Buying "fit" items online: bad idea...Alpina TR40 boots: no heelcup.

Someday I'll learn. Buying items online that require good
fitting---when you haven't fit the product before---is a bad idea. I
just bought an on-sale pair of Alpina TR40 classic tour boots. The
store guys and I discussed the risk but I went for it anyway, hoping to
get lucky and not have to worry about boots anymore.

They arrived.

I put them on and noticed that they don't have much of a heel cavity.
When you stride around the heel rises up a lot. I tried on all my old
boots (Rossi, Merrell) and notice much more of a heel pocket in them,
and more flex, so when you stride, the rear of the boot stays with your
foot. This lack of heel pocket probably means big likelihood of
blisters when going out for slightly longer outings.

Or maybe they're just a bit too big.

Anyway: buy boots that you've tried on.

So: anyone know of a tourboot with heel pocket?

(Get time of year to monkey with this stuff, too, eh? Ha...my problem.)

--JP

Go find a supplier with Salomon products and try on some pairs. Of
course, then you will have to switch bindings.....

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Someday I'll learn. Buying items online that require good
fitting---when you haven't fit the product before---is a bad idea. I
just bought an on-sale pair of Alpina TR40 classic tour boots. The
store guys and I discussed the risk but I went for it anyway, hoping to
get lucky and not have to worry about boots anymore.

They arrived.

I put them on and noticed that they don't have much of a heel cavity.
When you stride around the heel rises up a lot. I tried on all my old
boots (Rossi, Merrell) and notice much more of a heel pocket in them,
and more flex, so when you stride, the rear of the boot stays with your
foot. This lack of heel pocket probably means big likelihood of
blisters when going out for slightly longer outings.

_ It's a certainty. The flex will soften with use, but you'll
still get blisters.


Or maybe they're just a bit too big.


_ Alpina's are notorious for that. If there wheren't the only
source of beefy NNN/BC boots, I wouldn't bother. After a couple
seasons I finally solved my blister problems with these boots
but using an aftermarket insole with a fair amount of heel lift
and these socks

www.techspun.com


_ BTW, that quote on their front page is from me and I've never
even got a free pair of socks out of them...

_ Booker C. Bense

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