Generally the worst a part of ski boots is having to place them on. You possibly can work with the boot for hours, punching, grinding, molding, and many others., however there’s not a lot you are able to do concerning the ache you endure when truly placing them on. So Rossignol‘s new VIZION applied sciences got down to repair that, claiming to create a slipper-like entry and exit with out compromising the four-buckle overlap ski boot expertise.
The brand new VIZION ski boots work by combining three patent-pending applied sciences to create a hands-free slipper-like entry and exit. The primary, and presumably most noticable, expertise built-in into the boot comes from the DOUBLE BUCKLE on the decrease cuff. With the DOUBLE BUCKLE unlocked, the spoiler is launched and entry/exit is easy and simple. With the DOUBLE BUCKLE locked, the boot straps you in for supposed actual alpine energy and efficiency.
The second level of expertise built-in into the boot comes from the STEEL SPINE hyperlink mechanism. When locked (with the DOUBLE BUCKLE), a direct connection between the cuff and decrease shell is created, holding the boot into an alpine ski place. When unlocked (once more, with the DOUBLE BUCKLE) the STEEL SPINE releases and permits the boot to open huge for simple entry and exit.
The final patent-pending expertise is discovered on the STEP-IN LINER. Whereas principally constructed equally to a standard liner, the VIZION liner options a number of elastic areas that permits it to comply with the unlocked cuff. It matches like a standard Rossignol four-buckle boot liner and will be totally custom-made, however, like the opposite expertise, it permits for simpler entry and exit when the boot is unlocked.
The Rossignol VIZION line options eight fashions, three girls’s fashions and 5 males’s fashions. They begin at $549.95 with the Males’s On Piste Ski Boots VIZION 4B 100 HV GW and the Girls’s On Piste Ski Boots VIZION 4B PRO 80 GW and go as much as $849.95 with the Males’s On Piste Ski Boots VIZION 4B ELITE 130 LV GW. For the boys’s boots there are 100, 120, and 130 flex choices. For the ladies’s boots there are 80, 90, and 100 flex choices. As at all times, although this expertise appears very cool, the match of the boot ought to come first, so be certain that to go to your native boot fitter in case you’re out there for a brand new pair.
The VIZION expertise doesn’t appear all that completely different than among the most well-integrated ski/stroll levers in touring boots, it’s simply targeted on entry/exit greater than strolling. I’ve personally not put my foot in these boots but, so I can’t say a lot about my very own opinion, but when the expertise doesn’t intrude with the downhill efficiency of the boot, I hope it catches on. Having a slipper like entry/exit with a overlap four-buckle boot can be a recreation changer.
