Thread: Full Tilt Konflict ski boot....Yea or Nay?

OH yeah well didnt Suzy Chafee use Scotts ?

"Bill Johnson"

Recently a salesman started to tell me how FTs weren't the right boot to match up with the race skis I was coveting. I didn't have it in me to educate the schoolboy.

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

OK, that confirms it. You are a compl333t dumbass.

Eh...I was saying that sorta tongue-in-cheek.

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Originally Posted by marshalolson

things for AKrover to goggle:

raichle thermoflex
bill johnson
glen plake
vreni schneider
seth morrison
flexon 9.9 / GS (as opposed to the comp, that you posted).

and then check out the raichle rx8 if you want a simple, classy, rear entry flexon.

At the risk of adding actual content to this thread: Has anyone ever figured out what all the different names for Flexons mean, if anything? The words on the back of the boot can say 9.9, Equipe, Comp, Slalom, and Racing, and sometimes a combo of more than one. Apart from the difference between the real Flexon and the cheesier one with different buckles and such, are there any noticeable differences, or was it all Raichle marketing-speak?

AKrover posted a pic of the cheesy variety of Flexon, recognizable by the thicker and more plasticky buckle straps. Those usually seem to be labeled Comp, although I've also found a picture of "real" Flexons labeled Comp 9.9 Racing, so go figure. My real ones are just 9.9, but I've only had them for a couple years and have no knowledge about BITD.

Raichle's marketing was atrocious and the naming convention was a quagmire.

The OP picture is not a Flexon, but a Flexon Comp. The real distinction is in the shell where the Flexon Comp is much blockier and heavier.

Another easier distinction is that real Flexons had wire cable buckle bails with wire that went all the way through the buckles.



The Flexon Comp, a nightmarish shin chewing mistake, had buckle bails that were partially wire, but the wire part went into a crappy rachet plastic tongue that inserted into the actual buckle:


The Flexon Comp was a clunker.

Anyway, all this stuff is really available online and in particular, pretty well covered in the Full Tilt websites. All you have to do is look. And yes, the cheap liner packed down quicklu, but flexon was on the forefront of super comfortable liners with the thermoflexes.

IMHO:Best boot ever made at least for my ex racer freestyle flailings.

Thanks. Yeah, I read all the Flexon threads a couple years ago before buying a pair, and there is a lot of good information. I have never touched a pair of the Comps, but looking closely can see that the shell has a different shape/extra stuff on it. There even appears to be a wrap around upper cuff on that pink and yellow pair? Weird.

Oddly the black and green pair of true Flexons above says "Comp 9.9 Racing" on the back, so they weren't even consistent with use of the word "Comp." The ones I have are just labeled "9.9" but seem identical. I haven't seen an obvious physical difference in any of the true Flexons no matter what words they have on the back, but have only skied the one pair. I am a crappy skier, but I like 'em. The heel hold is good.

So I was skiing with my bud who tours in the Flexon Pro T and he told me Kniessel made these boots for a couple of years

http://www.sportsgearguide.com/scrip....asp?b=Kneissl

half way the page , bro has the gray Flexon Pro T with red tongue

I'd like to bust AK Rover in his dumbass head with a baseball bat.

Instead of discussing the best ski boots ever, let's discuss bat options.

Aluminum vs. wood to blast his noodle into oblivion.

Discuss.

i prefer the nice sound of a wood bat.

Originally Posted by Blurred

I'd like to bust AK Rover in his dumbass head with a baseball bat.

Instead of discussing the best ski boots ever, let's discuss bat options.

Aluminum vs. wood to blast his noodle into oblivion.

Discuss.

I like the strength of aluminum, but there's always the option to curb stomp him while wearing flexons

Bill Johnson in action, in Flexon's.

^^ I have those exact flexons, still use them time to time. Going strong after almost 30 years