All the hubbub about heat-molding technology – wonderful as it is – tends to obscure the built-in virtues of the shell being heated. In the case of the new Advant Edge, such oversight misses what makes these boots perform like training wheels for intermediate skiers....
Head has the unusual – but welcome – habit of referencing forefoot width by size, indicating just how scaled down this dimension becomes with each drop in shell size. Also unusual is a volume measurement for each model, which for the Raptor 110 RS W is 1800cc,...
Every so often boot designers come up with a feature that has more value for women than for men. Once in a blue moon you’ll find two such features on a boot, as is the case with the Vector Evo 110W. The boot components that the skier handles every day are the buckles,...
There are plenty of other options for the intermediate to advanced woman with a wide foot. Nowadays, several of those other options also have heat-moldable shells and liners, as Advant Edge W models do. But the Advant Edge 95W and 85W models have one feature not found...
In its introductory season last year, our panel thought well enough of the Raw Instinct Ti Pro to recommend it; this season, despite nearly identical scores, its star dimmed just enough for it to slip off our list of favorites. Pushing the Raw out of the limelight was...
