2017 Lange Xt 130 Pro Fit Liners Size 29 to 295 Reviews
2019-2020 Salomon QST Pro 130
Sizes Tested:
- 26.five / 305 mm Boot Sole Length
- 25.5 / 295 mm Boot Sole Length
Stated Flex Rating: 130
Stated Terminal: 100-106 mm (rut moldable shells)
Stated Range of Motility: xl degrees
Binding Compatibility with the alpine sole blocks: alpine bindings
Binding Compatibility with the tech sole blocks:
- Pin-style ("tech") bindings
- MNC (Multi-Norm Certified) bindings
Stated Weight per Kick (size 26.5): 1650 g
Cicatrice's Measured Weight per Kicking:
- Shells with alpine soles, no liners: 1347 & 1349 thou
- Shells with tech soles, no liners: 1389 & 1391 g
- Liners (with spoilers, no footbeds): 273 & 274 g
- Total Weight with alpine sole blocks: 1620 & 1623 g
- Total Weight with tech sole blocks: 1662 & 1665
MSRP: $699.99 USD
Test Locations: Craigieburn Valley Ski Area, Porters Ski Area, NZ; Cameron Laissez passer, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Arapahoe Basin, CO
Full Days Tested: 18
[Note: Our review was conducted on the xvi/17 QST Pro 130, which was not inverse for 17/18, 18/19, or 19/20, apart from graphics.]
Introduction
For the 16/17 season, Salomon's new QST series of boots replaced their pop "Quest" line of boots, and the QST serial comes dorsum unchanged for 17/18.
Nosotros covered the QST Pro 130 in our 16/17 Buyer's Guide and nosotros had three different reviewers in this kicking this past season to further dwelling in on the particularities of the Pro 130.
The tagline for the QST Pro 130 is simple: "Excel in all playgrounds."
And then what does that sort of all-circular excellence expect similar?
According to Salomon, the recipe includes a swappable DIN-compatible soles and tech soles, a forty° walk mode, a stated weight of 1650 grams, and a unique hybrid natural language design.
That all puts the QST solidly into "crossover" territory — boots that are light enough and walk well enough for longer tours, however are besides compatible with alpine bindings and are powerful enough to ski inbounds. And so the QST boots are more than inbounds-oriented, do-everything boots than Salomon'southward more touring-specific MTN Lab and MTN Explore.
And then we'll be weighing in hither on how the QST Pro 130 performs at the resort and in the backcountry, and we'll be making comparisons to some other similar boots.
Blueprint
The Salomon QST Pro 130 is not quite a traditional overlap tall boot, nor is it a Cabrio-style, three-piece natural language design. While it does take a tongue, it sits underneath the main function of the shell rather than on pinnacle like well-nigh other Cabrio designs.
The tongue design — chosen "Endofit" — is inspired by Salomon's running shoes. The aim is to wrap the top of the human foot and create a more secure fit, and it works. A large amount of overlapping plastic in the cuff closes across the tongue with a single buckle and a camming powerstrap. The natural language attaches directly to the liner, which uses a thick flap to bind and a strip of velcro to secure. Information technology'south an intriguing and unique design.
Fit
As always, nosotros'd recommend that you see a competent bootfitter. Kick fit is a very personal matter and has a huge impact on a boot's performance. Still, we can offer the fit impressions of three of our reviewers.
The Salomon QST Pro 130's beat out is estrus moldable, and its 100 mm final tin can expand to 106 mm, creating a customized width across the unabridged lower shell.
Brian Lindahl:
After initially fitting the size 25.5 shell, the QST Pro 130 fit me well except in the toe box, where it was a scrap also narrow. This is unfortunate because, while the heat molding process for the beat is pretty great, the QST Pro 130's stock liner has a pretty pointed toe box. Without the beat out, the liner itself — even after molding — feels actually tight on the width of my toes.
So at the end of the process, I had a boot that fit really well except for the toebox. While I could definitely ski in the QST Pro 130 all twenty-four hour period, I think that if the liner had a wider toebox, it would have been even more comfy for me. So while yous can modify the liners for a meliorate fit (I tried my Intuition Pro Tours), the QST's stock liner has some special features to bind it tightly to the natural language of the beat out, and I don't think that the QST would ski as well with a unlike liner — the shell and stock liner are designed to work together every bit a single system.
The last comment I have on the fit of the Salomon QST Pro 130 is about the instep. The Endofit tongue doesn't give yous a lot of options for increasing instep height, and the bootboard is very minimal, so grinding it wouldn't give you much (if any) actress infinite). While the instep acme was fine for me, I could see this potentially being an effect for other people. Jonathan has a higher instep than I do, and earlier the rut molding procedure, that instep was besides tight. Later on the heat molding process however, enough room was fabricated to create a very comfortable, snug fit.
It would be nice to see Salomon include a thicker boot lath in the future to provide more fitting options. On the flip side, the Endofit tongue, if information technology does fit y'all, actually does demark your pes well to the boot. Not only is information technology very secure, it's also quite comfortable.
Luke Koppa:
For reference, I have a depression instep, wide forefoot, and my anxiety taper a bit from the forefoot to the end of my toes (i.e. my pinky is much shorter than my big toe). The most common issue I accept in ski boots is pressure on the outside of my forefoot, which is something that I experienced with the Fischer Transalp Vacuum TS, despite having the liners and shells heat-molded.
The size 26.5 QST Pro 130 fit me pretty well out of the box. After spending the offset couple days figuring out my platonic buckle setup, I could wear the boot comfortably all day touring or riding lifts with very little hurting in my forefoot. Unlike Brian, I had no issues with the toebox being too narrow, which makes sense as my feet are fairly pointed.
The Endofit construction worked swell for my low instep, and is likely the most comfy instep fit I've had in a kicking. But as Brian mentions, the unique construction and minimal bootboard don't allow for much customization for those with higher insteps.
(BTW, I tried the QST Pro 130 with the liner from the Salomon MTN Explore, which, despite being from a dedicated touring boot, was thicker and sturdier than the QST Pro 130's stock liner. Even so, I didn't experience much of an increase in downhill performance, and since the special velcro flap on the QST Pro 130 stock liner attaches securely to the boot's tongue, I have since switched back to the stock liner.)
Jonathan Ellsworth:
A bit about my feet:
Length (Left & Correct): 271 & 274 mm
Width (Left & Correct): 100 & 99 mm
Instep Elevation (L & R): 79 mm & 75 mm. (The Boot Doctor's Charlie Bradley describes this as a "loftier curvation / high instep" — on a calibration of i-x, he calls my arch / instep a eight or 9).
Charlie also notes about my feet: Fairly stable, solid platform. A bit of pronation. A skilful amount of ankle range of motion (aka, "dorsiflexion").
While I have often downsized to a size 25.5 when reviewing boots with a 100 mm last (I downsize in order to achieve the most secure heel hold I can — since information technology'southward typically like shooting fish in a barrel to create more length or width in the toebox of a kicking), simply since I would exist touring in the QST Pro 130, I didn't want to terminate upward with a super-tight, alpine-kicking fit that might prove to be painful to tour in. So I opted for the 26.five QST Pro 130.
As both Brian and Luke take touched on, the most notable fit point for me was the relatively low instep of the QST Pro 130. Every bit Brian said, prior to estrus-molding the shell, the QST Pro 130 was crushing my instep. But after the heat molding process, that instep issue for me was largely resolved, and I really want to echo what Brian wrote above: "the Endofit tongue, if it does fit you lot, actually does bind your foot well to the boot. Not only is it very secure, it's also quite comfortable."
"Snug and comfy" is pretty much the best possible thing you tin can say about a kicking, so while none of us here are willing to guarantee that the fit of the QST Pro 130 will work for yous, we all will attest that with the right anxiety, this is a design that can yield an impressive fit for a touring kicking — snug yet even so comfortable to tour in and wear on longer days.
NEXT: Touring, Stiffness / Flex, Etc.
Source: https://blisterreview.com/gear-reviews/2017-2018-salomon-qst-pro-130
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