuuk on my grafs? Should I utilize the technology of the cobra? 

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I am a fan of Grafs, but I do not understand what does it mean when you say "technology of original Tuuks might be lacking" or  "should I utilize the technology of cobra". Quite honestly, I did not ever think of a hockey skate holder as something that has a technology.  I can see that Tuuk is a flimsy holder comparing to any Graf holder, but evidently, many see that as a feature. 

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Yea, I guess that's where preference comes into play for that particular aspect. I've read all the threads regarding the holders and knew about the stiffness factor. I'm not sure a skater of my level is going to benefit much one way or the other from the stiffness. I just wonder with all the innovations and technological advances that have been made to the boot, that a holder made 25 years ago leaves no sacrifice. But then again, I guess that's all just preference? 

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... if the only problem you have is steel quality on Graf runners, get an aftermarket such as Step and call it a day. You can move the same two runners from pair to pair. 

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