I was able to tighten that and that fixed and I carried on, but that's the disadvantage vs a boot with an internal boa that you can tighten from the outside of the boot, without having to undo the outer boot. I did find at one point that I was getting a bit more heel lift after riding for a while, in my back foot.

It's kind of like an internal boa harness, but just not using a boa. The top of the liner is tightened with a separate velcro strap (which works really well). I think part of the reason the heel hold is so good, is that the internal harness on the liner is focused on the ankle area of the liner.

So if you find more heel lift than I did, then you can increase that hold using that if you need to. I found the heel hold on the Lashed to be really good, especially for traditional lace boots. For the price of these boots, they have very good responsiveness, IMO. I found that the Lashed weren't quite as maneuverable at slower speeds vs my test boots, but they did give me a little more in terms of carving and higher speeds. The harness kind of feels like an internal boa harness, with the only downside being that you can't adjust it on the fly without opening the outer boot like you can with an internal boa harness. It gave a good fit around the shins and then the internal harness is focused around the ankle, which I would say is one of the reasons these boots have really good heel hold, especially for trad lace boots. I really liked how the velcro strap on the top of the liner worked. High or Low Arch: Felt pretty medium in terms of on the top of the foot - on the metatarsal, but felt lower just around where the metatarsal ends and the toes begin. Overall tight in places, but the length was the perfect length. True to Size?: I'm usually a 10 and the 10 was the best fit length-wise for sure, so I would say true to size. However, I found them tight just back from toes - like right where the toes begin - not particularly tight on the metatarsal of the foot but just where the metatarsal ends and the toes begin. On top, at the end and to the sides of the toes there was just the right amount of wriggle room for me.

Width: Before heat-molding felt quite narrow, but after heat-molding was just that little bit wider than medium around the toes and balls of the feet, typical of 32. In hand I though the Lashed felt closer to 5 or maybe 5.5, but on snow closer to 6. * Average of a sample of boots I weighed was 1006 grams, so a just a little lighter than the average, but pretty close to average. Bindings Demoed With: Burton Malavita 2017ĭifference between Mondo & Outersole: 3.6cm

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