If the X Max W models are particularly adept at gripping the smaller female ankle area, the wider (100mm) X Pro W models provide luxury accommodations for wider forefeet that need their lebensraum. Expandable to up to 106mm measured across the metatarsals, the 90W and 80W can handle any bunion known to podiatric science. The X Pro 80W doesn’t have the moldable shell feature, but Salomon’s idea of a 100mm last for women is plenty wide enough for most ladies.
Like the top men’s models in the X Pro series, the X Pro 90W and 80W now use polyamide (PA) in the non-moldable zones in the spine and lower shell, an upgrade Salomon calls Twinframe2. Lest this sound like a modest modification, switching to PA makes these models lighter, more responsive and better insulated, properties most women would put near the top of their wish list.