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12-17-2016, 11:16 AM #401Registered User
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12-17-2016, 11:34 AM #402
My Cochise Pros are 300 and my MTN Labs are 291. Interior length seems similar.
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12-17-2016, 11:35 AM #403
Skate ski boots are 42's. but my feet are way fucked up due to serious changes from frostbite many years ago.
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12-17-2016, 02:22 PM #404Registered User
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12-17-2016, 02:30 PM #405
My assessment is far from definitive. But, just for fun (and because I am bailing on skiing today due to below zero temps) I just compared the liners of the two boots. They are damn close to equal in their exterior length, and if anything the MTN Lab is a mm or 2 longer (again, outside of the liner). Sure seems they are similar in length.
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12-17-2016, 02:35 PM #406
But the toebox of the MTN lab feels narrower. I think the mid foot area may be narrower on the Cochise, but that is just how they feel to me. I have no measurements or data on this.
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12-17-2016, 02:36 PM #407Registered User
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12-17-2016, 02:41 PM #408
MTN lab on left, Cochise Pro on right. When I tilt them to touch bottoms of liner at the toe the MTN Lab seems just barely longer. I have no idea if this proves anything as I've heard of boot companies using liners that are a tad too short at times.
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12-17-2016, 05:50 PM #409Registered User
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Yeah, I see that. I'm just torn between sizing up to a 27 or staying at a 26.5 and I haven't had the chance to check out a 27 yet nor will I any time soon.
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12-17-2016, 09:36 PM #410
Buy both and return one?
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12-17-2016, 09:38 PM #411Registered User
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12-17-2016, 11:03 PM #412
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12-18-2016, 05:45 AM #413Registered User
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12-18-2016, 07:50 AM #414
Khion vs Merc vs Vulcan vs Mtn Lab vs Maestrale RS
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12-18-2016, 08:43 AM #415
Seems like you have two options. Use your best guess and buy from your local shop or order them from Rei or backcountry (if in US) and return one.
I'm no bootfitter but my local Shop said they can punch for length if needed. Check with your shop about this on the Lab. If so, maybe go with the smaller size if you think it will fit the rest of your foot better and then punch for length if your toes are getting munched.
BTW my shop recommended wearing them 5 times or so without molding or punching, as molding shortens the life of the liner, and then deciding if they need a mold or a punch. They said they always mold intuitions but the lab liner may not need it. This seems to be working and I don't think I will need to mold or punch the labs.
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12-18-2016, 09:29 AM #416
I think you're comparing two very different scenarios: a shop that doesn't stock a model that needs to special order it for you, and an internet retailer that will send you two sizes of the same model that they do stock. To my understanding, Evo or Backcountry, etc. will not special order two sizes of a model they don't carry for you to try out.
If a shop actually stocked the model, had both sizes in stock, most of them would send you both to try since that is what their internet competitors are doing. But you can't ask a shop to special order two sizes of a model they don't stock and then keep the one random size you don't want, especially if that model is not relevant for their clientele. Internet retailers, to my knowledge, wouldn't do that either.
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12-18-2016, 01:53 PM #417Registered User
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12-18-2016, 02:13 PM #418Registered User
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How would I home-mold the MTN Stock Liner? Same way as intuitions? Convection Oven or Rice?
Or do they need less temperature?
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12-29-2016, 10:22 AM #419Registered User
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Well, I had my MTN Labs worked on today. Great results so far, need to ski them a full day to be sure but the instep pressure and some 5th Met punching was removed which is great.
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01-18-2017, 10:42 AM #420Hungover & Homeless
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What's with the MTN Lab cuff only moving backward in walk mode? The farthest forward it gets in its range of motion is where it locks into ski mode. Loved the way they skied downhill, but a bit clunky due to the limited ROM on the up. The good news, however, is that if you ever need your leg at a 20° angle back from the cuff you can do that.
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01-19-2017, 06:16 AM #421Registered User
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03-23-2017, 12:46 PM #422
Any change from the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 MTN Labs?
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