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Kevington wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:50 am Nitro really should get rid of the TLS lace thing. Its's shockingly bad for an otherwise solid company. Also the inner harness locked by a bit of hard plastic embedded in the liner was a total disaster for me. That little bit, with the big plastic TLS thing on the shell tongue stacked on top of each other = bleeding shins. Its a shame because their boots are great otherwise.

benjinyc wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:35 am I've been switching between Adidas ADVs an K2 TTs, but have been using my TTs more and more. My last trip out to Abasin and Aspen I just wore the TTs.

Even for backcountry split stuff, I think I'll be fine with my TTs. New BOA seems locked down

benjinyc wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:26 am Adidas has better heel hold, smaller footprint, generally more support

TTs are really soft and flexy, more comfortable, even driving my manual car, I'm confident with my clutch pedal.

Canuck wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:52 am

Kevington wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:50 am Nitro really should get rid of the TLS lace thing. Its's shockingly bad for an otherwise solid company. Also the inner harness locked by a bit of hard plastic embedded in the liner was a total disaster for me. That little bit, with the big plastic TLS thing on the shell tongue stacked on top of each other = bleeding shins. Its a shame because their boots are great otherwise.

I had the El Mejor. Really nice leather shell, good liner, air bubble in the sole. Great premium medium to stiff boot. But TLS was just a bunch of strings all over the place and it came loose all the time. Maybe I was doing it wrong. But it seemed like a non-solution to a non-existent problem. The trap of a brand having to have their own version of lacing. Normal laces or BOA kind of covers all needs I think. It’s all personal taste but for me, hard plastic parts anywhere are a potential problem. You put them inside the boot, even more so. Even a great boot with BOA still has a hard plastic part exactly where you push your shin every time you make a toe side turn.

coleslawed wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:24 pm massive toeboxes on K2 boots in my experience.

Spenser wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:02 pm It obviously works for some people, but when I tried on a couple nitro boots a couple years ago at the shop I used to work for, TLS left me feeling WTF. None of them fit me well, so it didn't matter anyway.