Gear Review
Tecnica Agent AT Alpine Touring Ski Boot - Men's
Broken soles (caution)
By sjkrause12151559
Ranked #530 - Alpine Touring Boots
June 5, 2010
These boots were fairly comfortable but after 4-5 times on the snow, the bolts holding the replaceable soles onto the boot began to fall out. After skiing without 2 bolts on the toe-piece. The sole became permanently bent. I replaced the missing bolts but it was already too late. there was a 5mm gap between the toe-piece and boot that I would watch flex while skiing (scary).
While in a trip in utah I lost another 4 bolts from the other boot. I was fed up with them and with a trip in Oregon the next day, I needed a fix. I called up Backcountry, they gave me directions from the base of LCC to their store front. Replaced the boots with Scarpa Spirit 4 AT boot and couldnt be happier. The Scarpa boot was very stiff and held up to 2500vertical/day of touring for the next 3 days.
Notes: backcountry's service is top notch but these boots will fall apart on you. Similar design to the Salomon Quest boot so be wary
View Details: Tecnica Agent AT Alpine Touring Ski Boot - Men's
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Tech Specs:
- Shell Material:
- Triple-density bi-injected polypropylene
- Liner Material:
- Ultrafit EVA
- Thermo-moldable Liner:
- Yes
- Number of Buckles:
- 3
- Micro Adjustable:
- Yes
- Forward Lean:
- Yes
- Binding Compatibility:
- All AT bindings
- Weight:
- [Pair, size 27.5] 7lb 1oz (3200g)
- Recommended Use:
- Alpine touring, sidecountry yo-yo laps, backcountry baller status
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 1 Year
- Country of Origin:
- China
Change me.
1 Comments Last Reply: October 14, 2010 By: Phil Santala
I've put 170+ days on mine, touring in the Crazy Mtns of MT at stretches of up too 16 miles at a time. They have ridden in bounds, out of bounds, slack-country, back country...Red Lodge Mountain, Big Sky, Bridger Bowl, Grand Targhee, A-Basin, Jackson Hole, Alta..well you get the picture. These boots have seen it all, they are pretty packed out (what do you expect after two seasons and 170 days) But the ONLY issue I have ever had with them was late last season, while hiking out of Granite Canyon (JHMR) in late season after the traverse had melted out I blew out both rivets. It might have been while I was skiing 7-dwarfs, or D-chute. But It was after over 150 days in these boots. For screws, I would recommend hand tightening with a touch of lock-tite. (my 2 cents, I never had any issue or needed to use locktite myself) Maybe the other review just got some bad boots?
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