I tried on some of the Dalbello Quantum AT boots today.
I tried the Quantum Asolo, the lighter weight, Green and black boot, and the Quantum Free Factory 130, the heavier teal boot. As far as I can tell, they are indeed the same lowers, and the back cuffs are from the same mold, but perhaps different material. The front cuffs are slightly different including a piece of foam glued to the cuff of the lighter weight boot.
They run short in length. I went up to 28.5 and they felt similar to my Technica Zero G 27.5. I couldn’t get an accurate shell fit length due to the nice shaping in the heel pocket, but it was certainly close. BSL is 315 compared to the Zero G at 313, both with full heel and toe lugs, so that too supports that impression.
I tried them on using my Zero G liners, with Boot Doc insoles, since they are molded to my feet, even though of course not to the shells of the Dalbello boots.
Despite sizing up, the forefoot and heels of the Quantum’s in 28.5 did not feel any wider than my Zero G 27.5.
The toe boxes are a different shape than the Zero G, a bit more room for the pinky toe, and big toe space maybe a tiny bit shorter.
I have a fairly high instep, and with the open design, with no plastic over the instep, that was very comfortable in both boots.
Liner on the Asolo Quatum actually seemed nicer to me, with closed cell (moldable?) foam throughout, while the Free had the entire forefoot in open cell foam.
Both liners are comparable in thickness to the liner from the Zero G, so thicker than the ultright race liners, but thinner than a Intuition Tour MV.
Walk mode on the carpet was a fair bit better than my Zero G. Hand flexing the shells without liners was night and day. No resistance at all and extremely fore and aft range of motion.
Carpet flexing felt similar, with the Free’s having a bit more progressive flex maybe. Zero G’s are abput the same stiffness, maybe a touch more, and perhaps flex a bit more progressively again.
Weight per single shell was:
I tried the Quantum Asolo, the lighter weight, Green and black boot, and the Quantum Free Factory 130, the heavier teal boot. As far as I can tell, they are indeed the same lowers, and the back cuffs are from the same mold, but perhaps different material. The front cuffs are slightly different including a piece of foam glued to the cuff of the lighter weight boot.
They run short in length. I went up to 28.5 and they felt similar to my Technica Zero G 27.5. I couldn’t get an accurate shell fit length due to the nice shaping in the heel pocket, but it was certainly close. BSL is 315 compared to the Zero G at 313, both with full heel and toe lugs, so that too supports that impression.
I tried them on using my Zero G liners, with Boot Doc insoles, since they are molded to my feet, even though of course not to the shells of the Dalbello boots.
Despite sizing up, the forefoot and heels of the Quantum’s in 28.5 did not feel any wider than my Zero G 27.5.
The toe boxes are a different shape than the Zero G, a bit more room for the pinky toe, and big toe space maybe a tiny bit shorter.
I have a fairly high instep, and with the open design, with no plastic over the instep, that was very comfortable in both boots.
Liner on the Asolo Quatum actually seemed nicer to me, with closed cell (moldable?) foam throughout, while the Free had the entire forefoot in open cell foam.
Both liners are comparable in thickness to the liner from the Zero G, so thicker than the ultright race liners, but thinner than a Intuition Tour MV.
Walk mode on the carpet was a fair bit better than my Zero G. Hand flexing the shells without liners was night and day. No resistance at all and extremely fore and aft range of motion.
Carpet flexing felt similar, with the Free’s having a bit more progressive flex maybe. Zero G’s are abput the same stiffness, maybe a touch more, and perhaps flex a bit more progressively again.
Weight per single shell was:
- Quantum Asolo 28.5: 960g
- Quantum Free Factory 130 28.5: 1088g
- Zero G Tour Pro 27.5: 1160g
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