Head S8 boot flex

[JohnMoore]

My Head S8 boots have a two-position flex setting - Hard (7.6) and Soft (6.6). Is there any reason (snow type or conditions, for example) why I would ever need to switch from one setting to the other?

[Max_501]

That boot is fairly soft even on its highest setting so I'd think you'd want to put in on 7.6 and leave it there. For comparison I ski the RS100 all over the mountain on the hardest setting (10.1) and never move it.

[JohnMoore]

That boot is fairly soft even on its highest setting so I'd think you'd want to put in on 7.6 and leave it there. For comparison I ski the RS100 all over the mountain on the hardest setting (10.1) and never move it.

I have left it on the harder setting so far (or rather, changed it from the soft default). I just wondered what the circumstances were which might merit a softer flex.

I would have preferred to buy the S10 or S12, but was unable to find them in any of the resorts I was at. In the end I found the S8's in a shop in my home town, in one of the flattest areas of England! Maybe in a year or two I'll move on up to something stiffer.

[Max_501]

I just wondered what the circumstances were which might merit a softer flex.

Because its so soft already I can't think of any reason to move it. Some folks like softer flex for bumps and powder. Not me though, I like them stiff all the time.