Taking up volume in a shell

[Bobby Buggs]

I cant say enough good things about my UPZ purchase. I know I sound like broken record but its been over 10 years since I had a set of boot that I could buckle in the lodge and forget about for the day.

Like many others I have feet that are different from each other and my left is smaller. The day after I did my thermos I tried them on the snow and had to buckle the left boot to the max for it to fit, right boot is on 2 or 3 with more buckle to spare. What I have done in the mean time, thanks to Sir Dingbat, I have a 29.5 thermo liner in a 27 shell and its working for now but I was wondering what people do to take up some volume in this type of situation.

[michael.a]

Do you use footbeds? If not, consider using them even if you have 'normal' feet. There are thermo liners with different thicknesses (volume), I think Intuition gives you a bit more choice than other manufacturers. Most bootfitters also place a liner underneath your actual liners, mine supposedly have some thermal properties or something but its there to add 2-3mm of height.

[Bobby Buggs]

I have the newest Intuition power wrap liners, thickest and stiff and custom footbeds in there from the start.

[Johnny]

Did you use the Flo liners at all? How do the Power Wraps compare? I've found there's too much volume around my lower leg. I have gone to the smallest buckle placement up top, but I've not yet installed the spoilers I received last week.

[John E]

My boots have packed out. I was planning on adding some outsoles (between liner & shell) to take up the additional room but for the short term I got some really thick socks. This seems to be a long-term solution as well.

[Bobby Buggs]

Johnny, I tried the Flo's in the house but have a real mess on my right foot with nerve damage atrophy and a big lump on my ankle from a motorcycle incident back in the 80s. The flo's hurt due to those issues so they never made it out on the snow.

Thanks to Pat Donelly from here I just ordered some of these to try. Cheep enough http://www.tognar.com/bontex-insole-shims-pair/

[scrutton]

How about a different size shell for the smaller foot?

[Bobby Buggs]

@ >$600 for a set of UPZ I dont love this sport enough to have two different sets of shells.

[scrutton]

I hear you. You could sell the alternate boots one by one as needed to other folks in same situation. I think that's the best solution.

I had some heel-raising issues with my latest softboots that affected me mid-trip. I went to the snowboard store and they got out their 'fit-kit' which was pre-trimmed pieces of foam or some flexible material, and put two under my heels. Solved all of my problems. Thin-mini-cell foam (like you would find in a kayak store for outfitting), or you can find it online was what it looked like.

[Hans]

Since I let made custom foamed liners, I feel comfy in my Deeluxe (Strolz liner) as my new Upz rc10 (Bootdoc liner), as my feet are different in length as in volume.

[trailertrash]

You bought the wrong size. You should have bought the smaller size and had the larger foot's boot stretched. All boot fitters say it's easier to make a boot bigger than a foot bigger.

Oooops, you made another multi-hundred dollar mistake!

Edited February 13, 2014 by trailertrash

[Bobby Buggs]

Actually Im riding better than I ever have with these boots so I cant even begin to consider it a mistake. Thanks again to Pat Donelly for the shim idea. Since a Free liner is doing the job for now I will experiment with the shims when they get here. Im sure you cant wait to hear my report

[D.T.]

From Tognar Toolworks:

Narrowing Pads

Ankle wrap pads

C-Pads

L-Pads

Edited February 15, 2014 by D.T.