Equipment: SKATES - Buying Guide and Advice IV

[puckpilot]

The problem is that the skates felt fine when test fitting them. There's also no way to predict how they're going to feel on the ice until you get out there, but I've never felt as weird on the ice as I do with these skates.

One thing you can try is to try on everything, even if on the surface you don't think it's going to work. Getting feed back in the moment of what definitely doesn't work may help you identify small things that seem innocuous but will become issues once you start skating.

If your current skate is a definite no, put them on at home and think about the issues you're having on the ice, then see if you can pick out anything that may have given you small clues indicating that those things would be a issue while wearing them off ice. If you can pick out the small clues, then, you can use that to find the right skate for you.

For me, I have to leave the skates on for at least 15 minutes to get a true feel for the skate. I know any small rub or pressure point it's going to be 100 times worse on the ice. Any sort of tightness will be magnified too.

 

[gswift]

The problem is that the skates felt fine when test fitting them. There's also no way to predict how they're going to feel on the ice until you get out there, but I've never felt as weird on the ice as I do with these skates.

If I were blindfolded & tried on skates I can usually tell if they would work for my foot or not. I usually spend a min of 15mins in the skates post bake & can pick out possible issues. Not sure if you did this but I bring along the socks I'll be wearing while skating & my footbeds when shopping for new wheels. Are they covered under the 90day guarantee?

 

[Soedy]

I always played Bauer Vapor skates but my X600 (2015) are getting old now and start to hurt so I am looking for new skates. I use the Vapors in EE and found a decent deal for some CCM Jetspeed FT490. From what I've read, the Jetspeed are similar to the Vapor but are a little bit wider. Should I try getting the 490 in D or look at a Vapor equivalent (the 3X Pro is ~ 100 bucks more while the 3X is ~100 bucks less)

 

[beedee]

I always played Bauer Vapor skates but my X600 (2015) are getting old now and start to hurt so I am looking for new skates. I use the Vapors in EE and found a decent deal for some CCM Jetspeed FT490. From what I've read, the Jetspeed are similar to the Vapor but are a little bit wider. Should I try getting the 490 in D or look at a Vapor equivalent (the 3X Pro is ~ 100 bucks more while the 3X is ~100 bucks less)

I went from my old Vapor x500's in size 7EE to a new pair of Vapor 3x size 7, Fit 2 last February. They feel great. I tried a CCM JetSpeed FT485 and it felt a bit more snug overall, especially in the toe box. With the CCM I tried a 7.5 "R", the "W" was too wide and a 7 was way too tight.

 

[Neil92]

This may be a weird question- but when you get your skates profiled, are you able to get them sharpened? and when you get them sharpened, do you just ask for the same profile to be made again?

 

[Sky04]

This may be a weird question- but when you get your skates profiled, are you able to get them sharpened? and when you get them sharpened, do you just ask for the same profile to be made again?

2 different things, profiling is changing the radius of the entire blade, sharpening just changes the hollow.

You can get it profiled and sharpened yes, it's 2 different things and you'll be charged separately for them, once it's profiled you don't need to ask them to do it again when your sharpen your blade because it won't affect the radius.

 

[4thline]

Situation- current pair of skates was purchased for my junior days... starting in 2010. 2 years of Junior and a decade of college intramural and beer league later they're about done. Had some rivets replaced once, and the boots are in better shape than you'd think but aren't worth new steel and the steel has maaaaybe one last sharpen left in them.

I haven't been paying attention to gear - at all- since 2012. Broad strokes- what price point am I going to have to be in to get something that can handle blocking a decent shot better than a pair of running shoes, and has a decent chance to be my last pair of skates? Still beerleaguing once per week

 

[jetsmooseice]

My local sports shops regularly have True Temper skates on pretty steep markdowns. I was considering getting a pair for my kid.

They look great and have some somewhat high-end features, but I do wonder why True is seemingly the only brand of skates to get marked down so heavily ($299 to $99 CAD in this case)? Does anyone have any experience with them? Is there anything to worry about? This is the TF7s that I am looking at.