Our test team continues to love the Salomon Shift Pro 110 W after this year's re-test of the revised (new liner) model. They still scratch their heads a little bit about the Shift's color palette, calling this year's hue creepy Barbie flesh, even though it's really called beach sand, which is much happier-sounding. But outside of minor cosmetic quibbles, they had nothing to complain about--again!
They love how comfortable the Shift Pro 110 W feels against the sock--too comfortable for a piste-centric model, perhaps (one tester surmised), but just right for the on-area/off-area tribe (so long as one doesn't eschew a little bit of creature comfort). It's a luxuriant feeling liner, with a snug-side of medium width grip on the foot with just a touch of extra space for the forefoot and toes. Testers agreed that the cuff fit flares to the roomy side of the medium width spectrum, and a few of the slender-legged testers said they felt like the upper boot wasn't doing much for them. The thicker-of-calf crew loved it, obviously.
This boot skis well, period. Testers have nothing but praise for its stance and balance and its solid combination of power and quickness, no matter what the terrain, snow surface or turn shape. In fact, testers gave the Shift Pro 110 W a perfect 5.00 for Edge Power and also for Quickness & Steering which puts it at the top of the medium freeride heap for performance. For two years running testers have called the Shift Pro one of their top faves. This year it was edged-out for first place in the category by only five-hundredths of a point.
Testers say the touring range of motion is adequate and the quality of movement is just fine, but say that it's a little limited when compared to the S/LAB MTN SUMMIT, for example. They thought that the sideways release switch's ease of use was super and liked how positively it locked into ski mode.
Testers appreciate that there's a Custom Shell HD molding option there if some subtle shape changes were in someone's future, and they liked the dual pull loops on the liner as well as the option to lace up the liner for a more snug internal fit if so desired. Testers noted that there is a less-fleshy color option in both the 100- and 90-flex versions.
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