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Thread: Scarpa Maestrale RS
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04-08-2013, 12:40 PM #176
Hey, don't lean too far forward...
Yesterday was my first day on my new pair of these boots. I felt like the lean angle wasn't far enough forward, and I tried to make sure I was clicked into the farther of the two positions, same as my Megarides. Snap! On both boots I leaned too far forward and the lower shell popped out from under the upper cuff. Now the plastic is seriously munged up and I think the lock is actually broken on one of them. I'm not sure what to do. I really didn't like the way they were skiing before this happened, although maybe I just needed to get used to them. Now I've got two messed up boots. What a downer.that's all i can think of, but i'm sure there's something else...
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04-08-2013, 06:49 PM #177
^^^ warranty per Scarpa NA. Contact them
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06-27-2013, 01:07 PM #178Registered User
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One Boot? Anybody using this as one boot or have any thoughts about using the RS as an only boot? I'm 140 lbs, Ski aggressive but no air. Thinking about either this or the Freedom Freeride. Don't need interchangeable soles as I use the Fritschi Freeride at resorts and shorter tours. Tech bindings for backcountry. 70% resorts and 30% backcountry. Most backcountry days are Colorado 14ers in the springtime. Shorter pass tours and sidecountry in winter. Currently skiing in Skookum and looking for something with a better fit for low volume feet and a sweeter flex.
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06-28-2013, 07:57 AM #179Funhog
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06-29-2013, 03:33 AM #180custom user title?
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i think i could use them as my only boots. i still ski fulltilts/raichles if im using lifts, because i ski better with a progressive flexing boot (maestrale rs are just stiff), but i could live with just the rs, especially if i was skiing mainly good snow.
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06-29-2013, 09:21 AM #181
They will work fine as an only boot, especially since you are on Fritchies. The boots are not the rate limiting step.
Durability will likely be an issue. Keep tightening that hardware.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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06-30-2013, 04:56 PM #182
Exactly. Those bindings can't keep up with those boots.
39 days last season and 33 of those were in my Maestrale RS boots.
Totally stoked on these! No issues except the hyperflexing of the walk mode but figured it out by being smoother in challenging spots on the up.
My favorite AT boot to date.
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06-30-2013, 07:29 PM #183
The RS really does look like my next buy, despite previous irritation and bitterness at repeatedly breaking/loosing connecting hardware on my orange Mastrales in the last two seasons. And the way the tongue 'flattens' with time and the boot looses fit as a result.
It is light, skis well, is affordable, really easy to get in and out of, especially in a tent/snowcave and COMES WITH AN INTUITION LINER - saving me another $200.
Some Dynafits offer me a better fit, but they are spendy, and have fiddly little buckle clips and thin soles that I would absolutely trash in the 300+ touring days I need from a shell. When I look at the gnarled-up dog-chewed state of previous shells, soles and buckles... then I look at a top-end Dynafit boot, I just can't see them lasting the distance. Great boots that I lust after, but I'm a "poor" daily user, not a weekender with a paycheck. Gear's just gotta last longer. Boots shells gotta last 3 seasons, and if they don't, they have to be $600 not $900. The Radium shell was very durable, though I lost a few buckles. Reckon the Cochise Pro Light AT (what ever it is called) looks simple steamlined and durable as well. Pity about the fit on my foot.
Note: the Scarpa NA Facebook pages is currently offering a 50% off tune-up service. Send boots in, they come back all fixed up ready for winter. I don't live in NA and no way I would ever get that service where I do live. But it still "sells" the brand to me.Life is not lift served.
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07-03-2013, 02:00 PM #184custom user title?
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RS shells wont make it for 3 years, i think i can tell that after 1/2 year. im gonna be happy if they make 2. the orange ones just made 1.5 years for me...
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07-03-2013, 05:37 PM #185
My Orange shells didn't really even last 1.5 seasons without almost complete hardware re-builds - some parts numerous times. (1 season = 100-120 days of use).
Never going to get 3 functional seasons out the RS. I totally agree.
But at least they cost closer to $660 rather than $900, and come with Intuition.
And i do not know of any other slim-fitting AT boots that are more durable anyway.Life is not lift served.
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07-04-2013, 03:02 AM #186custom user title?
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07-06-2013, 10:09 AM #187Registered User
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how do the scarpa spec'ed intuition liners hold up for folks cuz I was told they were made to spec for scarpa as opposed to being the same liner you would buy after market from intuition?
still better than no intuition
everytime I play with those fiddly/spindly looking little dynafit clips and buckles I wonder how they could possibly not break but mine didn't and the dynafit shell fit was better for meLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-06-2013, 05:21 PM #188
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07-07-2013, 01:38 AM #189
I had a middle buckle loop just strip out. Pulled the cable end right out of it's housing. Fortunately if you tear off all the plastic shit there is just a hole in the buckle arm. Double looped some stainless wire through there and you wonder why they had the plastic housing at all. It's the most field repairable buckle I have seen.
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07-08-2013, 09:26 AM #190Registered User
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10-01-2013, 10:11 PM #191
Picked up a pair without being able to try them on first, and the nasty sharp edge on the underside of the tongue (the channel for the center strap) cuts into my instep something fierce. (I have a really high instep.) Haven't molded the liners yet, but they aren't very thick in that area and it's hard to say if molding will be enough. If that doesn't work, might have to add some material to the underside of the tongue on either side of the fin to take pressure off. Can't grind off the sharp edge since there's no material behind it.
Anyone else have this issue?Last edited by 1000-oaks; 10-02-2013 at 08:10 AM.
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10-02-2013, 06:38 AM #192
No problems with mine in that spot. Can this area be punched? If your issue is not enough volume then padding may not be enough. I had a punch put in my left shell at the navicular bone right where the two shells overlap. No issues with flex.
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10-02-2013, 08:51 AM #193Registered User
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I had a similar issue with other Scarpa boots years ago (spirits maybe?). I ended up getting different boots that fit me better.
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10-12-2013, 01:08 PM #194Registered User
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snowgage: what's your experience with the ski/walk mechanism after the replacement?
Mine are starting to develop a slight play in ski mode, I disassembled the mechanism and found the same plastic gasket/bushing as you described (also stripped the screw heads). Will contact scarpa to get a replacement.
/Hegge
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10-12-2013, 01:54 PM #195Registered User
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"really easy to get in and out of"
You sure you have a Scarpa? Not my experience at all. No favorites here but between Dynafit (Ones and TLT) and RS...I always worry about loosing some blood (seiously) putting on and taking off the RS. Dynfits are a hassle but at least they are a given. Just takes patience. Not he man strength and some skill like the Scarpa. 190# and I found the Intuition liner on the RS packed out rather quickly imo last season. Really noticed it as the temps went up while spring skiing.
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10-12-2013, 04:34 PM #196
Dane, you are confusing me. The entire front of a Maestrale opens up like a barn door with its hinged tongue. It could not be easier to get on/off.
Life is not lift served.
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10-13-2013, 12:07 AM #197
I removed the ski/walk mechanisms from my boots to see if my pair has the plastic or aluminum bushing, and stripped two of the screw heads even when being careful. Had to drill them off. IMHO, the stock screws are too difficult to remove for field repairs (ice in the mechanism, for example), so I replaced the soft, low-profile original screws with stainless M4 x 14mm socket heads. No stripping those, and couldn't weigh more than a few grams more. Haven't decided on Lock-tite or Vibra-Tite for them yet.
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10-13-2013, 06:52 AM #198Registered User
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To be sure there is no confusion for anyone looking to get into a RS, it is absolutely the easiest boot ever to get into and out of and same goes for the liner. Also, the best boot ever!
Haven't skied the freedom yet but so far think the RS absolutely tops it in pretty much every way: stiffer, easier in/out, walks better, climbs better, better ROM, rockered sole. Only one reason to get a boot like the freedom and that is if you want one boot in bounds and out or for travelling.
That's all.
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10-13-2013, 08:26 AM #199
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10-13-2013, 09:48 AM #200"...if you're not doing a double flip cork something, skiing spines in Haines, or doing double flip cork somethings off spines in Haines, you're pretty much just gaping."
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