Att zipfit gurus!

[NBABUCKS1]

Anyone else get cold feet/toes with the their zip fits? GFT in a Atomic Hawx 130. Never really had issues with toe's getting cold in the past. I have boots on pretty much the loosest setting (slack in the buckles even) and still get cold toes.

Tuct tape does wonders for making it slip in.

the red tuck tape? You put on back of zipfit or inside the shell??

[SoVT Joey]

Looking for an alternative to Intuitions that pack out every few years, my wife chatted with Zipfit customer service (very helpful) and they recommended the Workhorse. She ordered them, and from what I can tell they could have worked well for taking up volume around her super low volume feet, while only just accommodating her wider calves, but the geometry of the instep is way too high and (with her foot laced into them) there’s just no way (perhaps with a heat gun and shoe horns) to get them into her Nordica Aggressor WC130s. Another long chat with Zipfit concluded that there isn’t a model that’s going to work for her, and that she should send them back for a full refund. Bummer. I guess it’s time to stock up on Intuition FX Race liners, now that they’ve been discontinued.

maybe a 130 is too much of a boot… It may be beneficial to drop in flex. Make skiing more fun. I skied Dobermans for a while and they were far from fun to get in and out of.

[GoldenBC]

Anyone else get cold feet/toes with the their zip fits? GFT in a Atomic Hawx 130. Never really had issues with toe's getting cold in the past. I have boots on pretty much the loosest setting (slack in the buckles even) and still get cold toes.




the red tuck tape? You put on back of zipfit or inside the shell??

Yup. Red or blue. Blue is stronger.

Zips are definitely cold. Get boot heaters.

[Westcoaster]

Yup. Red or blue. Blue is stronger.

Zips are definitely cold. Get boot heaters.

This should be standard, Olympic does it on every zip they sell.

[fleaches]

This should be standard, Olympic does it on every zip they sell.

The tape or the heaters?

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[Ørion]

Yup. Red or blue. Blue is stronger.

Zips are definitely cold. Get boot heaters.

They're goofy looking but the neoprene boot covers do work shockingly well. Slap a chemical toe warmer on the underside of them for the extra cold days.

[SoVT Joey]

Anyone else get cold feet/toes with the their zip fits? GFT in a Atomic Hawx 130. Never really had issues with toe's getting cold in the past. I have boots on pretty much the loosest setting (slack in the buckles even) and still get cold toes.




the red tuck tape? You put on back of zipfit or inside the shell??

go with heated socks over boot heaters

[pfluffenmeister]

The tape or the heaters?

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And tape on the shell or the liners?

[Westcoaster]

The tape or the heaters?

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The tape on the heels of the zips. They use some fancy hockey tape and heat the adhesive before applying. My three year old zips have the original tape with no real degradation of the adhesive nor the tape itself.

Olympic is fantastic, by the way.

[J. Barron DeJong]

The tape on the heels of the zips. They use some fancy hockey tape and heat the adhesive before applying. My three year old zips have the original tape with no real degradation of the adhesive nor the tape itself.

Olympic is fantastic, by the way.

Shin pad tape? It’s normally polyethylene tape, which is also what tuck tape is (and ski bases are polyethylene as well).

[nickwm21]

Anyone have a photo of said tape job? Specifically the PE tape.


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[waxman]

Funny, I find my zipfit warmer than stock liners (exclusively Lange) I don't think I used my heated socks once last season and did not bother transferring my heated footbeds in.
That being said Fernie is not the coldest place on earth.

I'd like to know what type of hockey tape works too. I did run a cloth footbed tape over the spine bolts in my boots that worked for part of a season but it eventually degraded.
Tuck tape like for sealing Tyvek? Does it get "gummy" after a while?
Thanks

[GoldenBC]

Tuck tape doesn’t get gummy. But it can take some persuading to stick. I put it down the liner. But if your shell has a lot of grippy contours, do a strip of gorilla tape for reinforcement and then a strip of tuck tape on top of that to be slippery.

[SoVT Joey]

I tried the tape methods being discussed and it worked for 5 ski days and ended up a balled up mess and sticky no matter what. A boot horn is all that is needed.

[Ørion]

Ultra High Molecular Weight (UHMW) Polyethylene tape, applied in a few vertical strips to the back of the boot, has served me well. Nice and slippery, stiff enough to stand up to seasons of use.

[bennettc14]

Silicone spray not cool anymore? That’s what I’ve been using


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[Charlie Don't Surf]

Just keep one of these guys in the back of the car

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[waxman]

Silicone spray not cool anymore? That’s what I’ve been using


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I've seen it do weird things to plastic so don't use it on anything.

[GoldenBC]

Make sure your tape curls a couple of inches under the heel. I used a boot horn today. Kind of a pain in the ass as it gets pulled down under your foot

[jackattack]

Just keep one of these guys in the back of the car

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to save a few bucks, search ebay for Ski Boot Horn - Factory Seconds. Last time I ordered a few because they will get mangled eventually.

[GoldenBC]

I bought a magic carpet toboggan for $2. Cut it width-wise and you get an extra long boot horn that will stick out of your boot and you can give the rest to your friends for Christmas.

Also, why can’t I post pics now with the update that happened?

[bennettc14]

I've seen it do weird things to plastic so don't use it on anything.

What do you mean?


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[kc_7777]

Just keep one of these guys in the back of the car

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I’m pretty new to Zipfits and have one of the above ski boot shoe horns. Paid $12 CAD for it from Zipfit. It’s worth it. They work great but would be easy to replicate. Crazy carpet idea is great.

I bought the Workhorse ZF because of the leather. i'm happy. It’s not as soft/comfy as foam but the heel and foot hold is incredible. I’m about 5 days in (didn’t oven heat) and they’re starting to feel really good. First few days….the hold is great but there is there is a bit less comfort as they form to your foot. They're pretty rigid when then are new.

Just saying the leather in the workhorse is so so good. I’m using my Zipfit Workhorses in Nordica Strider 120’s. Got custom footbeds in em. I swear the Strider boot feels stiffer with the ZF Workhorse versus with the standard Nordica cork liner.

I also bought some extra zip fit omfit cork and a plunger (even though the Workhorse is High Volume just so I had some) but so far am just using them stock how they came. I have a normal heel, normal calf, pretty high instep, widish forefoot, very short foot.

Been trying both a booster strap (against the tongue of the liner), and have also kept the wide Nordica Velcro strap on for going over the booster. With the two straps it really secures the boot tongue tight on my shin. Though I may be fine with just the Booster. I removed the internal Velcro strap that is stock on the Zipfit liner as it’s a pain in the ass being inside the shell.

I’ve added a sticky Velcro patch to the back of the ZF liner, to be able to use a Dalbello Velcro spoiler in the back, as the cuff of the Workhorse is not as thick as the cuff on the Nordica liners.

All I can say is holy crap the tightness of the fit and the heel/foot hold is awesome. I’ve had both Intuitions and Surefoot liners in the past and these hold way better. The leather is definitely a pain to get on. But now I’m used to putting the liner on first, and then using the shoe horn to get into the shell.

I spent $600 CAD on leather Zipfits and have a better fit/hold than spending $1,000 on custom liners at Surefoot. And they are way burlier. I have a second pair of Striders, and I'll use the lighter Nordica cork liner in those for touring.




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[The Iron Horse]

^^ The latest WCSW has the same internal construction: leather and neoprene. The newest Corsa is leather throughout.

[FlimFlamvanHam]

^^accidentally deleted my post when editing. Was saying that I found it intersting the WH has neoprene tongue and back strip where ZF's I've known in past have been full leather. I like what they did with the WH as the heel and ankle is where I noticed the leather hold most.

if the WH had been available when I purchased my Gara's I may have opted for the WH's. Although the cuff height and length of cuff "support" on the Gara would def factor in in their favor. The WH and Freeride look a bit shorter height.