I didn't get to ski it, but I did get to stick my feet in the RC4 130 MV today. I ski in the Podium 150 every day doing the lace-up liner thing. I've gotten so accustomed to that, that I feel like sometimes it's harder getting into a "regular" boot like my Ranger 130s. Actually, it's definitely harder getting into those. I was wondering how far the clog would open, how far I could pull the tongue and so on. I have a pretty high volume foot and have to mutilate my Podiums pretty extensively to get in. That includes cutting away a good portion of the tongue at the navicular and I hardly buckle the clog at all. Sometimes I just leave it open all day. Any more is just to keep the snow out. The 130 MV actually went on quite easily. I didn't really have to pry the clog open with both thumbs and didn't have to yank the tongue out. Yeah, nice and easy. Much easier than my Rangers (BOA Ranger anyone?). The BOA worked nicely to cinch things down. You could micro-adjust the whole boot vs. opening and turning a buckle and so on. Even with the uncut tongue, it felt fine. Standing up, I thought that maybe the bootboard is ramped more than on the Podium, but I don't know, that's just what I felt and I didn't have footbeds in them. Also, I am not used to standing on GripWalk. The flex felt quite soft, of course I was indoors, and the boot had been inside all day and I'm comparing to a 150 plug. Still, I will be trying to track down the RC4 Pro MV which is listed as a 140 flex and according to the catalog weighs 2180g compared to the 130's 1880g. That's a lot more plastic unless somehow the Zipfit liner is way heavier (I have no complaints at all about the 130's liner - seemed nice enough to me).