Great Lightweight Touring, though bellows have pros & cons

By Jonathan S. Shefftz Ranked #16 - Alpine Touring Boots August 29, 2009

This boot has some excellent advantages if you're looking for a lightweight touring boot, but still want more skiing performance compared to a model like the Scarpa F1 or Dynafit TLT4 Evo/Lite.The cuff height is relatively high for a lightweight boot -- in fact, not really any lower than a heavyweight boot. But fore/aft range of motion in walk mode is outstanding.The bellows definitely help a bit for skiing and general tromping around (as shown in the attached pic). But they also complicated ski crampon use.I greatly enjoyed using them for late spring and early summer skiing. But since I was able to downsize in my Zzero4 (which together with the bellows shim issue pretty much negated any weight differential), and since I was kind of in between sizes on my F3, I sold the F3 to a friend who wanted something stiffer to complement his F1.

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