This year's Live Fit 130 returned to the boot test with a new Thinsulate laminate in the liner and cooler, new buckles—it remains the same, otherwise, and similarly testers' feedback was positive.
This 102 needs to work on its self-esteem, because Live Fit 130 could claim another few last width digits (or five) according to our test team who say this is the widest wide-body on the wall. And then it has stretchy Live Fit panels at the forefoot to allow even more width expansion. Next, this is also a 130 flex, and one that feels legit, testers say, which would make this boot the only truly wide 130 flex in existence. Last, this boot only has two buckles. So then, should it not stand to reason then that this boot has been designed for the biggest, fattest, laziest Sasquatch ever to roam the land? You'd certainly think so, but then you read what our average sized testers said about the boot and you scratch your head—they loved it as much as the wide foot folk on the team did.
Testers noticed a firm enough heel and ankle fit to allow for skiing movements to happen from the rear control center of the boot, sort of like the fireman driving from the back of the hook and ladder rig. Up front all but the widest of feet floated about in the Live Fit bootosphere, yet the rear foot hold and close-enough fit through the cuff did the trick. All about balance they said, and testers did think the stance was money side-to-side and front-to-back. A couple testers mentioned that the combination of prodigious width, Live Fit stretch panels and the boot shell's 3-degrees of toe-out made this boot especially well suited for really duck-footed dudes. No, really, it would be the shiznit for somebody like that, allowing the feet to seek a naturally abducted position over straight-ahead skis. But then again, it seems that the regular old straight (and massive) feet guys do pretty well in it, too.
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