Message #5177

[rlspalding]

I just bought the doberman Pro 130. Primarily because they were the best fitting. However what you posted seems a little different from the articles Ive read on realskiers.com and from what Ive read on the PMTS forums? Do stiff boots have to be more uncomfortable by definition just because they have harder shells?

It seems the articles on realskiers.com and what PMTS agrees with seems like the trend is to go with a stiffer boot? I was just wondering what your thoughts on that were being that it sounds like you went from a stiffer boot to a softer boot. I guess where Im confused on the whole boot stiffness is that PMTS seems to agree with stiff boots because when you flex into the boot, they say you are not trying to "bend" or "deform" the boot, you just need the pressure on the tongue of the boot.  So when I flex in a stiff boot (my dobermans) they physically bend very little, but if I put the same pressure on a softer boot, it will bend or deform more. Does this matter?, is the pressure on the boot tongue not the same so would the result not be the same?  If Im putting the same pressure on the tongue of each boot, it should feel the same to me, the only difference would essentially be how far my knee can move?

Thanks for your clarification on this.