Midway through my second season in these, now, skiing them all over Western Canada, and in Switzerland, France, and Italy. I use them for everything - hut trips, camping, working races, ski mountaineering. They're good all around, fit well (roomy), tighten up and lock down efficiently, and are reasonably comfortable on long or involved uptracks. I like their shape and flex, and the fact that they're higher in the larger sizes (some boots seem to be sized such that they only become larger in the length of the sole as the size goes up, rather than sized in a truly scalar fashion). I put duct tape on one of the liners for the first time the other week, to cover stitching torn stomping them into the shell in dark boot rooms. The canting bolts/collars seem to drift with use and flex, but they're easy enough to tighten back to their original position with the key provided. That's about it - a step above what was available even a couple of years ago. Nice.

I've given my pair about four waterfall days, a couple of sport mixed days, and four days heavy-duty backpacking and camping where the temperatures often dropped below minus twenty degrees Celsius and these boots seem to be doing great. They hold crampons well (Grivel Rambo 4 and BD Sabretooth), walk fine (no blisters, even from the git-go), and are surprisingly warm for such a sensitive and close-fitting pair of boots. Very easy to get into and out of, though the narrow gauge laces are already showing signs of wear from reefing through the cordlock tensioner - it's nice to be able to just jump into them in the vestibule in the morning, or off the tailgate of the truck, pull the laces, zip the zip, and get on to other things. Pretty waterproof right now - hope that lasts.

A good investment, I think.