by jpatroller2 » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:36 pm
Well, sorry folks. The new boots arrived last week. Too large. When ordered the instructions were to consider moving up a half size as they were low volume. Well they remanufactured the liners and they were coming in larger, ie. not so low volume. Yes shell size is the true test. In any event I sent them back. Now with the demand it appears doubtful as to whether I will get one until perhaps right near the end of the season. Waiting to hear. I can tell you this I am a men's size 8 street shoe and I am currently skiing in a Dalbello V11 Custom (slightly softer than the V Tech) and using a 25.5 boot. The Krypton that arrived was a 26.0 and my foot was swimming in it. (Had over 2 fingers width behind my heel in the shell. The V11 in any event isstill working fine and frankly would be more in line with Harald's recommendations as to type of boot in any event. Frankly I can only echo his comments and state that it works very well. If I get a Krypton I'll post the results. I have also been thinking a bit myself as to how much I really want to try something that's just new in light of Harald's comments.
Funny how companies think it's more important to make the boots and send them to shops that actually have paying customers than simple little mountain reps (and you can't really blame them can you). My other problem, in addition to demand, for the boot, is that my foot is relatively small compared to most men's boots so they aren't making many Kryptons right now in a 25.5.