Gear Review
Black Diamond Factor Alpine Touring Boot - Men's
hmm
By Tyler Kenefick
Ranked #160 - Alpine Touring Boots
October 2, 2008
the boot itself is cool and the fit seems good, but not for a wide foot. the weight was another factor its a bit on the heavy side, but i'm assuming their target market is resort skiiers. so that should not be a problem for them, but an extra pound or two really starts to hurt on longer tours. the wire that tightens the boot seems that it could break easily and then the boot would essentialy not work. its feels like weak plastic and a hard fall or something could compleatly take it off. i guess this winter we'll all get a better idea of how well it works out.
glad to see BD making boots, i'll def be getting a 2nd gen pair.
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Change me.
1 Comments Last Reply: January 2, 2010 By: Brendan Jewitt
The wire is amazingly burly. The only time I've heard of someone actually breaking it is when this idiot didn't tighten it up at all, buckled up his boots and skied like that all day. The wire was constantly rubbing between the buckle plate and the shell. But seriously cmon, I think most people are smarter than that.
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