One thing that can be enlightening is to use the liners from your old boots in your new shells. You can stiffen or soften a boot quite a bit by changing liners. The height might be short but a couple test runs will let you know if a softer liner is an avenue.
If you like the boot you can also go to a boot fitter to have part of the lower shell cut down at the back, under the cuff. It sounds drastic but not to boot fitters and racers faced with an unskiable frankenboot.
New skis are amazingly fun after day 1! New boots.... not so much. T1 too stiff for me?
Re: New skis are amazingly fun after day 1! New boots.... not so much. T1 too stiff for me?
Hang in there. It gets better and it's worth it. T1's are awesome. You bought a powerful boot that have a breakin/learning curve that will reward you.
It was a rude awakening when I switched from T2 to T1 (and Hammerheads and "wide" 91mm skis) . At that point my tele had progressed to where it didn't require constant effort/attention (except for that pesky tip dive on deep days).
With the T1's, I had the same reaction as you, heavy, stiff, unable to flex smoothly and generally disappointed/frustrated. The guys at the old Marmot store had mentioned something about breaking in the boots, but that didn't register at the time. All I knew is that, once again, tele required a lot of conscious effort.
Weeks (perhaps months later), it started to feel natural. I think it the bellows/plastic break in period, getting used to the bigger boot, and dialing in my setup/technique on this powerfully active binding. Twenty years later, a second set of liners, those boots are second nature.
I thought these boots might outlast me, replaced liners about 100 days ago, but apparently not. Hoping to slip those liners into a replacement shell before the next storm cycle.
It was a rude awakening when I switched from T2 to T1 (and Hammerheads and "wide" 91mm skis) . At that point my tele had progressed to where it didn't require constant effort/attention (except for that pesky tip dive on deep days).
With the T1's, I had the same reaction as you, heavy, stiff, unable to flex smoothly and generally disappointed/frustrated. The guys at the old Marmot store had mentioned something about breaking in the boots, but that didn't register at the time. All I knew is that, once again, tele required a lot of conscious effort.
Weeks (perhaps months later), it started to feel natural. I think it the bellows/plastic break in period, getting used to the bigger boot, and dialing in my setup/technique on this powerfully active binding. Twenty years later, a second set of liners, those boots are second nature.
I thought these boots might outlast me, replaced liners about 100 days ago, but apparently not. Hoping to slip those liners into a replacement shell before the next storm cycle.