I am,"Quick Instep" is a selling feature of Mach 1 130.The boots are awesome boots....Granted, I now have a foam Boot Doctor liner that makes them stiffer.
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difficulty of getting out of them when I still had the stock liner....on a very cold day at Stowe.
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Why don’t you just get new liners for your X-Max?
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I thought about new liners for the X-Max. Looked at Intuition website and don't know which liner would be appropriate. The local'ish ski shops don't stock many, certainly not a full size run of each for me to try. Then there is the allure of an even lighter weight "Freeride" boot which I can say from being in a light'ish weight X-Max is rather appealing for all the reasons @Ron discussed and then some. Plus there is my analogy to running shoes where every one fits and performs a little different, idea of trying a different flavor. The Mach 1 130 absoultly fits different then the X-Max, would it be better or worse, IDK? If I see no advantage in a new boot and or it would require more then a little boot fitter attention, I'll probably just get a new liner for the X-Max. I was curious about the Mach 1 130 when I first read about them here. Never found them in my size at a ski shop. That I was able to pick them up on sale for ~$400 from a store with a great return policy was all the incentive I needed to give them a try. Will say coming from the light'ish weight ~4lb X-Max makes it difficult to go to a ~5lb boot and I'll probably end up returning the Mach 1 130, however, I'm still interested in trying the S-Max 130 Carbon and K2 Recon 130.