How tight are your boots?

[UTpowder]

Size 9 street shoe, boots are size 6(UK) Nordica Hot Rods. Shell fit gives me just over a finger between heal and back of boot.

[RaccoonFace]

wow. I guess my boots are too loose! 10 shoe, 26.5 boot Rossi Bandits. I have high foot beds and I seem to be fine with some but not terrible discomfort.

okbye

EDIT: Just bought 25.5 and they don't feel bad.
26.5 = 309mm
25.5 = 294mm

[skiwithcharlie]

9.5 shoes, size 27 Salomon Impact. Am I crazy?

[GapersGoHome]

Fuck, you guys have some racer-fit boots. Painful.

All of mine are 27.5, pretty much across the board. Street shoe size = 10... but HIGH, HIGH volume everything... it's a snug fit; if I buckle everything down really tight, I'll lose circulation. I like a one-and-a-half finger shell fit. Speedmachines and Syner-G's fit perfect, X-waves, Courses, and Crispi CX-R's: I unbuckle on the lift.

[philippeR]

I'll have to quote my friend's new answer to this question when she finally saw the light on proper boot fit.

How tight are your boots? "Like a big dick in a tight pussy."

Now, that's a foot fetish !

[Roxtar]

9 street shoe and I'm in a 25 (7) Solly Impact. They're tight, but blew the toes out a touch and they feel great.

size 9 1/2 street shoe, I'm in a 25.0 Salomon xwave pro and falcon X2 lab plug. Same size boot for 18 years, little lateral forefoot stretch and good to go

Size 9 street shoe, boots are size 6(UK) Nordica Hot Rods. Shell fit gives me just over a finger between heal and back of boot.

Damn, are you guys folding your toes under?
Seriously, how do you fit in these?
I'm a 9.5 shoe and a 26.5 (305mm) gives me about 1cm of shell space.

[axebiker]

Street shoes - 10
Boots - 27.0

I had some Sali's at one time in a 26, but OH THE PAIN!!! Not worth it. I bumped to a 27.5, but they were sloppy. 26.5 had the familiar "my toes are curling over" feeling. 27.0 gives me about the right amount of room - enough to wiggle my toes around, but not sliding all over. A tad sloppy in the heel pocket though - but I'm getting some Kryp Pros w/ID liners to hopefully settle that issue.

[Dexter Rutecki]

My boots are tigher than your mom's...
Oh, never mind.

I think most people here are fit about right. My boots are pretty tight, yet I feel they could be tighter at times. Did ski them for one day out of the box before they were worked on, and barely made it through the day. Had to completely unbuckle the boots constantly, take them off a few times just to survive, and then later in the day I remember even with them unbuckled I lost all sensation to my feet. Now, blown out and grinded, they're basically comfortable.

[bklyn]

I'd like to hear how you feet actually measure, since what you choose for a shoe could depend on it's use or shoe manufacturers.

My feet measure 8.5. In round toe shoes, sandals, etc. I wear an 8.5 unless I'd wear them with socks, then I may go up to a 9. In pointy shoes with heels I often choose a 9, 9.5 or even 10 depending on how they fit because a little extra room is very helpful. My running shoes are a 10, so I don't have to worry about losing my toes.

My ski boots have been 25 or 25.5 and that gives me a little space for a performance fit. But I could tell you that my sneakers are a women's 10 or 27 and that I'm skiing a 25.5 and you'd think my feet are crunched, but they're really not.

[RobT]

^^ I think how you measure is a good point. My feet measure an 11-11.5, but I am comfortable in many 9.5 shoes.

Typically though I wear 11 shoes and low volume size 26 boots.

Rob

[Roxtar]

That could explain a lot.
I wear a size 9.5 in both soccer and basketball shoes, however, both of these sport's shoes are supposed to be a glove fit. Running shoes are meant to be a loose fit, giving your foot room to swell.
In running shoes I would probably be a 10 or even 10.5.

[HR Huck'nstuff]

I wear a 10.5, and the boots are Technicas -26.5. In some of the other boots I tried on I would have been in a 27. Wore 'em around the house last night and they felt good, TIGHT but good. Toes are just at the end. If it becomes a preoblem, I'll punch them out.

You can make a boot bigger, but you can't make it smaller... right?

[El Chupacabra]

My feet actually measure at 11.5, but I've never had any 11.5 street shoes. In shoes, I'm mostly in 10.5, sometimes an 11 if they're "run small" type shoes. Some hiking boots I'm in a 10.

In ski boots I'm in 27.5.

[chaka]

Yep, I think bklyn nailed it. Measured size on the footboard versus what gets comfortably worn for street shoes must be two different things. I measure about a 10.25 on the board, and "think" I'm getting a decent fit with my 27 Nordica Superchargers. I have a very wide forefoot, '6th toe' etc. always the driving factor when selecting boots, gotta have that wide toe box.

[DropCliffsNotBombs]

I unbuckle every lift ride.

[nutcase]

My right foot is a size 10.5 and my left is a size 11.5 in street shoes (I'm a freak like that). I'm in a 27.0 boot.

[Core Shot]

I am consistently a 28.5 (fit by the very best bootfitters) with a 10 1/2 or 11 street shoe.
28.5 in Salomon, Garmont, Dynafit boots.

I am not trying to get a race fit, nor do I want one.
But I do feel like a get a lot of performance from my fit considering my freakishly high instep - always on the loosest setting for the second buckle.

Mabe I could go smaller like you my instep were flatter.

[mntlion]

the trick is finding a shell shape that is (or can be made) to look like your foot shape.

if you have a high instep then finding a boot with a high instep will give you equal pressure on the instep and the rest of the foot, and you can downsize a bit more

the salomon falcon has a low instep, and in that boot I fit a 25. The impact is a higher instep, but a tight heel, so in that boot I can fit a 24. 8.5 shoe

[da1235]

So I'm in a Lange 11 shell (almost too tight but with custom Surefoot liners), and a 13 street shoe. Looking at an Endorphine or Andrenaline. Opinions out there on whether I should be in a 29/29.5, or a 30?

[Smails]

Size 10 shoe, size 26 (305 bsl)

[Neon]

OMG!
I must do something wrong...
size 9 street, 26.5 to 27.5 ski boots, depending on model...

[Arno]

i can only assume that lots of people are wearing street shoes far too big.

US size 9 trainers; Mondo 27 boots leaves just over 1 finger space when i do a shell fit

[Neon]

the trick is finding a shell shape that is (or can be made) to look like your foot shape.

if you have a high instep then finding a boot with a high instep will give you equal pressure on the instep and the rest of the foot, and you can downsize a bit more

the salomon falcon has a low instep, and in that boot I fit a 25. The impact is a higher instep, but a tight heel, so in that boot I can fit a 24. 8.5 shoe

BTW, which manufacturer/models would be suitable for a super high instep?

[FrozenPPT]

Street shoes 36 (euro), ski boots 22.5 and I can barely fit a finger in a shell fit.

[mntlion]

BTW, which manufacturer/models would be suitable for a super high instep?

usually the wider ones (lower end and softer flex too)

if it is just one point, fit the rest of the foot/instep and just make room for that point. If it is the whole instep area. keep trying boots on.

also you can remove the footbed, grind the boot board, remove foam from the boots tongue, thin the plastic on the tongue, remove the bottom of the liner, wear thinner socks, don't buckle the 2 lower buckles at all.